Granny's gone and done it again

[pertnear09]

They were way overcrowded and overgrown. Research indicates they should be thinned every 3 or 4 years and these were way past overdue. Production drops off - you don't get nearly as many blooms when they are overcrowded like that. Also, it was our intention to catalog them so we can sell them, that would also help with the overcrowding. We'll try to do that this year when they bloom so we'll know what we've got.

Same thing goes for iris, right?

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Same thing goes for iris, right?

I don't know. My irises don't seem nearly as prolific as the lilies. But ... these lilies are in a fenced area where deer can't get to them. Do deer eat iris? Also the lilies are in the pen where the chickens are, so they are constantly being cultivated and fertilized. They are VERY happy, lol.

 

[pertnear09]

I don't know. My irises don't seem nearly as prolific as the lilies. But ... these lilies are in a fenced area where deer can't get to them. Do deer eat iris? Also the lilies are in the pen where the chickens are, so they are constantly being cultivated and fertilized. They are VERY happy, lol.

I'm not sure about deer eating iris. I know over the years mine have gradually stopped blooming but I do nothing for them.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

I'm not sure about deer eating iris. I know over the years mine have gradually stopped blooming but I do nothing for them.

Yeah, some of my most beautiful and expensive ones have too. Sad face.

 

[troyer]

@troyer Did you get the Christmas card list?

Not from this year.

 

[Nomadicus]

We have a lot of amaryllis and iris that need to go into the ground that are in pots. There is a place laid out for them but getting the ground ready has not been doable for one reason or another. Not kids anymore and neither end of a shovel seem to work right.

 

[Granny Hatchet]

Not from this year.

How about now?

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Cannot ... keep .... eyeballs .... open... goidnight, boys n gitls.

 

[troyer]

How about now?

Got it, thank you. Do you want a rerun of last year?

 

[Granny Hatchet]

Got it, thank you. Do you want a rerun of last year?

thats totally up to you my friend, I know that had to be expensive.