Re: Pineappling and bloomout
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- Subject: Re: Pineappling and bloomout
- From: "* o* C* O* <o*@gulfislands.com>
- Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1998 21:07:06 -0800
From: "Kevin or Cheryl Oke" <okephoto@gulfislands.com>
Is it not "common" for iris to bloom out then put on a show a
year or so later? That's exactly what happened to my One Desire.
Thought I had lost it when it didn't show at all last year, then this year
there it was and even more beautiful than ever. In fact, several of the
iris that didn't bloom in 1997 outdid themselves this year. Could it
be that in 1997 I wasn't able to water at all (though Mother Nature did
help a bit that year) because we were living in a house under construction
with a very fragile well (yes, still am and may be for the rest of my life)
and when it did rain we had torrential downpours whereas this year we
had lots of hot, sunny weather after a nearly perfect spring?
-----Original Message-----
From: Barb Johnson <lgjohnsn@ipa.net>
To: iris-talk@onelist.com <iris-talk@onelist.com>
Date: October 27, 1998 7:40 PM
Subject: [iris-talk] 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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