The rhizomes are also very difficult to dispose of except in the green waste as they take forever to rot down and have formed a new colony before it happens!
Everyone seems to like to point out how invasive these plants are; how quickly does this happen because I'm on year four and mine haven't (unfortunately) spread at all!
Is this a case of a kettle never boils when watched? Because I'm always checking thanks to your advice so I can keep things; in the pond at least, in check! (I also have water mint in the pond kept in a basket whose roots I trim back every few months in the summer that seems to be stopping any spread.
Storing seeds in a dry envelope in the fridge is just storing seeds. If they're not in a bit of dampcompost/vermiculate,/anything else, they're not being stratified.
Nutcutlet; when I first started this thread I couldn't find anything on how to grow them. THEN I find they are so prolific it really can't be as hard as they were making it out to be.
So it got me wondering with the last lot; did these vigorous weeds really need all that special treatment?
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It will take over any small pond.
Even if confined to aquatic pots.
The roots make excellent habitats for bugs.
The rhizomes are also very difficult to dispose of except in the green waste as they take forever to rot down and have formed a new colony before it happens!
Everyone seems to like to point out how invasive these plants are; how quickly does this happen because I'm on year four and mine haven't (unfortunately) spread at all!
Is this a case of a kettle never boils when watched? Because I'm always checking thanks to your advice so I can keep things; in the pond at least, in check! (I also have water mint in the pond kept in a basket whose roots I trim back every few months in the summer that seems to be stopping any spread.
One week later...
12 x fridge seeds have germinated
2 x au natural seeds have germinated
Whilst clearing out the pantry I found 60 more iris seeds; left in a cool (frost free) paper envelope since September.
Curiosity has the better of me and these are now in a pot to see whether not cooling them makes any difference.
Storing seeds in a dry envelope in the fridge is just storing seeds. If they're not in a bit of dampcompost/vermiculate,/anything else, they're not being stratified.
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Nutcutlet; when I first started this thread I couldn't find anything on how to grow them. THEN I find they are so prolific it really can't be as hard as they were making it out to be.
So it got me wondering with the last lot; did these vigorous weeds really need all that special treatment?
Hopefully I'll find out!
no special treatment, sow them when they're ripe and they'll come up.
When mine come out I''ll do a pic of just how prolific they are
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