Re: Re: CULT: How to dry out bed?
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- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] Re: CULT: How to dry out bed?
- From: J* C*
- Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2000 22:01:45 GMT
>One method of making a weed free flower bed or vegetable bed is to
>use news paper. My Irises are in a bed surrounded by land scape
>timbers. I layered news papers on the bottom, six layers thick or
>more. I do not plan on weeding. The news paper will bio-degrade, in
>the mean time it keeps the weeds and grass from growing in my Iris
>bed.
>Lucy Harris zone 8a - Coastal North Carolina
Thick layers of newspaper are an excellent deterrent to most weeds. I'm
assuming that you add soil on top of the newspaper, and the irises are
planted into this soil. How do you assure that this soil is completely weed
free? Have you considered that many weed seeds are carried by wind, and may
travel considerable distances, and find a nice place to grow among your
irises? I do find that a little weeding at the right time (as they appear)
saves cosiderable back breaking work later.
I always use newspaper under new beds, and when I mulch, I place sheets of
newspaper on the surface of the soil, and pile the mulch on top. (Not a good
idea getting this too close to your TB's) There are still a few weeds that
manage to pop through, but they usually have fairly loose roots, and can be
pulled out easily.
Cheers, Jan Clark, in Australia, where I will be enjoying another sunny day
in the garden.
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