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Article: TIME TO DIVIDE AND PLANT RHIZOMES.(HOME)
- Article from:
- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- August 24, 1997
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Byline: Robert Stiffler
AUGUST IS the month to divide and replant iris, peonies and daylilies if you haven't done so for several years. It's also a good month to plant new varieties of them.
It's hard to believe, but iris experts say that once an iris rhizome blooms, it never blooms again, so the center rhizome should be removed and the outside ones replanted, barely covered with soil, to bloom next season.
PRUNE BERRY CANES
Prune and destroy raspberry and blackberry canes that bore fruit this season. They won't bear again and could harbor insects and disease.
CAUSE OF BITTERNESS
If your cucumbers are bitter, ...