CULT: bloomout

Hi List Mates,

Has anyone ever tried plant growth hormones on the bloomed out rhizomes to encourage new growth?   I'm thinking that perhaps pricking the rhizomes with a needle coated with hormones might induce the old rhizomes to pump out some new increases.  I use it for orchid and African violet propagation.  Here is a web page I put together to demonstrate its use in propagating chimera African violets:

http://www.geocities.com/rachelsreflections/keiki.htm  (The page takes awhile to download as there are lots of photos.)

I wonder if the same technique would work on iris rhizomes.  Any thoughts on this?

Janet in Denmark  WI
zone 4

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: John Reeds 

  Lord of Letters (Blyth 200/2001) had bloomed out for me, although 2 or 3 small hard (bloomed) rhizomes remained with no leaves or increase.  


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