Re: varieties , rot, and the rot patrol
- To: i*@Rt66.com
- Subject: Re: varieties , rot, and the rot patrol
- From: L*@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 13 Apr 1996 07:46:10 -0400
carolyn wrote - <As you consider your options for TBI's please consider and
report
on your fertilization program and the depth to which you plant your rhizomes.
I'd be interested in knowing these facts before I can approve of your giving
them up. ( BIG GRIN) Have you tried raised beds, sandy soil, shallow
planting,
very little fertilizer? NO MANURE!! And of course grow what others near you
can successfully grow. Purchase from your local club.>
sure carolyn - over the last 10 or 15 yrs i have tried raised beds, flat
beds, buried well rotted manure, no manure, sawdust to suck up any extra
nitrogen, no fertilizer (which didn't help rot problems, but sure eliminated
a lot of bloom), bone meal, 6-12-12 (gives best results with my coarse soil
and our high rainfall), rhizomes completely on top of the ground, ground
limestone, flat site, gently sloped site (i don't have any real slope here in
my little valley), all clay, all gravel, gravelly loam, weeding, not weeding,
herbicide, no herbicide. add to that last years new approach of raised beds
with deep mechanical cultivation or spade fork lifting of individual clumps
and now alfalfa.
part of the 'problem' is that i want low input varieties - no way i am going
to grow some fussy plant that requires me to go out and sprinkle clorox or
comet on it and scoop out rotten goop and trim and pick up dead leaves.
as far as purchasing from my local club, that's why i helped start a local
club nearly 3 yrs ago. we are up to 50 members now - lots of folks to swap
with.
always happy to share my rot experiences : )
and, from all the mail i read concerning how well CHAMPAIGN ELEGANCE does, i
must have gotten the name mixed up with another variety. thanks for all the
feedback.
linda mann e tenn usa lmann76543@aol.com
