Subject: Re: Re: CULT: mulch (pine needles)
- Subject: Subject: Re: [iris] Re: CULT: mulch (pine needles)
- From: "Glenn Grigg" g*@bellsouth.net
- Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2002 17:10:10 -0500
- List-archive: <http://www.hort.net/lists/iris/> (Web Archive)
I don't know about other parts of the country, but here in North Carolina
you would be advised to not transport pine straw inside you car. The needles
are a great habitat for chiggers (red bugs) until they finally relocate to
human skin! Carry it in the pickup bed, here in NC if you don't own a pickup
you have a friend who does.
My only attempt at mulching iris was so disastrous that I would not attempt
a test. Here the high and humid summer nights can bring on soft rot very
quickly, and even faster in mulched iris.
Glenn Grigg, Raleigh, NC Zone 7
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