Re: RE: Cult -Cold Climate planting

Chuck:   That sounds like a very worthwhile experiment, and I, for one, am
very interesting in learning what differences you will find, if any,
concerning planting depths.  In terms of bloom, it may well be 2 years before
any definitive results are showing.  Maybe the conventional wisdom has been
wrong all these years.  It would surely save a lot of work if one could forget
about winter mulching, esp. that first year when things are just getting
established.  My own not-very-scientific experience with mulching materials
certainly verify that it is the freeeze-thaw cycle of uncovered rhizomes that
brings on the rot and/or the heaving.  So, thanks for undertaking this test of
planting depths.  I'm eager to know the results.
Arnold

Arnold & Carol Koekkoek
38 7th Street, NE
Sioux Center, IA 51250
e-mail  koekkoek@mtcnet.net

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