Re: Cult - beginners

I can't say for your climate, but here in southern Arizona manure is death
on irises.  It makes them grow big and soft and rot.
Francelle Edwards  Glendale AZ  Zone 9
----- Original Message -----
From: "John & Sue" <fostesky@cyberportal.net>
To: <iris-talk@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, October 12, 2001 5:40 AM
Subject: [iris-talk] Cult - beginners



> I do have a question about winter planting because I got an old iris about
a
> month ago that I would really like to make sure it survives. It's just an
> old white one but it was carried across the  Cherokee Indian Trail of
Tears
> to Oklahoma by one of the displaced women. Since it has such a special
story
> I would like to make sure it makes it.
> Normally I don't like to mulch because of the rot factor but in this case
> it's only been planted about 3 weeks now. There is some new growth showing
> but not much. Frost will stop it soon.
> Should I dump some straw or leaves on it? Should I dust them with a little
> garden sulfur? Special plants do deserve a little special treatment.
> My garden soil is very heavy and rich. Have 9 horses so as an act of self
> preservation the gardens are loaded with manure. Not sure I should cover
the
> late planted rhizomes with something that rich.
> Sue in the North
>
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> <<  I live in the white mountains of New Hampshire. >>
>
> Sue,
>      You probably could get by with late planting better than some people
to
> your south.  In climates where the ground freezes and stays frozen, and
with
> consistent snow cover, the plants don't heave like what happens in some
> milder zones.
>
> Mark A. Cook
> BigAlligator@aol.com
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