Re: Culture-weed killer that does not kill iris
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  • Subject: Re: Culture-weed killer that does not kill iris
  • From: A* M* <a*@earthlink.net>
  • Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2012 13:35:14 -0600
Thanks Griff
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"J. Griffin Crump" <jgcrump@cox.net> wrote:

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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