"brooklyn1" wrote in message
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"Lobo" wrote in message
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My iris didn't bloom because they got hailed on. Should/can they be
divided? You're not supposed to divide them until after they bloom. The
hail-stomped were budding multitudinously, but does that count as
blooming?


I divide iris at any time, even in full bloom, with it suffering no ill
effects. The best time to divide most corm/tuber plants is any time after
a good rain when the ground is wet and soft. These plants store most of
their energy in their roots so they don't become damaged very easily...
I've dug them up and just left them on the ground where they lay for more
than two weeks before planting them and they perked right up within a
couple three days. Iris is kinda like a potato, it can be laying around
for many weeks looking totally dead and all of a sudden just sprouts.


Yes, they are very tough. But what I've heard is that if you divide them
before they bloom, the divided ones won't bloom the next year.
Lobo
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