Re: I. wattii

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• Subject: Re: [iris] I. wattii
• From: &* <h*@povn.com>
• Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 18:01:55 -0800
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Hi Greg,

Stop watering it so it can dry out. ASAP plant a backup pot just in case.

I have a small I. wattii started from seed last year. I'm finding out that
it seems to prefer the same treatment I give the I. japonica. When I divided
and repotted my japonica I put them in a shaded greenhouse over the summer
and since the temperatures were high, I thought it best to keep them well
watered. I promptly lost one to rot and the other wasn't doing well at all.

Hunting for the right size pot for something else, I stumbled across a third
pot of japonica that I'd completely forgotten behind the greenhouse in
nearly full shade. (It happens.). It hadn't had a drop of water since being
repotted over a month before and was growing like a weed in spite of temps
in the 90-100 range.

Since then I've kept them in part to full shade and watered only when the
pots are really starting to dry out and keep them on this schedule until I
see the first sign of bloom stems. That's when they start getting fertilizer
and enough water to keep the soil damp. As soon as they finish bloom, they
go back on a starvation diet.

Christy

Skip & Christy Hensler
THE ROCK GARDEN
Newport, WA
http://www.povn.com/rock/
----- Original Message -----
From: "Greg McCullough" <icity@email.msn.com>


> I received this plant two years ago and I kept it inside during the
winter,
> moved it out during the summer and it was doing great. Spread well and
> filled up the large clay pot it was in very nicely. However, this winter
it
> has slowly rotted. I still have plenty of fans, but I've lost more than
half
> and continue to lose them, one by one. We keep the plant damp, in the sun
> (in our house) and fertilize it in the spring. Any thoughts on what to do?
>
> Greg McCullough
> Iris City Gardens
> Primm Springs, TN USA
> zone 6
> www.iriscitygardens.com
>
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