Re: HYB: CULT: antibiotics & selecting seed

>No bearded iris is rot-proof.  Every bearded iris is rot-prone to a 
>certain extent.

Probably true, and that's all the more reason for me to continue to weed 
the rotters out of my garden in search of the cvs that do consistently 
well under my specific growing conditions.

>If it is 'crown
>rot,' it is contagious, and if something is not done about it, the entire 
>iris garden could perish.

I don't believe I've had crown rot here ... yet ... and I don't know how 
I'd respond if I did.  That might just be enough to convince me to give 
up on beardeds altogether.
>
>Many times a hybridizer doesn't know an iris is rot-prone until it is
>introduced and distributed. It can be free of rot in one climate, yet be a 
>notorious rotter in others.

Yes, of course, but that sort of widespread "rot check" is of little 
concern to me as a private gardener.  All I want are irises that do well 
in MY garden. Not that I'm entirely selfish. I would ideally like to see 
rot eliminated as a vulnerability in bearded irises across the board in 
all climates under all growing conditions for every gardener.  It seems 
clear, however, that that simply isn't going to happen.  Apparently the 
best I can hope to achieve is eliminating the rotters in my garden.  

>I remember the tour gardens in Oregon in '94.  There was rot in
>Oregon introductions and Oregon seedlings.  There was evidence of 
>treatment, too.  Some of these seedlings that were rotting in Oregon 
>convention gardens may have bloomed in your garden this past spring! 

Uh, I doubt it unless they were among the dozen or so TBs that managed to 
bloom this year out of the 200+ that went into last winter in my beds.  
If, however, those Oregon rotters were among my blooming survivors this 
year, they are more than welcome to remain in my garden indefinitely and 
with my utmost admiration!

Laurie


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laurief@paulbunyan.net
http://www.geocities.com/lfandjg/
USDA zone 3b, AHS zone 4 - northern MN
clay soil


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