OT Introduction
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- Subject: OT Introduction
- From: "* Y* W* <j*@together.net>
- Date: Thu, 5 Mar 1998 10:47:01 -0700 (MST)
Hello Iris buffs, My name is Jamie Y. White I met quite a few of you on
the Chat last Friday. I am a new (very new!) gardener but am very
interested in growing some irises. I have tried to contact the local Iris
Society (Glens Falls, NY) but no one has returned my phone calls yet.
I am also a computer buff and love to create new programs etc. If you can
give me specifics on what type of records you keep manually I would be
happy to create either a database in ACCESS or a spreadsheet in EXCEL for
you.
Any information on getting started would be appreciated.
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> From: iris-l@rt66.com
> To: Multiple recipients of list <iris-l@rt66.com>
> Subject: IRIS-L digest 973
> Date: Thursday, March 05, 1998 11:32 AM
>
> IRIS-L Digest 973
>
> Topics covered in this issue include:
>
> 1) Re: Iris Feeding?
> by "J. Griffin Crump" <jgcrump@erols.com>
> 2) SPEC: i. verna / i. lacustris
> by dkramb@tso.cin.ix.net (Dennis Kramb)
> 3) Re: Iris seed germination
> by Dennis Bishop <102063.112@compuserve.com>
> 4) Re: Iris Feeding?
> by Henryanner <Henryanner@aol.com>
> 5) ARIL: increases
> by dkramb@tso.cin.ix.net (Dennis Kramb)
> 6) catalogs
> by "J. Griffin Crump" <jgcrump@erols.com>
> 7) i. sibirica 'Nostalgie'
> by dkramb@tso.cin.ix.net (Dennis Kramb)
> 8) Re: ARIL: increases
> by Rick Tasco/Roger Duncan <randrcv@sierratel.com>
> 9) Re: OT-Plants: Trimezia
> by "william b. cook" <billc@atlantic.net>
> 10) Re: ARIL: increases
> by "Jeff and Carolyn Walters" <cwalters@digitalpla.net>
> 11) Re: Joe Pye Weed
> by Curt Marble <cmarble@tiac.net>
> 12) Re: Joe Pye Weed & Borer
> by "william b. cook" <billc@atlantic.net>
> 13) Re: OT-Plants: Trimezia
> by Dennis Bishop <102063.112@compuserve.com>
> 14) Re: AB: name your favs
> by "Jeff and Carolyn Walters" <cwalters@digitalpla.net>
> 15) Re: Joe Pye Weed & Borer
> by Duane Buell <dbuell@ptialaska.net>
> 16) CULT: Alfalfa Tea
> by "Steven & Sharlyn Rocha" <srocha@pacbell.net>
> 17) Re: Iris Feeding?
> by Tmilchh <Tmilchh@aol.com>
> 18) CULT: Solarizing
> by ernie henson <erni@midwest.net>
> 19) COMP: record keeping
> by ernie henson <erni@midwest.net>
> 20) HIST:I. germanica in bloom
> by Henryanner <Henryanner@aol.com>
> 21) Re: COMP: record keeping
> by "Glenn Simmons" <glennsimmons@email.msn.com>
> 22) Jungle Shadows
> by "Merle and Linda Roberts" <irisbuff@televar.com>
> 23) Re: AB: name your favs
> by Aril7Gv <Aril7Gv@aol.com>
> 24) Re: COMP: record keeping
> by Dennis Bishop <102063.112@compuserve.com>
> 25) Re: CULT: Solarizing
> by "John I. Jones" <jijones@ix.netcom.com>
> 26) CAT i. lacustris - catalog source
> by Irisborer <Irisborer@aol.com>
> 27) Re: COMP: record keeping
> by The Hiltibidals <dutchman@fgi.net>
> 28) Re: Iris Feeding?
> by LibCROSS <LibCROSS@aol.com>
> 29) Max increase for resale
> by Barry Silver <Barry.Silver@digital.com>
> 30) OT: Ryan Carter
> by "Sterling Okase" <paganpink@classic.msn.com>
> 31) Re: Jungle Shadows
> by rimat <terra@catskill.net>
> 32) AR: strategies (was increases)
> by storey@aristotle.net (J. Michael, Celia or Ben Storey)
> 33) Re: OT-Plants: Bletilla and Neomarica
> by JForte21@aol.com
> 34) OT-Plants: Bletilla
> by Bill Shear <BILLS@hsc.edu>
> 35) Re: Jungle Shadows
> by Chris Hollinshead <cris@netcom.ca>
> 36) RE: Jungle Shadows
> by "Sara R.Marley" <digger@anent.com>
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Date: Wed, 04 Mar 1998 20:06:09 -0800
> From: "J. Griffin Crump" <jgcrump@erols.com>
> To: iris-l@rt66.com
> Subject: Re: Iris Feeding?
