Bearded Iris. subtleties of care

Many breeders involved in breeding new varieties of irises. Currently particularly popular group of tall bearded irises. This group brings together the variety of German and garden iris obtained by crossing the best views.

Bearded Iris grows well in lit places, even though it does not harm the penumbra.

If the plant is planted in the shade, you get a luxury bush of the arrow-shaped leaves, but it will not bloom. Allowed a make shade during midday hours from trees and shrubs vysokorastuschih.

When choosing a site for planting irises should be noted that the plant does not tolerate very wet soil. Therefore, the land must be well drained.

Iris - drought-resistant plant and does not require copious irrigation. Watering during the flowering shrubs should be time to increase the terms of the Flower of Life. After the flowers fade, stop watering is necessary, in order to avoid possible contamination of rhizomes bacteriosis.

agricultural engineering

To plant bloomed profusely, and properly developed land at a site where there are irises, should be loose and clean of weeds.

Irises in the beginning of the growing season, it is desirable to feed the phosphorus and nitrogen fertilizers.

After ottsvetot iris, plants begin to grow actively roots. During this period, the soil need to make potash or use complex, scattering them to the site where irises grow.

Fresh manure use is highly undesirable, as it may be detrimental to plants. To bushes during budding and flowering looked fresh, wilted flowers should promptly cut.

reproduction irises

Bearded Irises, just need to be transplanted in 5-7 years. The optimal time for transplantation - the middle of the summer, after flowering. While during the vegetation change also allowed.

Breed irises delenki obtained from the rhizomes of well-developed bushes.

Rhizomes have high regeneration ability, so to get a full bush sufficiently small piece of root with sleeping kidneys.

Share rhizome is necessary so that each part had a bunch of leaves (fan) and part of the root with a few buds.

Delenki once planted it is not necessary, it is better to leave them for 2-3 days in the air, to the division locations are drying.

Plant parts should be separated at a distance of 40 cm from the bush bush embedment depth of not more than 5 cm. After planting, the soil must be watered abundantly with warm water and sealed.

Protection from disease

Bearded iris can be exposed to many diseases. The following are the most common diseases.

1. Leaf spot (geterosporioz)

The leaves are covered with gray-brown spots. When heavily infested leaves may wither, the roots are not damaged at the same time.

For the treatment plant must be treated kuproksanom. Dried leaves are cut off and destroyed.

2. Rust - a fungal disease on the leaves brown stripes are formed, by grinding on the fingers remain rust-colored spores of fungi.

Such bushes must be sprayed copper oxychloride or kuproksanom.

3. Or bacterial soft rot

Affected leaves and roots under the influence of bacteria, they begin to decompose and the plant dies.

Control measures are the following: infected bushes are dug, roots are stripped to living tissue and are treated with a solution of potassium permanganate and charcoal.

The soil is disinfected with antifungal drugs.

4. Dry rot (Fusarium) - it affects the vascular system of the plant, causing root rot. In this case, the dried bushes must dig and destroy, and to process the soil copper oxychloride.

On disinfected areas, within 2-3 years, irises planted is not recommended.

Special decorative infield irises attached in the neighborhood of daisies and white lilies.