Re: digging and planting
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- Subject: Re: digging and planting
- From: "* A* M* <w*@Ra.MsState.Edu>
- Date: Mon, 17 Mar 1997 18:34:04 -0700 (MST)
On Mon, 17 Mar 1997, John I Jones wrote:
> Diamondidis wrote:
> >
> > I'm sorry to say, but I have some bearded iris rhizomes that have been
> > sitting in my laundry room for about two years now. Should I just toss
> > them or could I plant them and actually have them bloom some day?
>
> Nothing ventured....
>
> Sure, stick them in some nice little spot where they will be out ot the
> way (but not forgotten). Keep them watered (usual caveats here). If
> anything is going to happen you should see growth in a month or so, then
> you'll know. Interesting experiment. Let us know what happens.
>
> John | "There be dragons here"
I found some 'extras' in packing material nine months after
receiving an order. I planted them in pots and put them in the shade.
The tiny rhizomes perished, but the big ones took off - greening up almost
overnight. One even bloomed in the pot about two months later. What is
even more remarkable, they were stored in a metal storage building with no
heat over the winter!
Walter Moores
Enid Lake, MS 7/8
