Re: CULT: scorch
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- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] CULT: scorch
- From: J* C*
- Date: Sun, 03 Oct 1999 22:22:34 PDT
From: "Jan Clark" <janclarx@hotmail.com>
>To prevent sun-scorch or sun-scald in the hot, dry southwestern climates,
>one should plant the rhizomes pointed to the north or northeast so that the
>fan will shade the rhizome.
Yes, that sounds like how I would have planted them, but this seems to be
the complete opposite of how Patrick was describing. Of course, in my case,
the rz would point NE.
>Scorch may kill an entire clump or it may take only certain
>rhizomes in a clump. In order not to lose an entire clump to
>scorch, it was decided that separating the rhizomes in a clump
>might prevent a total loss, so in the fall I took a knife and cut the
>rhizomes apart in each clump.
My problem sounds more like 'Scorch' as you describe. The rubbery rz and
dying roots. I think seperating the tiny, apparently healthy, offsets, was
what saved my STATUS SEEKER. If it recurrs in the same plant, then it will
be time to give up on that one.
Does anyone know what causes this problem, and is it contageous to other
irises (or other plants)?
Cheers, Jan Clark, Australia
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