Re: CULT Cutting foliage

> 
> 
> 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


     If I dig early for a sale (maybe a week or ten days in advance), I
leave all the foliage attached; then I trim the day or night before the
sale so the plants will look fresh.

     Also, several years ago I supplied rhizomes to a leading iris concern
for re-sale, and I was instructed not to trim the foliage because they
wanted the plants to look as fresh as possible.

     Walter Moores 
     Enid Lake, MS
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