Re: Re: CULT: Stalks? (was Growth report (long)

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  From: Linda Mann 
  To: iris-talk@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Saturday, November 02, 2002 5:58 AM
  Subject: [iris-talk] Re: CULT: Stalks? (was Growth report (long)


  <Francelle, in our part of the country (mid Atlantic? mid-southeast?),
  <<one of the big problems with bloom can be stunting of stalks or terminal
  <bud frozen out completely.  This doesn't always lead to rot problems -
  <for example, HOLLYWOOD KNIGHTS is threatening to take over the place,
  <VERY healthy and fast growing, but terminal bloomstalk has been frozen
  <out of two clumps two years in a row by severe late spring freezes
  <(while irises are actively growing, one to two months before normal
  <bloom).
  Yes, Linda, I have those problems, but from differnt causes.  The only trouble I have with frozen stalks is on rebloomers that try to do it in January.  My irises produce many deformed stalks, usually do to pineappling, the cause of which I do not yet understand.  The bed that I described has no pineappling.  It is rampant in my guest bed.

  Dried buds and discolored flowers are frequent among the late varieties here because of the heat.  I have never seen a decent blossom on Dusky Chanllenger.  I won't order any iris described as late, but I occasionally get some anyway as gifts and prizes.
  Francelle Edwards   Glendale,  AZ  Zone 9


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