Re: Re: Cult: "Nicking the rhizomes."
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] Re: Cult: "Nicking the rhizomes."
- From: J* C*
- Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2001 23:00:16
>"My impression was the rz was nicked near the area around the
>bloomstalk or leaves."
>
>That would make sense, Rosalie. The actively growing tip (of the
>fan) is a potent producer of growth-regulating hormones in most
>plants, and I would expect Iris to be the same. These would surpress
>the growth of the tiny, dormant side buds all along the rhizome..... >Neil
>Mogensen western NC, zone 7a on the good years.
Not so subtle a technique, but standing on the rhizome, so that you break
off the single growing fan, will result in a bevy of side increases. I
accidentally did this with SILK DEGREES and it immediately put up 8
increase. (Well - not so immediately that you could see them shoot out of
the ground :-)
Cheers, Jan
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