Re: CULT: acclimated increases
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] CULT: acclimated increases
- From: "Patrick Orr" P*@hotmail.com
- Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2002 21:45:21 -0700
>Janet wrote:
>About the time my clumps get big and full and lots of blooms,
>they are becoming crowded, have the decaying mother rhizomes from years
>past, and more subject to disease and problems. Then the true colors
>show.
Are you talking about the color of the flower or the nature of the cultivar? Rumor has it that trace nutrients previously stored and now released into the soil again from rotted mother rhizomes can be taken up by active iris roots and affect the flowers color, making it more intense looking.
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