Re: Cult: Transplanting


In a message dated 97-05-13 03:31:48 EDT, you write:

>Madamflwer@aol.com wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> 3.  The best time to transplant and divide is approx. 2 weeks after
>blooming.
>>  Do you know how to divide?
>
>I would be interested in knowing more about this, it is directly
>contradictory to almost every culture book I have read. According to The
>World of Irises pp 314-317 the best time to dig and divide is about 2
>months after bloom during the summer dormancy. In the intervening time
>the iris are rebuilding their strength for the following season. Then
>they go into a dormancy period. That is the "best" time to divide them. 
>
>

2 weeks after bloom here on the east coast can be as early as Memorial Day
weekend and on.  sorry to be so vague, but these are the instructions that I
have been given over time and have worked for me and others in our area.  I
am not sure if that is the difference or we just take short cuts and get the
job done before it is 98' with 90' humidity or how much of a difference it
would make if we waited til the end of the summer.  I have always enjoyed
blooms the following season after following the prescribed schedule that i
mentioned.

I hope this clarifies some of the confusion in responses to the questions
that were asked.  Other answers were based on what I had heard people at the
FSK booth give out at the Home and Garden shows.

Please feel free to contact me at Madamflwer@aol.com personally to discuss in
further detail.  I love forward to the education.

Sylvia Smith
Annapolis, MD



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