I never had an iris bed before as big as the one I put in my backyard last year. What with the hot weather and other chores it got lots of weeds now. So today I decided the next thing I really HAD to do was weed there so I started today. Got about half done. In fact that is what I was doing but it started lightly raining now so I decided I had had enough for the day and came instide. But as I am pulling the weeds and getting a really good close look at the iris I see lots and lots of rot.
I have had iris rot around here but usually if that is going to happen I find they rot over the winter and are just gone by spring. The other beds I keep really weed free though. And the other beds the soil is not as good. This bed is in what used to be a veggie garden area so was ammended with lots of compost thru the years.
I was more focused on pulling weeds than checking closely on the rot but I was just surprised to see it. Do you think it has anything to do with my lack of weeding? Or the better soil? I will have to look more carefully to see how bad certain ones have it.
