Re: CULT: Spring Iris Cleaning

From: Judyhunt1@aol.com

In a message dated 3/12/99 12:57:07 PM Eastern Standard Time, Lbaumunk@aol.com
writes:

<< Subj:	 [iris-talk] CULT:  Spring Iris Cleaning

  ...I carefully dig out all infected parts of the rhizome with a soup
 spoon, leaving the area where I dug exposed to the air.  I have saved many
 irises by employing this procedure in the early spring.
 
Hi, Lowell.
We here in the Zombie Zone have problems with rot, too.  When we catch it in
time, we follow your procedures with the addition of either sprinkling the
wound liberally with Comet or drenching it with undiluted chlorine bleach.  I
used to think the bleach needed to be diluted but one summer we had a bad
infection in a strip through one of our beds and I tried the undiluted as a
last resort.  It stopped it and did not seem to affect the plants.

Sometimes though, we have to dig the affected rhizomes along with the soil
around them, treat those that are not too far gone, leave them in the sun for
a day or two, then replant in "clean" soil.

I am also intrigued with the aspirin idea.  I wonder if this would discourage
the bacterial soft rot.  Thoughts, anyone?

Judy Hunt in Louisville, still praying for no snow.
 

 

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