CULT: manure
- To: iris- talk
- Subject: CULT: manure
- From: v* l*
- Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2000 06:05:03 -0700 (PDT)
Vince sez:
I received this post from an iris grower in Delaware:
--- dorothy l mallozzi <dlmallozzi@mindspring.com> wrote:
> I have used manure on a dwarf iris bed, but it was so old
> it looked like dirt and I think that's the only kind to
> use in our neck of the woods. But here is an analysis of
> different kinds of manure from organic gardening
> encyclopedia: chicken -1.1-0.8-0.5....cow-
>
0.6-0.2-0.5......horse-0.7-0.3-0.6....pig-0.5-0.3-0.5...rabbit-2.4-1.4-0.6
> so that might be a clue why that iris grower got better
> results from horse.
>
Vince sez:
I also received a message from Clarence Mahan that he
had used horse manure, but had problems with it having too
many weed seeds.
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Vince Lewonski
vincelewonski@yahoo.com
Secane, Pennsylvania, USA Zone 6b
"A noble spirit embiggens the smallest mind"
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