Re: [sibrob]
From: Maureen Mark <mmark@home.com>
Hi Judy,
We started potting up irises when received late in the season after we suffered 90% losses of
siberians purchased at the end of September at the club fall auction. In the past two years,
potted irises are piled into the compost container (emptied and worked into vegetable garden)
and leaves are piled up to fill the containers. We have three compost piles, so there is
generally enough space for all late acquisitions. I have heard from friends who have
overwintered half hardy plants in pots in large cardboard boxes filled with styrofoam. With a
very large number of pots, I would gather all discarded Xmas trees in January and pile them
around and over the pots. I hope this gives you enough ideas.
Maureen Mark
Ottawa, Canada (zone 4)
Robert Hollingworth wrote:
> From: Robert Hollingworth <Cyberiris@netscape.net>
>
> Hi everyone: I am looking for information for this fall's issue of TSI on
> potting up of Siberians in the fall for sale the next spring. Does anyone have
> any experience in this area. I would really appreciate any help. If you have
> handled plants this way, please let me know how you store or care for them
> over winter and what zone you are. Thanks a bunch Judy Hollingworth
>
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