Re: mulch
From: celia storey <storey@aristotle.net>
Bill writes:
>Someone recently suggested a light mulch of clean sand, largely for
>appearance's sake. This would probably be OK and I might try it.
A sand mulch is also an effective deterrent to crickets. I heartily
recommend it for bearded irises, especially the little dwarfs, which can be
eaten up entirely in just one evening of cricket feeding.
We have crickets aplenty in Little Rock this summer.
After pulling back the pine needle mulch from my LAs and finding several
well-gnawed by crickets, I am buying a sack of medium grade sand to add a
little mulch to the LAs, too. Just some, to cover the rhizomes.
celia
s*@aristotle.net
Little Rock, Arkansas, USDA Zone 7b
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257 feet above sea level,
average rainfall about 50 inches (more than 60" in '97)
average relative humidity (at 6 a.m.) 84%.
moderate winters, hot summers ... but lots of seesaw action in all seasons
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