Re: sand mulch
From: Steve Johndro <johndros@ainop.com>
Bill Shear wrote:
>
> From: Bill Shear <BILLS@hsc.edu>
>
> >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.
>
> How do you think this works? I have heard of sharp sand being good at
> keeping slugs away (evidently they die the death of a thousand cuts), but
> never crickets.
>
> Bill Shear
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Bill this is very interesting you mention crickets eatting up the
rhizones. Since I am new to iris collecting and have collected quite
the collection in one season I have noticed a big increase in crickets
in my gardens. I never knew that crickets would eat my iris rhizones.
Do you have any organic ways of treating this? Thanks Pat
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