Re: CULT: Scorch
- To:
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] CULT: Scorch
- From: j*
- Date: Fri, 5 May 2000 20:27:00 -0400
Walta -- Thanks for this very practical suggestion. I may try it on
particularly important clumps in the future. It's already too late for a
couple of my 3d-year seedling clumps. They were hit by rot (which sounds
like the scorch herein described) during a period of more than a week when I
couldn't work the seedling garden because of the standing water in the paths
between the raised beds. The rot is so pervasive throughout the clump that
there seems to be no chance of cutting away the bad stuff in place and
saving the rest. I'm afraid I'm going to have to dig both entire clumps,
bloomstalks (not yet open) and all, disinfect what I can and replant the
surviving rhizomes elsewhere. Whether the buds will survive to bloom, I
don't know, but the objective is to save the rhizomes. -----Original
Message-----
From: wmoores@watervalley.net <wmoores@watervalley.net>
To: iris-talk@egroups.com <iris-talk@egroups.com>
Date: Friday, May 05, 2000 8:43 AM
Subject: Re: [iris-talk] CULT: Scorch
>
>>
>> I have never experienced scorch in my gardens so I can't say for
>> certain that this procedure works, but as Mr. Brummitt said it is
>> worth the try and who knows........?
>>
>> Dave Silverberg
>> Molalla, Oregon, USA zone 7/8ish
>>
>>
>>
> Dr. Clarence P. Denman, early member of the Ft. Worth Iris Society,
> taught us a trick about scorch years ago. In the fall of
>the year when it is dry get down on your hands and knees, and
>with a big, sharp knife cut completely through the rhizomes in the
>center of the clump at the toes, making as many mini clumps out
>of the whole as you like. If scorch strikes, you won't lose the entire
>clump. If you want to be 'super safe' during this procedure, you
>can disinfect the knife. I never did and saw no problems with the
>cutting procedure.
>
> It is easy to see the diseased area which can be removed
>without disturbing the entire clump. Visitors will be amazed at your
>scorch-free garden.
>
> Observations that scorch does not attack single divisions
>(seedlings just planted) is accurate where I have observed scorch.
>It thrives on two year clumps.
>
> Since scorch was so rampant in the Texas tour gardens, it was
>obvious that this trick had been forgotten. Entire clumps had been
>killed. They were attacked in their second year - the year of the
>convention.
>
> Walter Moores
> Enid Lake, MS 7/8 USA (who fell on the swooning couch
>yesterday after seeing POEM OF ECSTASY)
>
>
>
>
>
>------------------------------------------------------------------------
>*--- FREE VOICEMAIL FOR YOUR HOME PHONE! ---*
>With eVoice Now you can keep in touch with clients, vendors, co-workers,
>friends and family ANYTIME, ANYWHERE. Sign Up Today for FREE!
>http://click.egroups.com/1/3426/0/_/486170/_/957530620/
>------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
>
------------------------------------------------------------------------
You have a voice mail message waiting for you at iHello.com:
http://click.egroups.com/1/3555/0/_/486170/_/957573167/
------------------------------------------------------------------------
