Re: TB:CULT:digging up
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] TB:CULT:digging up
- From: G* S*
- Date: Sat, 19 May 2001 04:58:10 -0700
Debi Schmitt wrote:
>
> This may sound like a dumb question...but what are the reasons for digging
> them up each year?
Debi,
In general, only commercial growers who want to maximize increase dig
every year.
Most of us prefer the effect of two- or three-year clumps,
and sometimes situations make us go to four.
Dig when overcrowding gets to be a problem (reduced bloom
is one symptom), or to make room for something new.
Otherwise, no need to.
That said, there are a few cultivars that are such
vigorous growers that every year works best for them
(and which cultivars are like this varies from
region to region, garden to garden).
Gerry
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g*@mediaone.net
Gerry Snyder, AIS Symposium Chair, Region 15 RVP
Member San Fernando Valley, Southern California Iris Societies
in warm, winterless Los Angeles--USDA 9b-ish, Sunset 18-19
my work: helping generate data for: http://galileo.jpl.nasa.gov/
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