> Message-ID: <34FE24B1.764C@erols.com>
>
> Henryanner wrote:
> >
> >
> > Dennis,
> >
> > By "light dusting of Steer" do you mean cow manure? If so, I'd be
reluctant to
> > recommend that. . .
> >
>
> Gosh, is that what it means? No wonder my immigrant ancestors objected
> so strenuously to coming over in steerage!
>
> But seriously, I have three new beds (established last summer) amended
> heavily with used mushroom soil, which is composed of 1/3 cow manure,
> 1/3 peat and 1/3 topsoil. I have been mightily impressed with the
> increase of the irises planted in it and with the way it bonds with the
> garden soil to hold those iris roots. No sign of rot so far (fingers
> crossed). Clarence has been using it for 2 or 3 years now, and swears by
> it.
>
> Griff Crump, along the tidal Potomac near Mount Vernon, VA
> jgcrump@erols.com
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Wed, 4 Mar 1998 19:26:30 -0500
> From: dkramb@tso.cin.ix.net (Dennis Kramb)
> To: iris-l@Rt66.com
> Subject: SPEC: i. verna / i. lacustris
> Message-ID: <v01510100b123a03aaec2@[134.53.136.105]>
>
> Does anyone know of a commercial supplier for i. verna and i. lacustris?
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Wed, 4 Mar 1998 19:28:24 -0500
> From: Dennis Bishop <102063.112@compuserve.com>
> To: iris-l@rt66.com
> Subject: Re: Iris seed germination
> Message-ID: <199803041931_MC2-3586-E6CB@compuserve.com>
>
> I have a few shoots here that I have indoors as it's
> still cold outside, but over in Hawaii, I was growing
> it there, and while it would grow in shade, the ones
> that did better were out in the full blazing sun of
> Hawaii (island of Oahu) and on the leeward side too.
> Never had to feed them, just a bit of water once a
> week. At the time I moved, I had at lest 200 of them
> growing!
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Wed, 4 Mar 1998 19:35:39 EST
> From: Henryanner <Henryanner@aol.com>
> To: iris-l@rt66.com
> Subject: Re: Iris Feeding?
> Message-ID: <bef3a0dd.34fdf35e@aol.com>
>
> Griff Crump wrote:
>
> << But seriously, I have three new beds (established last summer)
amended
> heavily with used mushroom soil, which is composed of 1/3 cow manure,
1/3
> peat and 1/3 topsoil. I have been mightily impressed with the increase
of the
> irises planted in it and with the way it bonds with the garden soil to
hold
> those iris roots. No sign of rot so far (fingers crossed). Clarence has
been
> using it for 2 or 3 years now, and swears by it. >>
>
> Well, that is interesting. But it isn't the pure stuff, is it? Wonder how
> "spent" that is by the time they finish with it? And of course you are
adding
> alfalfa, too, right? I guess this all must represent a change in the
> collective wisdom coming out of Northern Virginia because it was Joan
Roberts
> of Friendship Gardens who told me about horse being much safer!
>
> I'd still be real careful about sprinkling the pure stuff around near the
> rhizomes.
>
> Anner Whitehead, Richmond,VA
> Henry Hall, henryanner@aol.com
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Wed, 4 Mar 1998 19:38:21 -0500
> From: dkramb@tso.cin.ix.net (Dennis Kramb)
> To: iris-l@Rt66.com
> Subject: ARIL: increases
> Message-ID: <v01510101b123a30d5887@[134.53.136.104]>
>
> I vaguely remember being told by someone/somewhere/sometime that
arilbreds
> would not do very well in Cincinnati's climate. However, the ones I
ordered
> and planted last summer are doing far better than my regular TB's. Some
of
> my arilbreds have 10 new increases off the main rhyzome. Is this
"normal"?
>
> Some of my TB's have no increases. Is this "normal"?
>
> Dennis
> Zone 6, USDA
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Wed, 04 Mar 1998 20:50:25 -0800
> From: "J. Griffin Crump" <jgcrump@erols.com>
> To: iris-l@rt66.com
> Subject: catalogs
> Message-ID: <34FE2F11.4498@erols.com>
>
> Listers -- Roger Duncan (Superstition Iris Gardens) read my query about
> which iris gardens regularly send a gratis catalog to previous year's
> customers and contacted me to see whether their catalog had reached me,
> since it had been mailed (first class) several days earlier. Lucky he
> did, since I subsequently found it stuck inside a piece of bulk mail
> which was on its way to the trash.
>
> I was also privileged to get a look at a photo of SPLASHACATA, one of
> Rick's new introductions. It looks like a show-stopper to me, and
> appears to be an improvement upon Charlie Nearpass' Purple Pepper, from
> which it comes. I will also be waiting impatiently for a deep purple
> near-black lacy iris they call HOLLYWOOD NIGHTS due out, they hope, in
> 1999.
