Re: Nice Tamberg Irises

In a message dated 6/10/01 11:55:11 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
harold@directcon.net writes:

<< My experiment with potted Siberians in a shallow pan of water is working
 very well so far. The plants in the pan were the weakest of the lot and they
 are looking pretty good right now. I wish I had thought of this technique
 when I got that August shipment. >>

Hello Harold,

I do not mean to be critical here but would ask why you would accept an 
August shipment.  I live where it has hardly gone above 70 degrees this year 
and would never accept an August shipment.

All of the Siberians that I have planted past May have languished and 
sometimes remained a few leaves for years.  I like to put them in the ground 
as soon as I can work outdoors in spring.  There are some veg frames here and 
all the sick Siberians go there for a while to see if they will recover.  
Some do and it takes a few years.

A plant thought to be weak or possibly inherently not vigorous goes to those 
frames and quite a few recover.  The spring plantings are way more 
successful.  There are some strange things about Siberian irises not 
understood even by growers.  I suppose the breeding, not understood by me, 
has something to do with it.

Summing up, Siberians moved in August heat are not healthy for years.  We 
have a first frost here around Sept. 15/20 and a longer fall may help but I 
remain unconvinced by experience.

Claire Peplowski
East Nassau, NY

 

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