Re: : Digging and Planting in the Spring
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- Subject: Re: : Digging and Planting in the Spring
- From: a* <a*@gv.net>
- Date: Tue, 18 Mar 1997 16:08:42 -0700 (MST)
Walter A. Moores wrote:
>
> On Tue, 18 Mar 1997, Larry Doucette wrote:
>
> >
> > However, how many of you have had success with moving rhizomes (bearded) in
> > the SPRING ? Knowing they may not bloom the first year - but how any of you
> > have actually tried digging and replanting them in the _spring_ and succeeded
> > in _saving_ the plants?
> >
> > What say you.....
> >
> > Larry Doucette Wilmington, Mass.
> >
> I have spoken on this subject before. In TX and in MS, I never
> had any problems with moving them in the spring. They catch the late
> spring rains and get established before the heat of summer.
>
> Others have said irises transplanted in the spring will not bloom
> the next year. That is an "old 'wife's' tale" as far as I am concerned at
> least in Zones 7/8
>
> Walter Moores
> Enid Lake, MS
I've definitely had trouble with blooms the following season when I
lifted during the bloom. I've bought irises three different years at
bloom time, planted immediately and they never bloomed the following
spring. I'm sure there are many factors in this as I too am in zone 7.
My soil has alot to be desired for one thing but I have no problem with
other ordered plants or my old ones.
As far as losing the plants if you lifted in the Spring, my experience
is that it is literally impossible to kill one of the little guys, no
matter when you lifted them.
Art Bern art@gv.net
