Re: Winter Kill?
- To: i*@Rt66.com
- Subject: Re: Winter Kill?
- From: C* H* <b*@freenet.toronto.on.ca>
- Date: Fri, 15 Mar 1996 07:06:40 -0500 (EST)
On Fri, 15 Mar 1996 CEMahan@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 96-03-14 17:46:10 EST, Chris Hollinshead wrote:
>
> >Why, why do I have this
> >problem? Is it because the large rhizomes from Oregon have a very high
> >moisture content compared to ones from areas such as my local climate?
> >Symptoms are that they freeze up over the winter and when they defrost
> >they turn into a sponge.
>
Clarence Mahan wrote:
> Chris, as I suggested to others, when you get those big fat rhizomes in the
> mail, put them in a dry location to dry out for a month or so before
> planting. Or else start them in pots with rich porous soil to get the roots
> going and all the "foreign" matter leached out before planting. You will
> probably not have 100% success but most will survive and do fine by these
> methods. Clarence Mahan
>
Chris now writes:
Thankyou for the above tip on this, Clarence. Could I get you to clarify
your definition of "rich porus soil"?
Would that be a planting mixture such as peat moss, horticultural perlite
and vermiculite? What do you think about keeping them growing in the pots
inside all winter and then planting outside the next spring?
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Chris Hollinshead e-mail: bu336@torfree.net
Mississauga, Ontario Canada
zone 6b and clay type soil
