Re: CULT: rhizomes, varieties of death
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- Subject: Re: CULT: rhizomes, varieties of death
- From: P* R* <x*@xtra.co.nz>
- Date: Sun, 23 Mar 1997 13:45:34 -0700 (MST)
LMann76543@aol.com wrote:
>
>
> Dana Brown asked:
> <I have a couple of questions concerning dead iris.:-) If you plant a
> <rhizome in the fall and come back in the spring what will the rhizome
> <look like if:
> <1. The darn thing died. Never settled in and put out roots.
>
> Your question made me laugh Dana - I am not sure how to tell these things
> apart, but the ones that die without rotting lie there looking like shriveled
> up potatos eventually.
Suggest give it a good poke and you can feel that life has departed.
--
Paul Richardson, Upper Hutt, New Zealand
pippi@xtra.co.nz