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fearlessem

Ack! I made things worse!

16 years ago

Hi all --

So my irises were browning, tilting to the side, and barely blooming... I thought maybe I had an iris borer problem, so I dug one up, divided it, cut the fans, did the whole dip-in-weak-bleach-solution bit, and then replanted. Now those replants actually look horrible -- like they are rotting at the tops? I dunked the whole things in bleach when I divided them, fans and all -- could that be the problem? Am I supposed to only dunk the roots? Here's a picture of their current (pathetic) state...

Any thoughts on where I went wrong / if they'll recover?

Many thanks,

Emily

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