Re: CULT: rampant growth/ & scorch

From: "Jan Clark" <janclarx@hotmail.com>

>I've noticed that top growth doesn't have
>anything to do with how well plants perform here, but root growth >has a 
>lot to do with it.  Growing in pots is a big help in sorting >out the tough 
>ones to give more room - I set them out as soon as >roots start coming out 
>the bottom of the pots (weather/soil moisture >permitting).
>The rampant growers put on phenominal root growth immediately.  Poor
>growers take forever.
>Linda Mann east Tennessee USA

I agree with you Linda, that root growth is more important than top growth. 
I do find that a particular cultivar might do well in a pot and not so well 
in the garden, depending on where I put it. It could be that I have a large 
range of soil, and drainage situations here. I lifted both DAREDEVIL and 
FANCY WOMAN last year, because they looked like they were going to die. Both 
immediately started to grow well in their pots.
I'm pleased to say that STATUS SEEKER, which I bought 2 years ago, and which 
I am sure was suffering from scorch, and just failed to thirive, is now 
growing. I potted up 4 tiny offsets from the dying parent rhizome, and they 
did nothing for ages, but are finally putting up healthy leaf growth, and 
look as if they will survive.
Does anyone have any experience with 'scorch victims' and could tell me what 
is the likelyhood that this condition will recurr.
Cheers, Jan, reading my e-mail, for a break from swinging the pick in the 
soon to be new garden bed.

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