Re: CULT Huge Rhizomes

> 
> Indeed, Schreiner's & Cooleys cut their iris fans back every year, but
> then they harvest ALL their plants every year.  The crop remaining after
> shipping is planted into new "virgin" soil each season.  It is not truly
> virgin soil but they own or have other land available to them that they
> do not have to plant back into the same ground year after year. They are
> able to practice crop rotation and soil replenishment and therefore are
> able to produce the beautifully sized rhizomes that you get in your
> order. Even their display beds are dug, the soil replenished with
> amendments, and then replanted each year.
> 
> Dave Silverberg
> 
	The following have sent out HUGE rhizomes from CA.  How did they
raise theirs so big?
			George Sutton (sends entire clumps)!
			Ben Hager/Sid DuBose
			Keith Keppel
			Neva Sexton

	Walter Moores
	Enid Lake, MS

p.s.  Oh, I bought some of Sharon's at an auction in Little Rock several
years ago.  Hers weren't slouches either!
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