Re: RE: TB cult
- Subject: Re: [iris] RE: TB cult
- From: "Patrick Orr" i*@msn.com
- Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2003 17:56:53 -0700
- List-archive: <http://www.hort.net/lists/iris/> (Web Archive)
Linda, matter of fact, I tilled up the topsoil just the other day in several
beds, and it is raining cats and dogs today. The tilled beds still look
tilled and the water has soaked in. The non-tilled beds are flooded.
Patrick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Linda Bartell" <llbartell@yahoo.com>
To: <iris@hort.net>
Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2003 4:31 PM
Subject: [iris] RE: TB cult
> < So I began cultivating the topsoil at
> least once
> a month. I take a claw tool that is on a 5 foot pole and begin
> scratching at
> the surface of the soil about 6 inches away from the iris clumps. I
> get the
> surface crust broken up and turned over to about
> an inch or two deep.>
>
> Patrick: I do this, too, and it helps...especially in clay soil (even
though amended). It also makes it easier to fertilize and water in (if
needed).
>
> To Gerry S. - Oops - I forgot about zonals. I'm sure I have some
luminatas among my irises - just have to figure out which ones. Thanks!
>
> To John in Ohio - Thanks for sharing your knowledge and experience with
rot.
>
> Linda Bartell (Greater Detroit area)
>
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