Re: RE:OT-soil CULT-AR
- To: iris-talk@onelist.com
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] RE:OT-soil CULT-AR
- From: D* K*
- Date: Thu, 9 Sep 1999 10:57:15 -0400
From: Dennis Kramb <dkramb@badbear.com>
>l was wondering if anyone has any secrects about growing Aribreds.
>I have researched them & I'm ready!!!!!
>
>Lora Thompson...it's raining in Dayton, Ohio! Feels & smells like Fall!
Dayton, Ohio? Do we know each other through MVIS?? Your name doesn't ring
any bells. :(
Anyhooo...I grow arilbreds in the same beds as my other irises and they do
just fine. The halfbreds & 3/4-breds go dormant in the summer, so you
don't want to give them any water during the dry spells.....they love it
dry. I haven't had any 3/4-breds bloom yet, but all the halfbreds have
bloomed by the time they're 2 years old (so far) which ain't all that bad.
If you're ready for arilbreds I'd recommend getting some 1/4-breds and
1/2-breds and see how well they do for you, and how well you like them.
And then you can add more later if they grow well. Some of my 1/2-breds
have the obnoxious tendency to flop over. I don't know if this is their
fault or my fault.
Dennis Kramb; dkramb@badbear.com
Cincinnati, Ohio USA; USDA Zone 6; AIS Region 6
member of AIS, ASI, HIPS, SIGNA, SLI, & Miami Valley Iris Society
primary interests: ABs, REBs, LAs, Native SPEC and SPEC-X hybrids
(my gardening URL: http://www.badbear.com/dkramb/home.html)
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