>
> Griff Crump, along the tidal Potomac near Mount Vernon, VA
> jgcrump@erols.com
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Wed, 4 Mar 1998 20:12:44 -0500
> From: dkramb@tso.cin.ix.net (Dennis Kramb)
> To: iris-l@Rt66.com
> Subject: i. sibirica 'Nostalgie'
> Message-ID: <v01510104b123abc46455@[134.53.136.104]>
>
> Does anyone know of a commercial source for this German cultivar?
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Wed, 04 Mar 1998 18:07:39 -0800
> From: Rick Tasco/Roger Duncan <randrcv@sierratel.com>
> To: iris-l@rt66.com
> Subject: Re: ARIL: increases
> Message-ID: <34FE08EB.41F@sierratel.com>
>
> Dennis Kramb wrote:
> >
> > I vaguely remember being told by someone/somewhere/sometime that
arilbreds
> > would not do very well in Cincinnati's climate. However, the ones I
ordered
> > and planted last summer are doing far better than my regular TB's.
Some of
> > my arilbreds have 10 new increases off the main rhyzome. Is this
"normal"?
>
> Arilbreds have a tendency in milder climates to grow over the winter.
> By January some of my arilbreds were two feet high. I believe you had a
> relatively mild winter, compliments of El Nino, so I'm not surprised
> your arilbreds are doing so well. If they are growing well, yes you can
> get many increases from one rhizome.
>
> >
> > Some of my TB's have no increases. Is this "normal"?
>
> Usually TB's do not have as many increases as arilbreds can. I said
> usually!
> If your TB's are dormant then you should see increases when your weather
> warms up.
>
> >
> > Dennis
> > Zone 6, USDA
>
>
> Rick Tasco
> Superstition Iris Gardens
> Central California
> Zone 8
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Wed, 4 Mar 1998 21:09:57 -0500
> From: "william b. cook" <billc@atlantic.net>
> To: <iris-l@rt66.com>
> Subject: Re: OT-Plants: Trimezia
> Message-ID: <199803050215.VAA05223@rio.atlantic.net>
>
> >
> > You'll have to compair them with the ones I sent you when
> > they bloom.
>
> Dennis,
> Once I have bloom, I will compare the Trimezias to see if they are
the
> same, or are different. We had a minor freeze last night, down to 31 F
(-1
> C) which will slow them down a bit.
>
> Mark A. Cook
> billc@atlantic.net
> Dunnellon, FL.
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Wed, 4 Mar 1998 19:16:34 -0700
> From: "Jeff and Carolyn Walters" <cwalters@digitalpla.net>
> To: <iris-l@rt66.com>
> Subject: Re: ARIL: increases
> Message-ID: <199803050210.TAA31826@sol.digitalpla.net>
>
> Dennis Kramb writes:
>
> > I vaguely remember being told by someone/somewhere/sometime that
> arilbreds
> > would not do very well in Cincinnati's climate. However, the ones I
> ordered
> > and planted last summer are doing far better than my regular TB's.
Some
> of
> > my arilbreds have 10 new increases off the main rhyzome. Is this
> "normal"?
>
> Yes, it is. Arilbreds tend to increase much faster than TB's, so much so
> that they need to be dug and divided frequently to maintain their vigor,
or
> you will find them declining as fast as they increased. Sharon McAllister
> has written to the list that she has to divide and replant every year. I
> can get by with replanting every other year, but if I wait longer the
> effects can be dire.
>
> If you are going to have trouble with the AB's in your climate, I expect
> that it will come during the summer, when they could resent your tendency
> toward high moisture and humidity.
> >
> > Some of my TB's have no increases. Is this "normal"?
>
> Unfortunately, for some it is.
>
> Jeff Walters in northern Utah (USDA Zone 4, Sunset Zone 2)
> cwalters@digitalpla.net
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Wed, 4 Mar 1998 21:20:59 -0500 (EST)
> From: Curt Marble <cmarble@tiac.net>
> To: iris-l@rt66.com
> Subject: Re: Joe Pye Weed
> Message-ID: <199803050220.VAA12952@mail-out-2.tiac.net>
>
>
> >> I'm reluctant to order from Joe Pye Weed because the catalog has the
> >> notation, "Furthermore, please note that irises in New England are
> >> subject to iris borer and these spring plants cannot be sprayed for
> >> borer before shipment."
> >>
>
>
> I have gotten most of my Siberians from Joe Pye Weed and have never
gotten a
> borer or seen any evidence on plants from them. In fact, the only borers
> that I have ever gotten from anyone were from growers of bearded irises.
>
> ---------
> Kathy Marble
> Harvard, MA zone 5
> c*@tiac.net
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Wed, 4 Mar 1998 21:15:52 -0500
> From: "william b. cook" <billc@atlantic.net>
> To: <iris-l@rt66.com>
> Subject: Re: Joe Pye Weed & Borer
> Message-ID: <199803050221.VAA06127@rio.atlantic.net>
>
> >
> > I'm reluctant to order from Joe Pye Weed because the catalog has the
> > notation, "Furthermore, please note that irises in New England are
> > subject to iris borer and these spring plants cannot be sprayed for
> > borer before shipment."
