Re: digging and planting
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- Subject: Re: digging and planting
- From: r* <t*@catskill.net>
- Date: Mon, 17 Mar 1997 19:51:21 -0700 (MST)
Walter A. Moores wrote:
>
> 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
A friend of mine left irises over a long cold winter in an unheated
wooded garage in New jersey. She planted them in late spring -- and
they did very well -- bloomed beautifully (unlike my coddled ones).
Rima terra@catskill.net
