Many beginner growers ask: "What if the irises stopped blooming ?. When to transplant them?".
Whatever variety of irises you choose - Siberian or bearded - everyone needs care. Irises are unpretentious plants, but they love to be cared for. These perennials with their colorful flowering can please every year if their wide bushes are thinned out. But after a year or two, a mandatory transplant of irises to a new place is needed.
When buying a perennial plant of killer whales, be sure to inspect the rhizome. If it is highly developed and on the basal rosette of 6-7 leaves, you can safely carry it home - it will show bright flowers next summer. Such a plant must necessarily take root, since the root system is quite branched and therefore will ensure its full nutrition. If you like beautiful irises, growing and caring for them will not cause any special problems. You need to know that these perennials do not like to grow on the south side, but also can not stand penumbra. It is good if the sun illuminates them before noon, and diffused sunlight is recommended in the afternoon. Such conditions contribute to the formation of buds, otherwise, only leaves grow from the basal rosette.
Iris care and proper transplantation
Those with
relatively recently appeared colorful
irises when to transplant
them and how to properly care for them, they often look for the necessary information in various sources: the press, the Internet, books on floriculture.
After all, the next year I want to admire the abundant flowering of my favorite plants, although they do not bloom for long. They need to be transplanted after flowering. The most favorable period is July, August and September.
Bearded irises, when they are transplanted, are taken to a new place, they react very sensitively to this. When transplanting, you must correctly place the root system. If the root is very deep in the ground, it can rot. Then the plant will die or not bloom at all. Therefore, follow the guidelines below when planting irises. So, on both sides of the intended place where the bush will be planted, dig shallow trenches parallel to each other. Take the iris bush and put it in the middle, and lower the roots into the dug holes. This way you prevent root injury and plant the plant correctly.
Irises, when they begin to transplant, require after this procedure a good watering. It is better if it is plentiful than superficial. After a day or two, water again, then the plant will take root well in a new place. Around the iris, you need to draw a recess so that the water fills this ditch, and does not spread far from the rhizome.
Siberian killer whales love light, acid- neutral soil. If you want the buds on the stems to be formed as much as possible, do not forget to feed your handsome men with phosphorus-potassium mineral fertilizers. Strictly avoid organic, as this threatens the appearance of diseases in plants. Your garden will be full of bright colors of irises, if you learn all the "whims" of this exotic plant, represented by many Dutch varieties.