> >
> Duane,
> To avoid the possibility of importing the Iris Borer, you might wish
> to consider having an August shipment. By August, any Iris Borer larvae
> would have exited the rhizome and gone into the soil for pupation.
>
> Mark A. Cook
> billc@atlantic.net
> Dunnellon, FL.
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Wed, 4 Mar 1998 21:30:33 -0500
> From: Dennis Bishop <102063.112@compuserve.com>
> To: iris-l@rt66.com
> Subject: Re: OT-Plants: Trimezia
> Message-ID: <199803042134_MC2-3588-8E7@compuserve.com>
>
> I have mine in pots sitting just inside the glass
> door on the front of my trailer, which faces North.
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Wed, 4 Mar 1998 19:52:47 -0700
> From: "Jeff and Carolyn Walters" <cwalters@digitalpla.net>
> To: <iris-l@rt66.com>
> Subject: Re: AB: name your favs
> Message-ID: <199803050247.TAA01751@sol.digitalpla.net>
>
> > J. Michael, Celia or Ben Storey wrote:
> > >
> > > > My arilbreds never looked better. In fact, the foliage is
> cleaner
> > > >than the TB foliage and bloomstalks are showing.
>
> > > What are some of your favorite arilbreds and why?
>
> BOLD SENTRY (Peterson, 83) - A big, bold flower it is, too! Nice
contrast
> between smooth, light lavender-blue standards and tan falls with a rich
> crimson overlay. Vigorous, problem free grower here (of course, this is
its
> native ground).
>
> ONLOOKER (Hager, 85) - Rick Tasco has already said it all about this one,
> and all I can add is a hearty endorsement of everything he wrote.
>
> ORA J. SEALE (E. Hunt by Mc Allister, 83) - Pastel standards over blended
> falls in luscious sunset tones. Kind of hard to describe, but it sure is
> purty!
>
> TURKISH HEART (Shockey, 90) - Near yellow amoena with a boldly marked
> signal of dark, chocolate brown (the color of Hershey's semisweet). This
> one blooms very late for an AB here - in the middle of the TB season.
>
> WHITHER THOU GOEST (E. Hunt by McAllister, 85) - Fascinating cafe-au-lait
> color with an infusion or undertone of rose plus a maroon signal zone.
> Good, dependable grower and bloomer.
>
> Each of the iris listed above offers something you will never find in a
> straight TB.
>
> Jeff Walters in northern Utah (USDA Zone 4, Sunset Zone 2)
> cwalters@digitalpla.net
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Wed, 04 Mar 1998 18:28:43 -0900
> From: Duane Buell <dbuell@ptialaska.net>
> To: iris-l@rt66.com
> Subject: Re: Joe Pye Weed & Borer
> Message-ID: <2.2.32.19980305032843.006c75f0@ptialaska.net>
>
> I do appreciate the responses from Andrew, Kathy and Mark. If the
> disclaimer hadn't been in the catalog, I probably wouldn't even
> have thought about the possibility. I will be placing an order for
> spring delivery.
>
> The fall delivery is an "iffy" situation here as to whether there will
> be time for the plants to become established. Most likely they would,
> but I've seen some hard freezes in Sept. in the past, without a snow
> cover, and I hate to guess wrong about the next time it will happen.
>
> Thanks all,
> Duane
>
> At 07:26 PM 3/4/98 -0700, you wrote:
> >>
> >> I'm reluctant to order from Joe Pye Weed because the catalog has the
> >> notation, "Furthermore, please note that irises in New England are
> >> subject to iris borer and these spring plants cannot be sprayed for
> >> borer before shipment."
> >>
> >Duane,
> > To avoid the possibility of importing the Iris Borer, you might
wish
> >to consider having an August shipment. By August, any Iris Borer larvae
> >would have exited the rhizome and gone into the soil for pupation.
> >
> >Mark A. Cook
> >billc@atlantic.net
> >Dunnellon, FL.
> >
> >
> >
> Duane Buell Zone 6a but plan 5b for safety
> http://www.outdoorhq.com
> Now featuring a BarnesandNoble bookseller link
> dbuell@ptialaska.net or sales.ohq@sport4u.com
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Wed, 4 Mar 1998 19:43:22 -0800
> From: "Steven & Sharlyn Rocha" <srocha@pacbell.net>
> To: "_Iris-L" <IRIS-L@Rt66.com>
> Subject: CULT: Alfalfa Tea
> Message-ID: <199803050345.TAA15796@mail-gw2.pacbell.net>
>
> Hello Everyone,
> I'm thinking about making some alfalfa tea. How is it applied? With a
> sprayer or a watering can? Are the nutrients from the tea absorbed
through
> the foliage or the roots? I found a recipe for it two pounds per five
> gallon bucket.
