Re: CULT: Late Planting?

--- BigAlligator@aol.com wrote:

> > For bearded irises the cure was
> > simply a fist sized rock placed over the rhizome. 
> 
> Christy,
>    That probably would have done okay, but when planting
> earlier basically 
> eliminated the problem...

Mark, sounds like you had Fall frost heaves in Kentucky? Early
summer planting might or might not have 'kept' your bearded
rhizomes in place without rocks on them. 

Spring (end of April thru May)is the season for frost heaves in
cold country. The last two years, I had some bearded (only about
7 or 8) rise up but none actually came out of the ground...they
sort of tilted a bit. I don't plant any rhizomes with rocks on
them. I did try to put rocks on the ones that tilted last spring
but either the rocks were not heavy enough because the same ones
tended to do it again. 

Ellen /NH / USDA Zone 3

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