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Such terrible anxiety!!
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Posted by janinecollette 6 NJ (janinecollette@aol.com) on Mon, Dec 15, 08 at 17:59
| I've posted on the forum regarding my upcoming move to my new house, however I'm in a state of anxiety and would like some assurance from my garden web friends!
I live in zone 6, NJ and yesterday, I dug up almost all of my irises as I am moving to my new home this Thursday. For the majority of my irises, I left on the ball of dirt surrounding the root system. My plan is to replant my precious iris the day I move in. I know it's December and it really isn't the best idea...but I really do not have a choice. Out of my entire garden, I am only taking my iris and truly couldn't part with them.
The temp in NJ has been between 45 and 30...sometimes into the 20s at night. Do you think if I mulch them well just for the winter they will survive??
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RE: Such terrible anxiety!!
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| My experience with irises is that you can not kill them. My mom use to clean out her beds and just throw the extra out back in the hedge. Well they would grow the next year in the hedge.No dirt on top just laying there. So yes I woyld say that you could just put mulch on top of them and they will be fine till spring. |
RE: Such terrible anxiety!!
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| One year I purchased some dry iris rhizomes on a fall trip and didn't get them planted until mid- to late November, and they were just fine, somehow managing to catch up with their neigbors and boom the first summer in my zone 7 garden. Based on that experience, I'd expect that yours should do fine, especially since you've retained some of the root ball and we've had relatively mild temperatures for December. Good luck with the irises and best wishes to you in your new home :-) |
RE: Such terrible anxiety!!
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| Dunno how it works with different varieties but where I live (6b) they're weeds, huge areas where the rhizomes are almost on top of the ground get covered with snow and nothing seems to bother them. |
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