Re: When?
- Subject: Re: [sibrob] When?
- From: J* M*
- Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2002 21:46:53 -0500
Hi Bob, and robins,
I plant all of my SI's and JI's in clay loam soil about 2" deeper than any
other plants. I have found that this helps them to weather adverse conditions
and to grow roots above the old roots and still have them not be above ground.
You might have noticed the tendency of Heucheras and Tiarellas to grow too high
above the ground on "stilts". This is actually elongation of the stem. This
happens in an abbreviated way with SI's. If you plant them deeply, they can grow
for more years still in contact with the soil and nutrients, and moisture. Jim
Robert Dickow wrote:
> Jim,
> This posting interests me. I plant my sibs a little deep... maybe 1-1/2 -
> 2 inches. Eventually after some years they seem to 'ride up' with rhizomes
> growing on top of rhizomes. When I dug up my huge (and eventually bloom
> blind) Caesar's Brother it had done this, and I wonder if the fact that the
> roots were not really covered in the soil any longer accounted for their
> lack of bloom. Growth remained extremely healthy, however.
> My question is, when you say 'deep,' just how deep do you mean?
>
> Bob Dickow
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jim Murphy" <murphy@cstone.net>
> > A good point has been made about deep planting. SI are one of the few
> plants that
> > I feel do well with deep planting. It doesn't seem to matter in what type
> of soil.
> ><snip>
>
>
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