> Lemon Custard opened up today. My first TB of the season :-) Crimson
King
> is still reblooming :-) I think it's related to the energizer bunny
> Thanks,
> Steve
>
> Steven & Sharlyn Rocha
> President, San Diego/Imperial Co. Iris Society
> Region 15, Zone 9, srocha@pacbell.net
> http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/7679
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Wed, 4 Mar 1998 23:19:24 EST
> From: Tmilchh <Tmilchh@aol.com>
> To: iris-l@rt66.com
> Subject: Re: Iris Feeding?
> Message-ID: <3982650f.34fe27ce@aol.com>
>
> Where can I get mushroom soil?
> Annette Milch , Lexington, Kentucky (zone 5/6)
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Wed, 04 Mar 1998 22:14:47 -0600
> From: ernie henson <erni@midwest.net>
> To: iris-l@rt66.com
> Subject: CULT: Solarizing
> Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.19980304221447.007dcb90@midwest.net>
>
> What is solarizing? How do you do it and why do you do it?
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Wed, 04 Mar 1998 22:29:07 -0600
> From: ernie henson <erni@midwest.net>
> To: iris-l@rt66.com
> Subject: COMP: record keeping
> Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.19980304222907.007e1b60@midwest.net>
>
> Can anyone recommend a good record keeping system. I presently use the
> loose-leaf notebook hand written system...one sheet for each iris, with a
> photograph of the iris. Nice work for the long winters but I'm getting
way
> behind. Maybe it's time to consider something different.
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Thu, 5 Mar 1998 00:05:38 EST
> From: Henryanner <Henryanner@aol.com>
> To: iris-l@rt66.com
> Subject: HIST:I. germanica in bloom
> Message-ID: <480bd583.34fe32a4@aol.com>
>
> Greetings,
>
> Here in Richmond, Virginia, USDA Zone 7, on the sunny side of the street,
Iris
> germanica is in bloom on March 3 on well developed stalks and showing
fine
> color.
>
> This is close to a month early for this neighborhood.
>
> Anner Whitehead
> henryanner@aol.com
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Thu, 5 Mar 1998 23:28:12 -0600
> From: "Glenn Simmons" <glennsimmons@email.msn.com>
> To: <iris-l@rt66.com>
> Subject: Re: COMP: record keeping
> Message-ID: <079934228050538UPIMSSMTPUSR01@email.msn.com>
>
> Glad you mentioned this Ernie. I have been wanting to ask the same
> question. I have been looking for a good record keeping computer program
> without have to make it myself...I'm not really very good at that! :)
Any
> recommendations for a program that is designed for iris?
>
> Glenn
>
> Glenn & Linda Simmons Springfield, Missouri
> e-mail glennsimmons@msn.com or
> gsimmons1@juno.com or lindaAsimmons@juno.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ernie henson <erni@midwest.net>
> To: Multiple recipients of list <iris-l@rt66.com>
> Date: Wednesday, March 04, 1998 10:47 PM
> Subject: COMP: record keeping
>
>
> >Can anyone recommend a good record keeping system. I presently use the
> >loose-leaf notebook hand written system...one sheet for each iris, with
a
> >photograph of the iris. Nice work for the long winters but I'm getting
way
> >behind. Maybe it's time to consider something different.
> >
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Wed, 4 Mar 1998 21:50:41 -0800
> From: "Merle and Linda Roberts" <irisbuff@televar.com>
> To: "Iris-L" <iris-l@rt66.com>
> Subject: Jungle Shadows
> Message-ID: <001201bd47fa$a3fe73c0$46ad1ad0@irisbuff>
>
> For all those that love the coloring of Jungle Shadows. I've made some
> wallpaper size pic's. Hope you enjoy.
>
> 640X507
> http://www.televar.com/~irisbuff/jungle1.htm
>
> 800X634
> http://www.televar.com/~irisbuff/jungle2.htm
>
>
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> Merle and Linda Roberts
> Roberts Backyard
> Grand Coulee Dam, Washington
> irisbuff@televar.com
> http://www.televar.com/~irisbuff/ Zone 5
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Thu, 5 Mar 1998 00:55:28 EST
> From: Aril7Gv <Aril7Gv@aol.com>
> To: iris-l@rt66.com
> Subject: Re: AB: name your favs
> Message-ID: <6981149e.34fe3e53@aol.com>
>
> Superstition Iris Garden,
>
> Enjoyed what you had to say about your favoret AB's . Yes onlooker has a
nice
> big signal. There are a number of new one's that are just coming out.
