Re: Re: CULT: leaf spot

Hi,

What about the person who used Dial Anti Bacterial as a stickum for
something else and found they had no leaf spot?


Char Holte, New Berlin, WI (Near Milwaukee)
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Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2004 5:31 AM
Subject: Re: [iris] Re: CULT: leaf spot


> In a message dated 4/13/04 1:50:46 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> loberg@adelphia.net writes:
>
>
> > <<It's true though, there were times I would notice that beds with high
> > grass
> > didn't show leaf spot.  But that was until I got in and cleaned them
> > thoroughly, and within a week, they would show leaf spot terrible. >>
>
>
> I have come to the conclusion that anything that prevents the soil from
> splashing up onto the leaves during rainfall can help reduce leaf spot in
my
> garden. That is,  "companion plants," aka weeds.  It doesn't keep me from
attempting
> to a have a weed-free garden, however, because the weeds can also promote
rot
> due to lack of air circulation around the rhizomes.  Now I just need to
> figure out a way to have both conditions....no soil splash, but good air
> circulation.
>
> Dorothy Stiefel
> Spencer, NY
> Reg. 2,  Zone 4/5
> Where all the reticulatas were cleanly snipped off by deer Sat. night.
>
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