Re: Cult: Transplanting
- To: Multiple recipients of list <i*@rt66.com>
- Subject: Re: Cult: Transplanting
- From: M*@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 13 May 1997 20:22:34 -0600 (MDT)
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