They are
> from Howard Shockey's work which has made a real advance into OGB's with
large
> signals. Irene is working in getting the best of his seedling's out;
however
> they will not be introduced, so they will be used as breeding stock. The
ones
> that have been named, I like Lancer very much, a nice Lavender color with
a
> large dark signal. Desert Fury a nice red with a dark signal also. They
will
> both catch your eye at a very nice distant. QueenSheba, Shebas Jewell,
Turkish
> Heart, and the seedling 92-107-A , These are all of good color withomuch
of
> any lines. They are I belive what Howard truly enjoyed working. My
catalog
> shoub be ready in the next ten days. Yes I''ll trade catalogs with you.
>
> Arnold W. Ferguson
> Grandview Iris Patch
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Thu, 5 Mar 1998 01:03:59 -0500
> From: Dennis Bishop <102063.112@compuserve.com>
> To: iris-l@rt66.com
> Subject: Re: COMP: record keeping
> Message-ID: <199803050106_MC2-3598-85E2@compuserve.com>
>
> I don't know of any just for Iris, but any GOOD database
> program should be able to be set up with the number of
> fields in it to match the data you want to record. Even
> on this Atari Falcon030 I can set up that kind of a
> Database for record keeping, so I'm sure those
> lesser ibm/clones/campatables should have something
> that you can use.
>
> Dahliaman An ATARI Follower of the Light!
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Wed, 04 Mar 1998 22:39:40 -0800
> From: "John I. Jones" <jijones@ix.netcom.com>
> To: iris-l@rt66.com
> Subject: Re: CULT: Solarizing
> Message-ID: <34FE48AC.5D509D29@ix.netcom.com>
>
> ernie henson wrote:
> >
> > What is solarizing? How do you do it and why do you do it?
>
> Ernie,
>
> If you go to the Iris-l Archives, select 1996 and 1997, and search on
> solarization, you will find a wealth of information on the subject - the
> process of baking soil under a layer of plastic to sterilize the soil.
Read
> the messages with the word in the subject line first.
>
>
> John | "There be dragons here"
> | Annotation used by ancient cartographers
> | to indicate the edge of the known world.
>
> John Jones, jijones@ix.netcom.com
> Fremont CA, USDA zone 8/9 (coastal, bay)
> Max high 95F/35C, Min Low 28F/-2C average 10 days each
> Heavy clay base for my raised beds.
> There are currently 25 Iris pictures on my Website. Visit me at:
> http://members.home.net/jijones
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Thu, 5 Mar 1998 04:13:50 EST
> From: Irisborer <Irisborer@aol.com>
> To: iris-l@rt66.com
> Subject: CAT i. lacustris - catalog source
> Message-ID: <6eded0d7.34fe6cd0@aol.com>
>
> In a message dated 98-03-04 19:28:45 EST, you write:
>
> > i. lacustris?
>
> Yes... one of my favorite places (non iris) has i. lacustris.... Primrose
Path
> in Pennsylvania. They also offer several kinds of i. cristata.
>
> Write for the catalog ($2) at RD2, Box 110, Scottdale, PA 15683
>
> As you may imagine, they specialize in primula (!!!), but there's some
new
> directions in heucheras... and there's some other choice plants besides.
>
> Good quality too.
>
> Kathy Guest - who just placed an order yesterday and is almost waiting by
the
> window
> in East Aurora, NY
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Thu, 05 Mar 1998 06:47:06 +0000
> From: The Hiltibidals <dutchman@fgi.net>
> To: iris-l@rt66.com
> Subject: Re: COMP: record keeping
> Message-ID: <3.0.3.32.19980305064706.0099f780@mail.fgi.net>
>
> I used Lotus 123 to computerize my iris bed. I raised my iris bed this
> year, - 80' x 12, and planted them 6 to a row.
>
> I increased column size to incorporate names, dates of introduction,
> developer, any awards won, color, height and where purchased. Takes
about
> 3 rows, and columns at 30.
>
> That made a useful reference tool (and for heavens sake, save it on a
> separate disk in case of computer crash), but very unweildly when you
want
> a list to share or carry around. I used the transpose feature to copy all
> the names in the top row of each column into a list I can print out in
> landscape.
>
> As each cultivar increases - they will be transplanted to separate beds
of
> their own. There are not markers made at a reasonable price that
> can't be lifted by critters, caught by the mower, stepped on by the dog,
> whatever - I found the computerized iris bed very helpful.
> Sharon Hiltibidal
>
>
>
>
>
>
> At 11:08 PM 3/4/98 -0700, you wrote:
> >I don't know of any just for Iris, but any GOOD database
> >program should be able to be set up with the number of
> >fields in it to match the data you want to record. Even
> >on this Atari Falcon030 I can set up that kind of a
> >Database for record keeping, so I'm sure those
> >lesser ibm/clones/campatables should have something
> >that you can use.
> >
> >Dahliaman An ATARI Follower of the Light!
> >
> >
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Thu, 5 Mar 1998 07:54:42 EST
> From: LibCROSS <LibCROSS@aol.com>
> To: iris-l@rt66.com
> Subject: Re: Iris Feeding?
