Re: Pineappling and bloomout
From: Barb Johnson <lgjohnsn@ipa.net>
Jeff and Carolyn Walters wrote:
>
>
> There has been quite a bit of discussion on this list about stimulating
> growth from cultivars that have exhibited "bloomout". Most of the
> techniques suggested are based on the theory that it is necessary to fool
> the reluctant rhizome into believing it is at death's door and must
> replicate itself now or never. A visit to the Iris-talk Archives might be
> instructive in this regard. In accord with what Mark Cook mentioned, I have
> had apparently "bloomed out" rhizomes spontaneously put out fresh increase
> later in the season when just left alone. RECHERCHE did so this year.
>
> Jeff Walters in northern Utah (USDA Zone 4, Sunset Zone 2)
> cwalters@digitalpla.net
One Desire nearly bloomed out for me this Spring. 4 fans on 4 rhizomes,
but now there's a middle sized fan and a baby fan off it, so all is not
lost. Don't know where they came from, but they're there.
--
Barb Johnson l*@ipa.net
Near Springfield, SW Missouri AIS, ISO, HIPS, RIS, MIS
USDA Zone 5b AIS Region 18 (KS & MO)
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