Re: CULT: weather

Linda,

I hope that the direst predictions will not come true for you. When I got outside this evening to take a look around my garden after four straight days of rain I discovered a number of stalks emerging - FURIOSO (IB; B. Blyth, 1997) had buds opening (one almost fully open) on two stalks, and it is not just Medians, as a quick look around revealed several TBs with stalks already up 8-10". The predicted overnight low here is 39 - hope that is not too optimistic. 

Jeff Walters
in upstate South Carolina
(USDA Zone 7b)


--- On Sun, 3/29/09, Linda Mann <lmann@lock-net.com> wrote:

> From: Linda Mann <lmann@lock-net.com>
> Subject: [iris] CULT: weather
> To: iris@hort.net
> Date: Sunday, March 29, 2009, 6:36 PM
> Well, rats.
> 
> Supposed to freeze tonight, but still lots of cloud cover,
> so hopefully it won't get cold enough/last long enough
> to kill everything.  After a week near 70 and all this rain,
> timing is not good, at least for the TBs.  Medians can take
> it, even in bud, but even tho TBs (other than RETURN TO
> BAYBERRY) aren't showing (or feelable in the fan), we
> are <well> within 6 wks of TB bloom, which is prime
> time to do damage - rot at worst, infertile or at least
> fertility resistance at best.
> 
> Keeping my fingers crossed & covering pots with reemay,
> just to be safe, but the rows are on their own - just too
> much work to cover everything.
> 
> Linda M
> TN

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