> Message-ID: <d0f91cb3.34fea095@aol.com>
>
> Hi Annette.
>
> I don't know where you can get mushroom soil, but be careful in using
it.It
> can cause rot in bearded iris, because it is so rich, it make very lush
> growth, which can be too much of a good thing.
>
> Libby Cross (in VA)
> Been there done that in Md
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Thu, 5 Mar 1998 08:54:42 -0500
> From: Barry Silver <Barry.Silver@digital.com>
> To: "'iriscorrespond'" <iris-l@rt66.com>
> Subject: Max increase for resale
> Message-ID: <BEA805C1E556D111987A08002BB76F5302544F@pkoexc2.pko.dec.com>
>
> Here is a question?
>
> What is the best way to handle bearded Iris for resale. I guess that
> could be in terms of how to maximize increase and ease of handling.
>
> The first year do you start out with 1, 2 or 3 rhizomes in a clump?
>
> When do you divide, and do you discard the oldest rhizomes on the
> inside of the clump?
>
>
> Barry Silver
>
> Consultant Digital NSIS Y2K
> * barry.silver@digital.com
> * TEL (508)493-3532 FAX (508) 493-3512 DTN 223-3532
> * Digital Equipment Corporation
> 129 Parker Street PKO1
> Maynard, Massachusetts USA 01754
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Fri, 6 Mar 98 02:03:56 UT
> From: "Sterling Okase" <paganpink@classic.msn.com>
> To: iris-l@rt66.com
> Subject: OT: Ryan Carter
> Message-ID: <UPMAIL07.199803051404160994@classic.msn.com>
>
> Hi Ryan,
> I haven't heard from you in several days. I have sent you two personal
> messages regarding MDBs. Are you still interested in trading this summer?
> Contact me personally.
>
> IRIS MANIAC,
> Sterling
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Thu, 05 Mar 1998 09:37:07 -0500
> From: rimat <terra@catskill.net>
> To: iris-l@rt66.com
> Subject: Re: Jungle Shadows
> Message-ID: <34FEB892.155E@catskill.net>
>
> Merle and Linda Roberts wrote:
> >
> > For all those that love the coloring of Jungle Shadows. I've made
some
> > wallpaper size pic's. Hope you enjoy.
> >
> > 640X507
> > http://www.televar.com/~irisbuff/jungle1.htm
> >
> > 800X634
> > http://www.televar.com/~irisbuff/jungle2.htm
> >
> > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > Merle and Linda Roberts
> > Roberts Backyard
> > Grand Coulee Dam, Washington
> > irisbuff@televar.com
> > http://www.televar.com/~irisbuff/ Zone 5
>
> thank you for this -- what a stunning flower. Now I need to find it in
> a catalog and BUY it.
> rima terra@catskill.net
> upstate ny zone 4
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Thu, 5 Mar 1998 09:00:00 -0600
> From: storey@aristotle.net (J. Michael, Celia or Ben Storey)
> To: iris-l@rt66.com
> Subject: AR: strategies (was increases)
> Message-ID: <v01540b02b1246b5ded99@[207.150.22.93]>
>
> Jeff writes:
> >If you are going to have trouble with the AB's in your climate, I expect
> >that it will come during the summer, when they could resent your
tendency
> >toward high moisture and humidity.
> >>
> I have been toying with the idea of building a special raiesd AB bed,
4x4,
> in full sun. I would like to hoist a little clear plastic roof over it
just
> during the summer. The neighbors would think it was nutty, of course, but
I
> live to amuse them. I thought I might set removable 2.5-foot lengths of
> 2x2s around the ABs to make an open-sided support and then just nail a
> piece of clear plastic over them. This would let light in without raising
> the temp significantly, but would block a lot of rain.
> What do you think? (Especially you, Walter. You've got a rainy climate,
> too.) Hairbrained scheme? Unnecessary?
>
> celia
> storey@aristotle.net
> Little Rock, Arkansas, USDA Zone 7b
> -----------------------------------
> 257 feet above sea level,
> average rainfall about 50 inches (more than 60" in '97)
> average relative humidity (at 6 a.m.) 84%.
> moderate winters, hot summers ... but lots of seesaw action in all
seasons
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Thu, 5 Mar 1998 09:56:27 -0500 (EST)
> From: JForte21@aol.com
> To: iris-l@rt66.com
> Subject: Re: OT-Plants: Bletilla and Neomarica
> Message-ID: <980305095627_75216155@mrin54>
>
> Hi Mark,
> About Bletilla: my mom grows it in Southern California in pots in her
patio
> and it is very happy and multiplies. I also grow it here on the Central
> Coast of CA and I've noticed that it grows better in sandier soil than in
> clay. It seems to tolerate the frosts okay (goes dormant). I grow it in
a
> semi shade spot near the house. Very pretty.
