Re: Fertilizing Iris Beds
- To: Multiple recipients of list <i*@rt66.com>
- Subject: Re: Fertilizing Iris Beds
- From: L*@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 26 Feb 1997 04:52:01 -0700 (MST)
In a message dated 97-02-15 14:35:07 EST, you write:
>I have read with interest the mail on fertilizing Irises, it appears that
>I am odd man out, I have always fertilizes at the end of the flowering of
>various plants, experience has taught me that feeding plants before
>flowering gets lots of green leaves and one tends to get less bloom, I do
>use a good compound fertilizer. I may be wrong? ( expect so )
>Arthur. DENMARK
I think your approach is generally a good one, especially for any fertilizer
containing nitrogen. But it's usually ok to use other fertilizers before
bloom (bonemeal, potash).
Linda Mann lmann76543@aol.com east Tennessee USA
