TBI "cleaning" leaves question
- Subject: TBI "cleaning" leaves question
- From: A* R* <a*@mpd.tandem.com>
- Date: Thu, 22 Feb 96 16:39:00 MST
I cleaned up my TBI foliage this past weekend; most of the dead leaves
from last fall just fell off with a gentle tug. However, it was rather
like peeling an onion. The dead leaf closest to the rhizome itself
was still somewhat attached to the rhizome exactly like peeling an
onion. I pruned these carefully off as close to the leaf / rhizome
union as I could. Was this the proper behaviour?
Also, many of the rhizomes are *right* under the surface. Some
had actually become uncovered with a little bit of soil erosion,
and it's easy for the soil to erode with no mulch on top (I've
heard not to mulch the TBIs). This isn't on a slope or anything,
but some of the top soil will blow or be watered away if there
is absolutely no mulch. Should the uncovered parts of the
rhizomes be recovered? If so, with more soil? I did put the
lightest covering (fractions of an inch) of cedar flake and
fine shredded hardwood just to disguise the bare soil; could
I use this to cover the rhizome?
There are many, many weeds in this bed because of the lack
of mulch, so I'm wondering if indeed absolutely no mulch should
be used.
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Amy Moseley Rupp
Jill O. *Trades
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