Re: Re: HYB: CULT: stunted stalks

Hi,

I had quite a few that had twisted stalks this year.  Ideas?

Char
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Linda Mann" <lmann@volfirst.net>
To: "iris- talk" <iris@hort.net>
Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2003 11:10 AM
Subject: [iris] Re: HYB: CULT: stunted stalks


> I said:
> >>> What I think of as 'the west coast stunted stalk' problem.<<<
> 
> And Ellen asked:
> <The west coast is loooonnnnnnggggggggg. Do you mean an "Oregon"
> problem? I don't see _stunted stalks_ in West Coast irises or Western
> irises (west of Mississippi) anymore than those in the Eastern U.S.
> .....We don't have that awful heat + humidity summer weather. ....   33
> F (1 C) degrees this morning... Ellen / Berlin, NH / Zone 3 = COLD>
> 
> Brr - that is cold!
> 
> By west coast, I meant west coast, but that's a generalization that
> certainly doesn't apply to everything from California to Oregon and
> certainly there are eastern bloodlines that are the same.  NIGHT GAME
> comes to mind - always consistently tall here.
> 
> It's not a heat problem (that's another whole issue) but a freeze, warm
> up, freeze problem.  Nice balmy highs in February in the 70s F followed
> by near zero overnight temperatures; a week of highs in March in the
> 80s, followed by low 20s F.  Hybridizers on both coasts don't get to
> experience that as often as those of us in the middle of the country, so
> they just don't have the opportunity to select for seedlings that don't
> stunt under those conditions.  Many of Schreiners' intros that grow well
> for me DON'T stunt; the blues are an exception.  Most have trouble.
> 
> Disappointing to hear that YAQUINA BLUE has this problem elsewhere - it
> sure was tall and pretty for me this spring, but this was an incredibly
> good bloom season here.
> 
> PACIFIC MIST was always tall for me & if it manages to bloom at all,
> pallida has always been tall.   VICTORIA FALLS is consistent also.
> 
> If the late freezes are especially bad & late, just about anything will
> be damaged, but some genetic lines seem to be much more prone to
> stunting from minor weather weather swings than others.  I don't know
> which ones they are, but after growing (and killing) a lot of historics,
> I know some of the ones they aren't.  SNOW FLURRY, for instance, did
> pretty well here.
> 
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