Re: CULT Cutting foliage
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- Subject: Re: CULT Cutting foliage
- From: b*@tiger.hsc.edu (Bill Shear)
- Date: Fri, 28 Mar 1997 12:05:01 -0700 (MST)
>I have been told by members of my local iris club that if you are going
>to hold a (TB) rhizome out of the ground for several weeks (say 4-6) it
>is better to leave the root and leaf structure in place for the first
>1-2 weeks so that the moisture remaining in those structures can be
>reclaimed by the rhizome, and that after that you should trim them back
>as usual to prevent moisture loss.
I am not sure about this. I suspect that what would really happen would be
that more water would be lost, not that the rhizome would "reclaim" the
moisture. The leaves represent a great surface area from which the
evaporation of water takes place. I think they would draw water from the
rhizome, not vice versa.
Bill Shear
Department of Biology
Hampden-Sydney College
Hampden-Sydney VA 23943
(804)223-6172
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