Re: RE: CULT: Fighting Bloomout

I usually leave them on until they dry up and can pull off easily and I still get a few that bloom out.  They do produce new shoots, but they generally do not get large enough by season end to bloom in the Spring.  

I did this with one first bloom seedling this year and it did not produce a single increase or shoot.  
I discarded the seedling.

General vigor and tendency to produce offsets of the variety would have more impact
than a photosynthetic stem left on for nourishment.  I'm sure it helps some though.

Jusy a guess.



Paul Archer (Indianapolis native)

Raleigh, NC  Zone 7 (recently transplanted)




-----Original Message-----
From: Mary Swann-Young <MryL1@msn.com>
Sent: Sep 23, 2005 5:18 PM
To: iris <iris@hort.net>
Subject: [iris] RE: CULT: Fighting Bloomout

Just read in the Jan 2003 Bulletin (Flightlines) that you can sometimes save a
variety from
blooming out by leaving the spent stalk on to provide photosynthesis.  Anybody
have any
experience with this?

Mary Lou, near Indianapolis, Z5

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