Re: OT: BIO:Melanie Tornberg

I would recommend some non destructive testing as a first step. Do whatever
it take to be able to examine the top of the rhizomes. If the rhizomes are
hard, then simply cut back on the watering to something like once a week. If
the rhizomes are soft, remove the clump and save any firm pieces of
rhizomes. Treat them with whatever technique you use for soft rot. Bleach
cut 10 to 1 works as a dip or drench.

I once planted rhizomes in mid July because the weather guessers said sea
breezes for a week. The week lasted 7 hours, not 7 days. TEmperatures were
105+. Irises didn't look all that good but by October you could not detect
any difference from a nearby bed that was planted in much more favorable
weather.

Harold Peters
Beautiful View Iris Garden
2048 Hickok Road
El Dorado Hills, CA 95762
harold@directcon.net  www.beautiful-view-iris.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Hensler" <christyh@povn.com>
To: <sibrob@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, July 30, 2001 8:19 AM
Subject: Re: [sibrob] OT: BIO:Melanie Tornberg


> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <melanie-tornberg@idexx.com>
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> > it looks like I lost Little Blue
> > Sparkler within a couple of days of planting it.  It went like this:
> > I got a nice little clump at the auction, went home and planted it
> > that same evening, and then got hit by some unusually hot weather (in
> > the 90s) for about three days, and the poor baby FRIED.  I was
> > watering it in the morning and evening before and after work, but it
> > didn't help - there's not a bit of green left on it.
>
> Melanie,
>
> Don't give up on LBS too soon. A number of plants (not just irises) will
> shed all their leaves under these circumstances. Watering too often can
> actually hurt a plant so cut back to watering when the top 1/2" of soil
> feels dry. If there's any chance at all that the roots are alive, throw a
> large pot over the thing to give it shade, then sit back and wait a couple
> of weeks.
>
> Good luck.
>
> Christy
>
> Skip & Christy Hensler
> THE ROCK GARDEN
> Newport, WA
> http://www.povn.com/rock/
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