No Subject

dont send me this crap  unsubscribe
> ----------
> Fr=E5n: 	Linda Mann[SMTP:lmann@icx.net]
> Skickat: 	 den 19 mars 1998 12:14
> Till: 	Multiple recipients of list
> Ang=E5ende: 	Re: Deep freeze
>=20
> If the central (terminal, mother rhizome) fan and embryonic (not
> noticeable) bloom stalk inside that fan on a bearded iris has been
> damaged by a sudden deep freeze, the fan will develop a somewhat
> 'pinched' look and will seem to slow way down in growth compared to
> growth of side shoots/increase.  That terminal fan will be highly
> likely
> to develop rot in the rhizome eventually, though it may not hit till
> after bloom season.  I usually don't doctor for rot - rarely spreads
> to
> the increase (though I once lost a whole clump of SONG OF NORWAY), =
but
> I
> thought I would pass this observation along for those who do doctor
> and
> others who are looking for evidence of how much damage they've had.
>=20
> Sorry, John, I'm photographically illiterate - no pics.
>=20
> Also wanted to share early results of 'protection' experiment - I put
> a
> triangle of cola bottles full of water (not hot, just regular hose
> temperature) lying on their sides around a couple of irises that got
> nailed during last year's late freeze and piled about 3 inches of
> coarse
> creek sand on top of the rhizomes.  One had Reemay for the 2nd two
> nights of the 3 coldest.  These two plants show no sign of even the
> slightest injury and the one that spent the night under Reemay has
> grown
> noticeably in comparison to its neighbors under Reemay but without =
the
> water bottles or sand.  Now isn't that the kind of garden beauty =
we've
> all envisioned?  A garbage dump of old recyclables covered with bed
> sheets?
>=20
> Linda Mann east Tennessee USA
> trying to concentrate on the GORGEOUS sea of Lamium purpureum and
> ignore
> all those flopped over, slimy dark green iris leaves.  Even on a fan
> or
> two of VANITY!  Phoo.
>=20
Other Mailing lists | Author Index | Date Index | Subject Index | Thread Index