Re: CULT: Bloom-out

Francelle,

Here is something you might want to try.

There is some thought that there are many growth points along the side 
of a mother rhizome and that the growth point that puts up the 
bloomstalk and new leaves (the meristem)also puts out an inhibitor that 
keeps the growth points from turning into increases.

So, you might take one or two of the bloom stalks off *now*, being sure 
to cut it off low enoough to get the meristem. The theory being that the 
lack of the growth inhibitor will allow other increases to form.

I know of a number of growers that routinely take a rz, slice it into 
quarters or more, plant the pieces and end up with a lot of plants. They 
normally do this at the time that they dig and replant, but cutting off 
the bloomstalk might just work now to save the plant. All you would be 
sacrificing would be a bloom stalk and it sounds like you have almost 
nothing to loose.

John

FRANCELLE EDWARDS wrote:

>Yes, Char, I will leave them alone until they have to be dug later this
>summer.  A few times I have found a new shoot or two in a bloomed out
>clump and thus have saved the cultivar for another year.  But it's sad
>to see a two year clump with 16 increases put up 16 stalks.  My
>Celebration Song did that last year and I lost it.  In my guest bed I
>have Oasis Dragon, Midnight Moonlight and Royal Storm doing that right
>now.  Some clumps have been blooming since the middle of March and are
>still sending up new stalks.  They aren't rebloomers either.  I feel
>like screaming at them, "Quit blooming!"
>
>Francelle Edwards    Glendale,  AZ   Zone 9  
>
>
>On Mon, 5 May 2003 20:55:40 -0700 "FRANCELLE EDWARDS"
><FJMJEDWARDS@worldnet.att.net> writes:
>  
>
>>I have a problem I don't understand.  Several of my guest irises are
>>blooming out.  The clumps looked so big and healthy, but they just 
>>keep
>>sending up bloom stalks until nothing is left.  
>> 
>>Do any of you have any idea what causes this problem?
>>    
>>
>
>Francelle, if they are in full bloom now, wouldn't it be a little early
>to know if they are really bloomed out? Seems like we see increases come
>later. I'd give them some time. Sounds like they just like what you're
>doing for them.
>
>Char 
>Melba, Idaho
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