Re: REQUEST FOR HELP
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- Subject: Re: REQUEST FOR HELP
- From: "* M* <b*@irisgarden.com>
- Date: Wed, 7 May 1997 21:14:09 -0600 (MDT)
Slc.dennis Bishop wrote:
>
> B > His secret is to dig all the rhizomes each year and
> B > refrigerate out of the ground in a refrigerator for 4 weeks in
> B > the summer. My question is to we have any members of the iris
> B > list living in tropical climates (i.e. Lower half of Florida,
> B > or lower elevations of Hawaii)
>
> I have been thinking of doing something just like that with my TBI
> and as I live in Makaha, Hawaii on Oahu I would be a very good test site
> for you and I do have some TBI already!
>
> B > From: "Bill Maryott" <billmaryott@irisgarden.Com>
>
> Dahliaman
> Makaha Dahlia Gardens
>
> .. 10,000 NARNS with Baseball Bats can't be all Wrong!
> ___ Mountain Reader II - #M_READER
Thanks so much for replying. I was hoping to find someone in the right
climate to try this. We have one regular bearded iris customer in the
lower elevations of Hawaii that has rather good success with warm
climate rebloomers, but I haven't contacted her yet with this idea. It
would certainly be appreciated if you can perform the test by
refrigerating perhaps six or a dozen different cultivars for four weeks
and then planting the refrigerated rhizomes next to non-refrigerated
rhizomes of the same varieties to demonstrate the refrigeration is the
causal factor. The iris must be dug from your ground and not imported
in from a colder climate.
At this point, we know that bloom points set in colder climates will
cause bloom in tropical climates the first year and we know that warm
cliimate rebloomers appear to need less dormancy.
If you can run this experiment and report back to us on the list, it
will be a big service to many hundreds of iris enthusiasts who
desperately want to grow TB's in tropical climates but have given up.
Please keep me posted.
Bill Maryott Maryott's Iris Gardens San Jose CA
http://www.irisgarden.com
