Lorraine,
I would not use any fungicide. With the long period
of hot and dry weather you have had in Greece, fungal diseases shouldn't be a
problem right now. What you have already done to them seems sufficient to keep
them going healthy as soon as cooler weather and fall rain settle in. You may
consider, though, to divide them now if they have been planted in the same spot
for about four years now.
Fran
Miraflores de la Sierra, Madrid, Spain
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Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2007 1:41
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Subject: Iris
Garden Friends:
I have many Hybrid Iris plants which
have not been watered much during the high heat we have had here in Athens,
Greece. I noticed that the leaves are rather pale green with many dead
leaves and the remaining leaves have small round spots of brown and yellow,
the tips of many of the leaves are brown. My book says to spray with an
appropriate fungicide, but it does not tell me what one or how often. I
have cleaned the beds, pulled all the old dry and very sick leaves
off,
cut the brown ends off the leaves and fertilized and watered the beds. Now
would like to use a fungicide. What do you suggest?
Thanks for your
help.
Lorraine
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