Re: Culture-weed killer that does not kill iris
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  • Subject: Re: Culture-weed killer that does not kill iris
  • From: S*@aol.com
  • Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2012 12:53:49 -0400 (EDT)
Leslie:
 
Does Basagram really work for the nut grass?  Does it take one  application 
or many application over several years.  I want to put in a new  iris bed 
in a location where there is Bermuda and nut grass.  I am quite  happy to dig 
out the Bermuda, but the nut grass is a problem.  I usually  get rid of nut 
grass in small areas by digging up the soil and throwing it  away (into the 
grass, hence the problem).  Though for such a large area, my  plan is to 
dig out the Bermuda, then cover the area with plastic for least a  year.  
 
I had Trugreen for awhile.  They knocked the nut grass out but it  always 
came back stronger.
 
Scarlett
 
 
In a message dated 3/25/2012 4:31:02 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time,  
IrisladyLJobe@aol.com writes:

I use  Stinger for weeds and Vantage for grass in the flower beds. Vantage  
 
won't get Sedges ( nut grass ) though, so I use Basagram for the sedges.  
Leslie Jobe
Zanesville, Ohio 


In a message dated 3/25/2012  4:57:12 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
barbjohnson_62@hotmail.com  writes:

I would  like to try it. My front bed is so grassy I can  see only the 
irises 
on the  very edges. Nothing has bloomed for  years. Once I decide where the 
bed is  and isn't I'm going to spray  the heck out of it. Thanks!!
Barb in SW  MO

----- Original  Message ----- 
From: "Robin Shadlow"   <rshadlow@yahoo.com>
To: <iris@hort.net>
Sent: Sunday,  March  25, 2012 3:37 PM
Subject: Re: [iris] Culture-weed killer that  does not kill  iris


> Yes only grass, but I would recommend  it over  roundup.  My aim is not 
as 
> good
> as my  optimism.  I  have deformed plenty of bloom in my  day.
>
>
> Stinger  is
> really good for thistles  and clover too.  It didn't kill the  grass here
>  though.  Maybe it hasn't been warm enough here to tell   though.  No 
> heatwave in
> the NW.
>
>  I've  also been told Envoy works on grass and is safe for irises.  I
> haven't  tried it yet though.
>
> Robin  Shadlow
> OR Zone 8
>   ________________________________
> From:  "IrisladyLJobe@aol.com"
>  <IrisladyLJobe@aol.com>
>  To: iris@hort.net
> Sent: Sunday,  March 25, 2012 9:03
>  AM
> Subject: Re: [iris] Culture-weed killer  that does not kill  iris
>
> I believe
> the Grass B Gone  only kills grass  don't think it gets  weeds too
> does it?.
>  Leslie  Jobe'
>
>
> In a message dated 3/25/2012 11:45:08  A.M.  Eastern Daylight
> Time,
> rshadlow@yahoo.com   writes:
>
> Peggy,
>
> I have also used Ortho  Grass  B
> Gon  which I have  found at Lowe's and
>  other  stores similar.   I have only
> applied  it  over irises  though.  If you
> hvae a mixedbed, you may want  to
>  check  the label.  I never saw any damage
>  to
> the  irises.  It works the  best
> in early  spring.
>
>  Best of luck to  you,
>
>  Robin
> Shadlow
> Zone  8, OR
>
>
>
>  From:
> dpmallen  tds.net  <dpmallen@tds.net>
>  To:
> iris@hort.net
> Sent:  Sunday,  March
> 25,  2012 4:47 AM
> Subject: [iris]
>  Culture-weed killer that  does not  kill iris
> Is there a good weed  killer  that
> you can use on iris that  kills grass and
>  weed  around iris, but not the iris?
> Thanks, Peggy    Harger-Allen
> zone  5
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