HYB: CULT: antibiotics & selecting seedlings
- Subject: HYB: CULT: antibiotics & selecting seedlings
- From: Linda Mann l*@volfirst.net
- Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2002 09:07:33 -0500
I can't help but wonder how the use of various rot treatments to keep
irises alive will affect (or has already affected) the tendency for so
many irises to be rot prone.
Is the need for antibiotic treatment to prevent rot accepted as the
'norm' in some regions of the country?
If a hybridizer had to use antibiotics (or even soap/Clorox treatments)
to keep either parents or seedlings alive, no wonder they (the plants)
are prone to rot in gardens where such treatments are not used.
For the reasons Ian has posted as well as my own general concerns about
totally messing up the soil ecosystems I'm trying to keep alive and
functioning, I do not use any treatments for rot. Other than pulling
away rotting foliage when I see it and (new this year) adding extra
crushed limestone (called manufactured sand at the local quarry),
rotting plants are on their own here.
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Linda Mann east Tennessee USA zone 7/8
Tennessee Whooping Crane Walkathon:
<http://www.whoopingcranesovertn.org>
American Iris Society web site <http://www.irises.org>
iris-talk/Mallorn archives: <http://www.hort.net/lists/iris-talk/>
iris-photos/Mallorn archives: <http://www.hort.net/lists/iris-photos/>
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