Re: RE:CULT:Blyth Iris



irischapman@netscape.net wrote:
> 
> When I moved them (end of yeartwo)there
> was a lot of fatalities even though I had up to 10 plants of some. I
> makes me wonder if perhaps they do better if moved very early in the
> season. 
> This brings me to
> another point. Several people have mentioned their treatment method
> for Australian iris which I'll share here. One person said they leave
> them of the floor of the gagage for about 3-4 weeks after they arrive
> before planting them and then leave them out for slightly longer when
> they dig them at the time they move them at the end of their first
> season. This person claims good success with this method and suspects
> that this acclimitazes them to the change of seasons.

One of the things I try to do when it comes time to dig and replant a
clump is to withhold water for about a month to put them into a natural
dormancy. They survive transplanting much better then. Of course you
can't control rain, but if you can comtrol the watering, this might help.

In terms of your heavy losses when transplanting a second year clump, I
would think they would have re-acclimitized by that time and look for
some other reasons. Just a thought, but then, I wasn't there either.

John                     | "There be dragons here"
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