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Juno Iris cultivation help please!!??
Paul T:
Howdy All,
OK, my wants were greater than my logic and I have just received Iris willmottiana and Iris graeberiana in the mail. I've had troubles with the junos in the past (I've tried bucharica a couple of times and lost it, kept damp in summer, warm and dry in summer... ::)) and I really shouldn't have bought these, but I just couldn't help myself. Can people please pass on their growing experiences with these guys (and the other junos for that matter) so that I have a better hope of growing them? I'd really rather not lose them.
I figure that whatever happens the experiences put down in this discussion will help others who are trying to get into these beauties as well. Thanks in anticipation. 8)
Lvandelft:
Paul, as you'll know, there are many different types of Juno's and there are almost as many methods in cultivation.
I think the easiest are I. willmottiana and bucharica. They are grown here together with other bulbs
and fit well in storing together with other bulbs, i.e they need about the same time of heat as Hyacinths or Tulipa. You might even force them to flower from January-February on.
In that case keep bulbs in august at 23 C and then appr. 5 weeks at 20 C. Then you plant them in a box or pots and cool them 6 weeks at 9 C + 4 weeks at 5 C. and afterwards at 2 C.
Cooling has to start the end of September and after 15 weeks you can start taking them in the glasshouse
at 12 to 18 C.
If you want to know more about other Juno's then have a look at:
http://www.junos.ca/HTML%20Pages/articles.html
Sorry I cannot do more for you to help.
Good luck
Luit
David Nicholson:
Luit, your Link does not appear to work?
Lvandelft:
Sorry, I tried several times with different FTP's but could not open them either.
So try this : search for Alan McMurtrie+Junos.
You'll come to a site where on the left you will see: Juno's-an overview.That's it.
Would like to know what I did wrong. I copied the http:// etc. and inserted it in my message???
David Nicholson:
Luit, I will try it and see what happens.
http://www.junos.ca/HTML%20Pages/Junos-AnOverview.html
Later Edit: it works but is different to the hyperlink you gave-no matter it works ;D
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