CULT: iris rot

Today I spent some time cutting rotting fans out of my irises.  As all you
Americans east of the Rocky Mountains remember, several weeks ago we had
a horrible week-long freeze.  And that really did a number on my irises.
The center leaves in the fans rotted away and the rot travelled down to
the rhyzome so I had to cut them out.

On some fans, the rot had not travelled down very far.  Is there a chance
that those fans could still bloom this year???

I applied bleach to all the fresh cut rhyzomes.


Dennis Kramb; dkramb@tso.cin.ix.net
Cincinnati, Ohio USA; USDA Zone 6; AIS Region 6
Member of AIS, ASI, HIPS, RBIS, SIGNA, & Miami Valley Iris Society
Primary Interests: Hybridizing Arilbreds, Raising Native Ohio Species Irises
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