Re: What do I do?
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- Subject: Re: What do I do?
- From: "* b* c* <b*@atlantic.net>
- Date: Thu, 26 Mar 1998 17:21:24 -0700 (MST)
> Good morning everyone. I have a box of iris that I received last fall
and
> now I don't really know what to do with them. Some of the names are:
WITCH'S
> WAND, MOOMBA, LULLABY OF SPRING, HOT STREAK, CITY LIGHTS, APOLLODORUS,
just to name a few. I know if I plant them now they won't bloom this year
and
> most likely not next year. I guess what I really wanted to know is: is
there
> anything special I should do to the rhizome before I plant them? Some
people
> have told me to soak them first.
Peggy,
As someone who used to live in Kentucky, (since I know that is where
you are) I think I can help. Soak the rhizomes a few hours, then go ahead
and set them out. The spring rains will help rejuvenate them. When I
lived in Lexington, I planted some TB Irises at this time of the year, and
did not lose a single one. Once, a neighbor planted some out (in March)
that had been stored two years. They all lived. The next year they
bloomed.
Don't expect bloom this year, but you will get some the next.
Mark A. Cook
billc@atlantic.net
Dunnellon, Florida. USDA Zone 8/9 Sunset Zone 28/26
