Re: CULT:Pot culture yet again

George, we all grow irises for different reasons, but surely the main  reason 
is because we love them.  Do NOT throw away anything that you will  miss! 
You'll just have to buy it again!  Sometimes you can't find them  later!  I speak 
from experience!
 
It sounds as though you are moving EVERYTHING to pots?  I only grow a  select 
few cultivars in pots.  These are irises I can't get to grow any  other way.  
 RUFFLED BALLET is getting another trial  here.  I've not been able to grow 
RB or many of her children in the  past. 
 
I'd like to make one small correction.  It was Linda talking about the  % of 
perilite all along.  I use the Baccto because it's what I've come to  trust.  
In the archives you might find an article about the time I went to  another 
mix for my seedligs with near disastrous results.  I've not mixed  my own.  


<<Is it worthwhile use of pots to keep pretty oncers who are  good parents, 
or should I only collect rebloomers who have the genetic  potential, even if it 
is in sunny California?>>
George, This is a link to a post I made in Nov. 2002.  I post it  because it 
contains an excerpt from something Monty Byers said regarding  California 
rebloom.  

_TB:REB:Old  news_ 
(http://www.hort.net/lists/highlight.cgi?bits=3&search=Monty+Byers+AND+recorder&URL=iris-talk/nov02/msg00116.html#marker)  
Several people have reported success with breeding rebloom from  oncers.  I 
submit that irises they think are oncers are truly  'carriers'.  Carriers or 
California rebloomers are among the class of  rebloom listed as 'sporadic.'
 
My personal experience is that rebloom will not occur in the first  
generation when using true oncers.  This is in MY garden.  I'm in  zone 6 so it's 
possible that the seedlings I'm referring to would rebloom in  zones 8 or 9; 
however, I've not been able to get reports on these. 
 
Silverado X Immortality produced some lovely plants but no  rebloom.  With 
all my Silverado crosses, it has  taken at least three generations to get  
rebloom back.( in my zone 6 area.)  Silverado has been my most  resistant.  
 
There are many beautiful sporadic/California rebloomers/carriers that can  be 
used in crosses. My recommendation is to stick with them.  Search for  these 
in catalogs and Recorder reports and in the archives of this list.  
 
Remember that I can only tell you what has worked for me.  
 
 




Betty W. in  South-central KY Zone 6
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