> Mary Forte, Atascadero, CA, Zone 9 but too frosty for citrus and
> bougainvillea
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Thu, 05 Mar 1998 10:29:45 -0500
> From: Bill Shear <BILLS@hsc.edu>
> To: iris-l@rt66.com
> Subject: OT-Plants: Bletilla
> Message-ID: <l03020902b12472428cf9@[208.6.80.48]>
>
> Mark--Bletilla does very well here in zone 7a central Virginia. I have a
> nice clump of the white form that has been down about 15 years and comes
> back blooming every year. It's in fairly heavy soil, much organic
matter,
> and full shade. The foliage lasts all summer, then dies down in the
fall.
> There is a very attractive mass planting of Bletilla at the Lewis Ginter
> Botanical Garden in Richmond, as I recall in about half sun. I'm also
> trying some hybrid Bletilla from We-Du Nurseries but they have not
reached
> the point yet where they are of blooming size. Here and there in the
last
> few years I have seen offered for sale a yellow species-usually at a very
> high price.
>
> Another hardy orchid that might work for you is Pleione. I haven't tried
> them personally, but a friend in Charlotte NC grows them outdoors and
they
> bloom a bit after the crocuses. Pleiones are beginning to find their way
> into the mass market.
>
> Florida is alive with orchid nuts, and also has a large number of native
> (presumably hardy) species. Make contact with a local orchid greenhouse
and
> you might learn about a number of species that could grow outside for
you.
>
> Oops--nothing perjorative meant by that phrase "orchid nuts" since I have
> several blooming Phalaenopsis in the window myself! They're great house
> plants, if you haven't tried them.
>
> When I was living in Gainesville some 25 years ago, 'Amaryllis'
> (Hippeastrum) were common features of gardens there. They bloomed at
what
> was about 'tulip time' elsewhere. There were some really spectacular old
> plantings of a red-striped variety in the neighborhood with literally
> hundreds of stems. Since then I've found that they are borderline hardy
> here in Virginia and survive with a good winter mulch. However, the
bloom
> stalks can get cut down by late frosts. Leaving the mulch on delays
things
> and gives generally good bloom. Try 'em!
>
> Bill Shear
> Department of Biology
> Hampden-Sydney College
> Hampden-Sydney VA 23943
> (804)223-6172
> FAX (804)223-6374
> email<bills@hsc.edu>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Thu, 05 Mar 1998 10:46:26 -0500
> From: Chris Hollinshead <cris@netcom.ca>
> To: iris-l@rt66.com
> Subject: Re: Jungle Shadows
> Message-ID: <34FEC8D1.41C42AAE@netcom.ca>
>
> rimat wrote:
>
> > re the Jungle Shadows image from Merle and Linda Roberts
> >
> > thank you for this -- what a stunning flower. Now I need to find it in
> > a catalog and BUY it.
> > rima terra@catskill.net
> > upstate ny zone 4
>
> You may not find it in too many catalogues as it is an older variety of
iris.
> It is a Border Bearded Iris...
> JUNGLE SHADOWS (Sass-Graham 1960)
> I grow it in my garden and although the Roberts put up a REAL nice photo
of it
> it looks even better in real life!
> --
> Christopher Hollinshead
> Mississauga, Ontario Canada zone6b
> AIS(Region 16), CIS, SSI
> Director-Canadian Iris Society
> Newsletter Editor-Canadian Iris Society
> e-mail: cris@netcom.ca
> CIS website: http://www.netcom.ca/~cris/CIS.html
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Thu, 5 Mar 1998 11:28:46 -0500
> From: "Sara R.Marley" <digger@anent.com>
> To: "'iris-l@rt66.com'" <iris-l@rt66.com>
> Subject: RE: Jungle Shadows
> Message-ID: <01BD4829.DD5A8D00@user38.anent.com>
>
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> Remat: I have Jungle Shadows, and some extra to share. Give me shout =
> at: digger@anent.com for more info. Sara Marley, on the east side of =
> the Blue Ridge in northern Va.
>
> ----------
> From: rimat[SMTP:terra@catskill.net]
> Sent: Thursday, March 05, 1998 2:34 AM
> To: Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: Re: Jungle Shadows
>
> Merle and Linda Roberts wrote:
> >=20
> > For all those that love the coloring of Jungle Shadows. I've made =
> some
> > wallpaper size pic's. Hope you enjoy.
> >=20
> > 640X507
> > http://www.televar.com/~irisbuff/jungle1.htm
> >=20
> > 800X634
> > http://www.televar.com/~irisbuff/jungle2.htm
> >=20
> > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > Merle and Linda Roberts
> > Roberts Backyard
> > Grand Coulee Dam, Washington
> > irisbuff@televar.com
> > http://www.televar.com/~irisbuff/ Zone 5
>
> thank you for this -- what a stunning flower. Now I need to find it in
> a catalog and BUY it.
> rima terra@catskill.net
> upstate ny zone 4
>
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