CULT: Special care
- Subject: CULT: Special care
- From: G* G*
- Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 11:07:47 -0400
The following is a copy of a posting that appeared on the Daylily Robin today.
I think it should be "food for thought" to all of us who grow iris. The daylily world
may be following us down the yellow brick road:
"My personal view is that if we need to spray daylilies, even with a
beneficial agent, it will need to be done on a regular basis. The common
gardener won't or can't do that. That is also why iris and roses have lost
so much favor. Ironically, I started growing iris and roses, as I thought
they were very pretty. After only a little while I found them to be
temperamental, hard to grow well, and very prone to various problems like
black spot in roses, and rot in iris. I wanted, and needed, something that
did not require that kind of maintenance, as I didn't have the time, or
discipline, to maintain them as was required for them to be disease free.
If we collectively start down the path of requiring various sprays,
treatments, or special maintenance, to control various problems like rot
and rust, it won't take long for new daylilies to not have a place in
commerce, as the average gardener, and some serious collectors, like
myself, will not be willing to maintain them. Even worse, if the path is
taken to treat and spray as the long term direction, increased
susceptibility will be the result. My thought is the best direction may be
to determine which cultavars are very susceptible, and simply discard
those. Then, with the slightly affected or unaffected, carry on. If we
create, grow, and distribute a plant as temperamental and hard to grow as
the modern hybrid tea rose, daylily popularity will take a major drop.
You are welcome to forward this, as I think it is something daylily growers,
and especially hybridizers should give serious thought.
Thanks,
Raymond Quinn"
Only the hybridizers can improve the toughness of iris so they can grow like the plants
that grandmother grew without special treatment.
Glenn Grigg, Raleigh, NC Zone 7
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