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Tue, Sep 6, 11 at 20:10
| I drove over to Rocky Top Garden today to pick up a surprise grab bag of Iris.Irealy got some great ones.Here they are.
Birthday Magic Fallalary Chinook Dreams Cave Man Smoldering Fire Magical Realism Ruby Morn Open Your Heart Block Buster Jennifer Stout Mango Parfait Lady Of The Snow Abby Song Abby Sunrise Black Draft Magnifigent Master Piece Chief Soo Happy UFO We have had 5.50in.of rain the last 48hr will plant as soon as possiable.Question????? Do I trim the roots any. Thanks Pat
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| I usually trim the roots back to 2"-3" for planting ease, and have had no noticeable problems. Hopefully others will reply.
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- Posted by hosenemesis SoCal Sunset 19 USDA (My Page) on Wed, Sep 7, 11 at 2:20
| I don't trim the roots. Those look freshly dug, so if you can dig big enough holes, I'd plant them the way they are. Renee |
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| you might shorten the roots up a little bit, but the longer the root the better you can get them to stand upright in the ground. I've gotten iris from e~bay sellers where the roots were non existant because they were totally trimmed off. they were extremely hard to plant because there wasn't anything left to make them stay upright. so, all you can do with iris like that is just put them partly under the dirt & hope they make some new roots on them. so, if you do shorten the roots that's fine just don't take them all the way down to the rhyzome, because then you'll have trouble planting them. that's a nice grab bag you managed to find. good job. |
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