Okay, so like two pots aren't in the ground yet for this bed- but that's just because I told myself I had to tough it out until I was out of dirt in the wagon. It was another high 80's day- so getting most of it done was pretty great- especially since I had to water so many pots first.
Here is a crappy, late evening photo of what I got done between last night and tonight.
I figure it takes me around 15 seconds to water each potted plant that is at least a gallon in size and I planted at least 40 pots within the last week - so I've saved myself at least 10 minutes of daily watering. 10 minutes in the garden is enough time for me to plant several pots. It's funny how it snowballs like that- each pot I get in the ground buys me more time in my day to put plants in the ground until suddenly it's easy and achievable again. My soil holds moisture very well- I pretty much just water if we haven't had an inch of rain in the last week. However, we're a bit windy and potted plants dry out so fast. I can poke my finger into a 4" pot I watered at 8 AM and it's dry by 4 PM.
Next year, I think I will just plant the band roses instead of following the directions to pot them up instead. Additionally, all my new beds for next year are getting prepped in the fall.
Checked back on my rotting Edith Wolford clump, the iris I cleaned up a couple of days ago still seems fine. Unfortunately, when I felt under the other rhizome nearby, it was rotting underneath. Ugh! So, now I pulled up the last few rhizomes and checked them. Only that one had rot. I scraped out all the rot and treated with alcohol and now it's drying on my patio table. I thought it got the rot from touching the weed barrier- but, it looks like there were multipe slashes across the rhizome and leaves. It looks a lot like weed wacker damage. I'm sort of suspicious that spouse forgot we planted the irises there and thought they were maybe weeds. Additionally, the sign tag is missing. Maybe he ran over the sign tag with the mower and it tore up the iris on it's way out? I'll never know, that man does not admit when he accidentally mows a plant even if you have him on video mowing the plant.
At least, that solves that mystery for me. I need to put an edge the mower can't go over easily. I was really confused because the leaves were broken off but it wasn't rotted where the leaves came off. But, now, rinsed off out of the ground, it is clearly a pretty damaged clump of rhizomes. Oh well- the mother rhizome is fine, at least I still have Edith, but still annoying.
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