Re: Culture-weed killer that does not kill iris
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  • Subject: Re: Culture-weed killer that does not kill iris
  • From: &* G* C* <j*@cox.net>
  • Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2012 16:12:25 -0400
Scarlett -- Basagran does kill nutsedge without harming the irises, but after the first die-off of the nutsedge, another, sparser crop will probably emerge. The second application of Basagran should be all that's needed for the season. The sedge will be back the next year, though, so it's a game of control, not elimination, in my experience. -- Griff 


Griffin's Den
http://www.pilmore.com/griffinsden/default.html
Zone 7 along the tidal Potomac near Mount Vernon, in Virginia
-----Original Message----- From: SDAyres2@aol.com 
Sent: Monday, April 09, 2012 12:53 PM
To: iris@hort.net
Subject: Re: [iris] Culture-weed killer that does not kill iris

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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