Re: I've got rot?!?
Laura Williams wrote:
>
> I'm a new iris grower; just picked up some rhizomes last year at a local
> Iris Society sale. One pink TB appeared to develop some holes in the
> exposed rhizome (borer??), but made it through winter and I thought it
> was doing OK though not blooming this year. Alas! The foliage was
> turning yellow, so on closer investigation yesterday I noticed that the
> rhizome had mushy areas and the fan was breaking off at the rhizome. Is
> this the dreaded rot I keep reading about? Everybody else (about six TB
> white irises and one blue [Ft. Bragg] is fine.
>
> Thanks for any input!
>
> Laura Williams
> lwilliam@csg.org
> Lexington, KY
If it's rot just smell it & you will know what rot smells like for the rest of
you'r life. Then clean out the bad spots to good clean rhizome sprinkel a little
comet on it, make sure the sun can reach it to dry it out & wish it luck.
Dan Isbell izzy@sound.net
