Re: Re: OT-Chat; Thanks Dian.
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] Re: OT-Chat; Thanks Dian.
- From: C* M*
- Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2001 05:49:46 +1000
Wendy
Now I know you haven't read your catalogue from cover to cover (-: , I list
all the iris soc in it, try page 43 of this years catalogue.
Has your weather turned as cold and horrible as ours, it's really slowing
down the bloom season.
Colleen Modr
----- Original Message -----
From: wendy sargeant <wendon@dcsi.net.au>
To: <iris-talk@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, October 08, 2001 8:54 PM
Subject: Re: [iris-talk] Re: OT-Chat; Thanks Dian.
> Hi Dian,
> Thank you for your label hints. Diggers Club arent too far away from us,
> around 1.1/2 hours drive..and I can get their labels mail order.My soil is
> just as you described.Heavish, volcanic loam, and extremely strong
> winds...Especially the easterlies.Most normal labels are carried off to
> other areas,
> apart from the animals garden fetishes...
> Maybe you can help, or any of the other Aussies reading with this curly
> question...Who do I contact regarding joining an iris society down
> here.Tempo Two list one name and the Autralian Garden magazine lists
> another. Obviously committe have changed but who has the name of the most
> current secretary in my area.I suppose I should join the Victorian Iris
> Society..What can you all recommend?
> Thanks Again, from Wendy Sargeant Victoria, Australia, where it has been
> raining tropical rain for the last 5 days.Big , no huge drops and very
mild
> temps...Weird.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <iris01addict@yahoo.com.au>
> To: <iris-talk@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Monday, October 08, 2001 8:20 PM
> Subject: [iris-talk] Re: OT-Chat: I'm back
>
>
> > Dear Wendy
> >
> > I use the plant labels from Diggers.
> >
> > Galvanised iron. I paint them white and use a plant pen. Find these
> > are better than the venetians we use for the club beds.
> >
> > Venetians bend in our strong winds here and are hard to put in the
> > heavy clay. Colleens OK, she has sandy soil.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Dian Mitterer
> > Here is 'sunny' ?? South Australia.
> >
> >
> >
> > --- In iris-talk@y..., "wendy sargeant" <wendon@d...> wrote:
> > > Hi Jan,
> > > Great to hear that you have made the move and survived the ordeal:)
> > Also
> > > glad to hear that all the iris babies made it as well.I use my
> > horse float
> > > for moving tricky specimens and find its enclosed quarters very
> > secure from
> > > strong breezes, its bettter than the back of my ute any day...
> > > Uh OH ..Sounds like you are going to have a bit of fun and
> > games with
> > > your septic run off area..Fancy driving over the run off and aggie
> > > lines..Grr..It will look like a battlefield for a while but as you
> > know,
> > > growing plants tend to hide all sorts of yuck..
> > > As to trading..No problems, just let me know in the next few months
> > when you
> > > are nearly all settled in and can handle planting newbies...I have
> > more new
> > > JIs this year and they are budding up already and doing well,
> > despite being
> > > trodden on whilst dormant by big heifers hooves.Don thought it
> > would be a
> > > good idea to walk the cows from one driveway to the other and didnt
> > realise
> > > that my massive trench was planted...Yes I did shriek, but
> > surprisingly they
> > > are all ok, including the greedy heifer who ate 2 plastic
> > labels..Honestly
> > > my place is a madhouse.I must find a better way of labelling my
> > plants.I
> > > keep loosing the labels via either strong winds and greedy animals
> > who are
> > > already overweight....Any one got any good ideas? Maybe labels with
> > massive
> > > spikes so they can really be ancored into the ground. But heavens
> > know where
> > > one gets those.There are a few downfalls with rural
> > life...availability of a
> > > few things can be limiting...
> > > Anyhow Glad to hear you are in you new home Jan, and surrounded by
> > packing
> > > boxes no doubt...Cheers from Wendy Sargeant.Victoria, Australia.
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Jan Clark" <janclarx@h...>
> > > To: <iris-talk@y...>
> > > Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 9:34 AM
> > > Subject: [iris-talk] OT-Chat: I'm back
> > >
> > >
> > > > Hi All,
> > > > wendy wrote:
> > > > P.S. Wonder how Jan is getting on with her move?
> > > >
> > > > Well, we have accomplished the move, and I still have a bout 5
> > trailer
> > > loads
> > > > of plants to shift from castlemaine. I am trying to get all the
> > TB's moved
> > > > before they bloom, so that the bloom stalks don't snap off in the
> > shift.
> > > > The SDB's IB's and AB's came first.
> > > > Travelling at 80kph with a trailer load of irises, causes fairly
> > minimal
> > > > damage, just a little bit of shredding on the tips, which makes
> > them look
> > > > tatty. Travelling at 100kph causes much more leaf damage, and
> > tends to
> > > tilt
> > > > the rhizomes so that the plants lean away from the wind, and stay
> > that
> > > way.
> > > > I only made that mistake once.
> > > > The trip takes 40 minutes unloaded, and 1 hour loaded up. Any
> > plants that
> > > > are tender, or have bloom stalks, travel in the boot (trunk), or
> > in the
> > > car
> > > > with me.
> > > > I have had bloom on my AB Fankhauser seedlings, but couldn't find
> > the
> > > camera
> > > > to get shots of them. Some are still blooming, so I will make an
> > all out
> > > > effort tomorrow, when I will be home all day, to dig through the
> > piles of
> > > > boxes and find the camera.
> > > > SDB's and IB's blooming:
> > > > Scion, Furioso, Murmur, Raspberry Jam, Hot Seat, Baby Blessed,
> > It's a
> > > > Giggle, Little Buccaneer, Hum, many others I can't think of names.
> > > > I have had quite a number of seedlings bloom. Some nice ones
> > again this
> > > year
> > > > from Cherry Child X Yes. Lots more buds on seedlings.
> > > > Better find that camera!
> > > >
> > > > The 'wet area' problem is major. The previous owners had never
> > emptied the
> > > > septic tank, so the have had an overflow of solids, leaving a
> > green scum
> > > in
> > > > areas. Also it looks as if they have driven over the drainage
> > lines and
> > > > bloken the aggie pipes. We are looking into a high tech solution
> > which
> > > will
> > > > free the garden of septic drainage. Thes will leave me with
> > sufficient wet
> > > > areas for what I want to grow. The lower part of the block stays
> > damp most
> > > > of the year.
> > > > Wendy - I look forward to doing some JI and Bearded trades with
> > you, when
> > > > you are ready. I hope to get most of my Beardeds planted out by
> > the end of
> > > > Autumn, and will have plenty to trade.
> > > > Cheers, Jan,
> > > > In Creswick Australia, where the top soil is deep, wet and
> > gluggy, and the
> > > > beds will be well raised.
> > > >
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