Re: Re: CULT: Nebraska summer rot resistance?

Hi Robin,

After mentioning our excessive rain in August after a nearly bone dry 2
months prior to that, and that I hadn't experienced much rot here, I
went out yesterday and found that 'Pink All Over' is now more like Dead
All Over from rot.  I don't think there is much to do to save it.  It is
too far gone.  I haven't found any others showing rot, but am gonna keep
a closer eye on the new ones I recently planted.  Have noticed several
holes in the beds though.  I excavated into a couple and found walnuts
the size of tennis balls buried about 6 inches deep.  The squirrels have
been using my new relatively soft dirt beds for winter storage of their
produce.  The walnut tree is 200 feet away from the bed, so they have
been busy transporting them to the bed.  Now, I am going to have to keep
an eye on that too, to make sure they don't uproot the irises to plant
walnuts.

Gary White
Lincoln, Nebraska,  zone 5  where August 2002 was the third wettest
August in Lincoln history.  Some parts of Lincoln got about 8 inches of
rain (and major flooding) in one hour last Wednesday.  Luckily, we only
got about 2 inches of rain during that storm.


rshadlow wrote:

>  I was just about convinced that rot was not too much of a worry
> here, until last week that is.  I did have a few that rotted earlier-
> notably every clump of Debrenee and most every Coral Chalice.  At
> least it was just the center, the increases were fine.
>
> But I walked out yesterday and Lip Service was that sickish yellow
> color and the fan looked like the neighbor's dog had mowed it down.
> I checked further after I noticed signs of rot on Fort Bragg too.
> The one that floored me was one of the Rosalie Figges I planted in
> July was severly damaged too.
>
> I don't think that I have the heart to practice tough love on the
> ones I can see every day, but the ones in the field are certainly on
> their own.  Actually early in the season I was convinced that all of
> the Best Bets were rotting.  I dug one up to try and save it.  (Of
> course, all of the others recovered on their own, the only one that
> died was the one I babied.
>
> Once I get increases, I will be certain to put some new ones to the
> test.  I did get quite a few new introductions this year, so next
> year I can report to you how they did.
>
> Robin Shadlow
> Zone 4b near Omaha  (where it isn't paradise for anyone except
> Husker fans)
>
>
>
>
> --- In iris-talk@y..., Linda Mann <lmann@v...> wrote:
> > Gary, it sounds like a hybridizer's paradise <g>.  Great stress
> test for
> > rot resistance!
> >
> > Can you recommend any recent TBs that fluourish under those
> conditions
> > (without cheating and treating for rot)?  Any TB hybridizers in the
> > Lincoln area who are practicing 'tough love' with their seedlings?
> >
> > <Gary White Lincoln, Nebraska.  zone 5 where we have had 7" of
> rain in
> > the last week after nearly 2 months with only about 1" of water.
> When
> > it rains, it pours!  ;-)>
> >
> > --
> > Linda Mann east Tennessee USA zone 7/8
> >
> > Tennessee Whooping Crane Walkathon:
> > <http://www.whoopingcranesovertn.org>
> > American Iris Society web site <http://www.irises.org>
> > iris-talk/Mallorn archives: <http://www.hort.net/lists/iris-talk/>
> > iris-photos/Mallorn archives: <http://www.hort.net/lists/iris-
> photos/>
>
>
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