Re: CULT: soft rot
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- Subject: Re: CULT: soft rot
- From: l* M*
- Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 15:32:38 -0400
Walter Moores said:
Yeah, but you got that wonderful 'stress free' loess soil, and something
tells me you are knowledgeable enough about pedigrees and hybridizers'
selection programs that you don't order just any ol thing. Fer
instance, you already said you avoid the early bloomers. Our club
usually has a large number of display stalks as well, and even I usually
have reasonably good bloom for the brief time after frost damage and
before drought.
On my gravel, rot from poor drainage just doesn't happen, but it is
impossible to maintain an even moisture supply (even if I wanted to),
and air circulation is usually really poor, fostering spot and rot on
foliage.
So like I say, keep 'em as unstressed as possible (gradual changes in
water, nutrients, and temperature) and they will do better, regardless.
Linda Mann zone 7/8 nawth of Baja, & definitely a stress zone for
irises.
> John, you said it better than I.
>
> Mississippi is one of the rainiest, most humid and hottest areas
> anywhere to try to grow bearded irises yet we are very successful
> with a lively society that displayed nearly 200 stalks at our last
> show. Everyone plants in elevated beds or on high ridges or
> slopes. We have very little rot.
>
> Older, historic irises can rot just like the new ones. Plant them
> where drainage is poor and see what happens.
>
> Walter Moores
> Enid Lake, MS USA 7/8 (
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