Re: CULT: Reticulata as TB Bloom Season Predictor
- Subject: [iris] Re: CULT: Reticulata as TB Bloom Season Predictor
- From: "Jeff and Carolyn Walters" j*@bridgernet.com
- Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2003 07:38:20 -0700
- List-archive: <http://www.hort.net/lists/iris/> (Web Archive)
> From: wmoores@watervalley.net
> These blooms are a month late, and I am
> wondering if their tardiness is predicting a late bloom season with the
> bearded irises.
Walter,
I had wondered the same thing, especially when it seemed like we were
having a real problem scheduling our show date to coincide with TB bloom
season (a necessity here if we are going to be able to mount a show). Based
on my records for about a decade, there is a slight positive association
between the bloom seasons of reticulatas and TBs, but it is so loose that
it it valueless for predictive purposes in any single year.
On average, if the reticulatas are late in blooming the TB season will be
somewhat later than usual, and vice versa. However, in any given year, if
reticulatas bloom late (for example), TB bloom may be early, normal, or
late.
The first crocuses bloomed here yesterday (about 10 days early), but the
reticulata spears are barely breaking through the surface of the ground.
Jeff Walters in northern Utah (USDA Zone 4/5, Sunset Zone 2, AHS Zone 7)
jcwalters@bridgernet.com
---------------------------------------------------------------------
To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@hort.net with the
message text UNSUBSCRIBE IRIS
