Re: Culture-weed killer that does not kill iris
iris@hort.net
  • Subject: Re: Culture-weed killer that does not kill iris
  • From: I*@aol.com
  • Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2012 13:10:00 -0400 (EDT)
Scarlett,
Basagram has always worked for us. We used it in all the places we've  
lived. Sometimes I would have to spray twice with the second time 30 days  
later. But it does the job for us. 
 
 
In a message dated 4/9/2012 12:55:45 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
SDAyres2@aol.com writes:

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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