Re: CULT: Sinking irises
- To: i*@onelist.com
- Subject: Re: CULT: Sinking irises
- From: c* s* <s*@aristotle.net>
- Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1998 09:46:42 -0500
From: celia storey <storey@aristotle.net>
Sandra writes:
>So today I noticed that some rhizomes are deeper in the ground.......I'd say
>covered by 1" of soil. I would think that this was a settling process except
>that its not all the irises in a given area.
>
>Is it possible for the roots to pull the rhizome down in the ground as they
>begin to form?
Yes.
This is another reason our Capitol beds crew starts our TBs out atop
mounds. By spring, they will all have settled to "ground level." In my home
bed with its apparently light soil, I really should be lifting TBs every
two years to keep them above ground. I think of them as my amazing
burrowing irises.
On the other hand, some of the LAs insist upon climbing up out of the dirt.
celia
s*@aristotle.net
Little Rock, Arkansas, USDA Zone 7b
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257 feet above sea level,
average rainfall about 50 inches (more than 60" in '97)
average relative humidity (at 6 a.m.) 84%.
moderate winters, hot summers ... but lots of seesaw action in all seasons
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