Re: CULT: Iris in pots
- To: i*@egroups.com
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] CULT: Iris in pots
- From: B*@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 22:42:15 EDT
In a message dated 5/15/00 6:29:41 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
clarkgar@advertisnet.com writes:
<< During the drought last year you see difference in irises from the garden
and from the pots. The ones in pots had 8 to 10 inches of roots and ones from
garden had 2 to 3 inches of roots. >>
Jim,
Totally correct. All true Irises here must be grown in pots or kiddie
pools sunk into the ground. African Irises do fine in the ground. Even some
of my Daylilies are having to go into pots. The ground becomes powdery and
hydrophobic, and the plants start dwindling away.
Mark A. Cook
BigAlligator@aol.com
Dunnellon, Florida USA USDA Zone 8b
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