This is the first time that I'm digging up my bearded irises to divide, and I
noticed that some of them had little holes on on the bottom of the bulbs.
Should I dispose of these or are they okay to plant? Also, after dividing,
will I need to wait a year before I see flowers?

Those are not bulbs. They are rhizomes.

The very old portions of the rhizomes without roots and without buds should
be discarded.

If you divided them properly, you should have flowers next year.



JorgNS wrote in message
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This is the first time that I'm digging up my bearded irises to divide,
and I
noticed that some of them had little holes on on the bottom of the bulbs.
Should I dispose of these or are they okay to plant? Also, after
dividing,
will I need to wait a year before I see flowers?

little holes? sounds like you might have small iris boarers starting to feed on
and drill into the iris, time to make a bucket of water with a cup or two of
bleach in it and wash the iris with it.

Small iris toes will need a year or two before they reach blooming size.


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This is the first time that I'm digging up my bearded irises to divide, and I
noticed that some of them had little holes on on the bottom of the bulbs.
Should I dispose of these or are they okay to plant? Also, after dividing,
will I need to wait a year before I see flowers?


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JorgNS wrote:

This is the first time that I'm digging up my bearded irises to divide, and I
noticed that some of them had little holes on on the bottom of the bulbs.
Should I dispose of these or are they okay to plant? Also, after dividing,
will I need to wait a year before I see flowers?

Check those holes and see if they come with iris borers
attached. If so, you'll need to either very carefully clean out
or discard the affected rhizomes . . . personally, I'd go for
cleaning out, but, then I have some varieties that are very, very
old; for more modern ones I'd probably just ruthlessly pitch.
Whether or not the iris will bloom next year depends on the
current size of the rhizome. Big ones will, small ones won't . .
.. so, you're likely to have REDUCED blooming next year; however,
the year after will be simply glorious!

Chris Owens




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