RE: TB Planting After Hurricane

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Hi All,

 

It's nice to be able to get back to the computer after Hurricane Floyd has left us.  Goldsboro, NC, did not escape Floyd's furious winds and torrential rains and flooding, but it  has not left the entire county totally under water.  Most of our power has been restored and my area is still under a boil water order.  The Nuese River is still rising and not expected to crest until sometime on Wednesday and many homes and businesses closer to the river are under water.  We lost a beautiful Bradford Pear tree and are trying to save a young tree planted 2 years ago that almost blew out of the ground.  After cleaning up the trees, helping my husband somewhat with the roof, we can finally try to devote some attention this week to the iris beds.  All are severely damaged.  Tomorrow I go out to make a closer inspection to see if there is any rot, but it appears that they will all have to come up from the soggy mess that they're in and go into pots (at least temporarily) until the ground dries out.  I decided not to plant my shipment from Sutton's, just in case Floyd did hit us hard.  For once common sense won out.  We haven't had any winds to help dry the ground out and now we're expecting more rain from the tropical depression starting tomorrow night.  Would everyone agree that I should just try to transplant the existing beds into pots for now rather than take the chance for more rain to damage them possibly more?  Any suggestions would be helpful.  I'm grateful that all to the north and south are safe after Floyd.

 

 

Leslie Liddiard

l*@esn.net

Goldsboro, NC

AIS, HIPS, RIS    Zone 8    We finally got our son home from East Carolina University in Greenville, NC.  Greenville is totally without power and under a lot of water.  ECU will be closed for at least the coming week.