RE: CULT:Root shaving revisited
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- Subject: RE: [iris-talk] CULT:Root shaving revisited
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- Date: Thu, 21 Oct 1999 07:43:12 -0400
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From: "Chris Hollinshead" <cris@netcom.ca>
Now that is intereseting to find out from you that Hager used this
technique. To answer your questions;
Q: Don't you have to "plant" the pots in the ground to carry them over the
winter?
A: Nope, just slip them out of the pots once rooted and plunk the whole
thing into a suitable corresponding hole in the garden.
Q: And in a windy area, I would think it difficult for the irises to stay
upright, unless the rhizomes were more underground than we usually plant
them -- and what happens when they heave?
A: One would think this but they stay upright just fine for the short period
prior to when they start throwing new roots (which is relatively quickly).
Being potted while root development starts also means they can be stashed in
a sheltered spot if in a high wind area. Now here is one final nice point...
they do not heave with this method! Iris folks in the more northerly
climates can certainly appreciate that!
Christopher Hollinshead
Mississauga, Ontario Canada zone6b
AIS(Region 16), CIS, SSI
Director-Canadian Iris Society
Newsletter Editor-Canadian Iris Society
E-mail: cris@netcom.ca <c*@netcom.ca>
CIS website: http://www.netcom.ca/~cris/CIS.html
Siberian-Species Convention 2003 website:
http://www.netcom.ca/~cris/sib2003.html
> -----Original Message-----
> From: RYFigge@aol.com [R*@aol.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 1999 22:54
> To: iris-talk@onelist.com
> Subject: Re: [iris-talk] CULT:Root shaving revisited
>
> From: RYFigge@aol.com
>
> Chris, about 30 years ago, Ben Hagar told me he shaved the roots of all
> irises when he planted them. I thought at the time the motive was to
> eliminate some "germ" that invaded that way! Also growth is more
> luxurious
> in Califl, Don't you have to "plant" the pots in the ground to
> carry them
> over the winter? And in a windy area, I would think it difficult for the
> irises to stay upright, unless the rhizomes were more underground than we
> usually plant them -- and what happens when they heave? Rosalie nr
> Baltimore who admits to being somewhat ignorant on the subject
> Also we
> had another day of rain! zone 7 ryfigge@aol.com
>
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