RE: RE: CULT: How Late is too Late?

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• Subject: RE: [iris] RE: CULT: How Late is too Late?
• From: "Dana Brown" d*@sbcglobal.net
• Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2006 19:52:33 -0600
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This subject is something I have given a lot of thought to.  Traditional
wisdom says you need to have iris in the ground 30 days before a freeze in
order for them to do well the next year.  

My question was/is 30 days before your first freeze or 30 days before a hard
freeze?  Down here there is a big difference between the two.  Our first
freeze is traditionally on Halloween.  However, our hard freeze is not until
late December, early January.  

A lot of locals have planted their iris in December with little to no bad
effects.  Has anyone done any research on this?


Dana D. Brown
AIS Region 17 RVP
Director ASI, TBIS
AIS, ASI, MIS, RIS, SPIS, TBIS
Malevil Iris Gardens & Kennels
www.malevil-iris.com
Lubbock, TX  79403
Zone 7 USDA, Zone 10 Sunset
ddbro@sbcglobal.net

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