Re: LET'S BOOGIE
- To: iris-talk@onelist.com
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] LET'S BOOGIE
- From: J* C*
- Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 15:47:02 PDT
From: "Jan Clark" <janclarx@hotmail.com>
>Does anyone else spinkle lime on their iris twice a year? I have >gotten
>into the habit of doing so which seems to enhance the color. >Someone
>mentioned I needed to watch my ph but our soil here in >Missouri is
>natually acid so I don't think 3 - 4 years will change >the ph all that
>much.
>Jim Loveland, Fenton, MO Zone 5
I do in parts of my garden Jim. If the irises are going well, and if certain
of the annual seeds are self seeding happily (Queen Annes lace for instance)
I only give 1 application. Like your's my soil is naturally acid, but it is
also extremely poor, and I introduce so much soil, manure, compost, etc that
I would have to test a lot of different places, frequently, to know exactly
how the pH is going. If things are looking poorly, I give extra lime, but I
also fertilise, cultivate, dig up irises and add more soil and replant them,
etc, etc.
I think a lot of stuff is instinctive, after years of gardening. I'm feeling
rather smug at present, because, after 9 years of living here I finely got
my first spring mowing in on time. I was almost to the point of panic on
Sunday - desperate to get a-mowing, and it was a wonderful clear day, with
the plum trees just opening their bloom. I mowed for 2 hours, and regained
control of the grass in the orchard. Sure enough, the spring rains came this
week - wonderful persistant rain. enough rain to grow the knee high grass I
mowed on Sunday, to shoulder high, and wet the soil so there would be no
hope of me getting it cut without a slasher. My instincts were correct!
Cheers, Jan Clark, in Australia, where the stalks are starting to thicken at
the base of the SDB's and MOUNTAIN VIOLET has a stem 10" high.
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