My shelf is 12-14 inches down.

Update: The next day I also divided some in black mesh baskets with big
rocks, that is the way to do it soilless. I removed the big rocks, trimmed
the roots off the outside of the basket and pulled them right out. The
prior experiment I mentioned (below Mickey's question) was using a basket
with big holes & rocks... the mini laundry basket style. So therein, the
rest of the story. ) ~ jan

On Mon, 28 Jun 2004 20:39:47 -0500, "Mickey" wrote:

How deep do you plant your iris?

"~ jan JJsPond.us" wrote in message
Iris Repotted or This Thread Revisited

A couple of years ago we had a discussion about iris, rock versus soil to
plant them in. I know we highly recommend rock especially in a veggie
filter. So today I repotted my experiments. 1 was in rock, BIG rock, 3
were
in soil. Hate to tell you this guys, but the 3 in soil were much easier to
divide. The roots were so fibrous in the rock one that I had to do a lot
of
clipping of the roots, whereas soil ones I could get the roots to slip out
of the mud. So I'm repotting all back into soil.... if this was for a
veggie filter, I'd put up with the rock (I think). I'll let you know after
I do some that I've been using, as if for a veggie filter.

Has anyone else repotted their experiments? ~ jan
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