Re: cult
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- Subject: Re: cult
- From: "* M* <i*@email.msn.com>
- Date: Sun, 8 Feb 1998 20:22:17 -0700 (MST)
Gunnar, that is very sad. I hadn't realized the acid rain problem was that
bad in Sweden, and it makes sense that your granitic soils would only add to
the problem. I suddenly feel very lucky to live where I do, in the dry
southwest, relatively untouched by pollution. But I know from experience
that trying to change the pH of soil in anything bigger than a small pocket
is almost impossible. I sure wish you luck, but it sounds like your iris
are going to have to be mostly beardless.
Barb in Santa Fe, where I have had the little I. danfordiae blooming for a
week.
-----Original Message-----
From: gunnar andersson <gunnar.andersson@mbox321.swipnet.se>
To: Multiple recipients of list <iris-l@rt66.com>
Date: Monday, February 02, 1998 2:44 PM
Subject: SV: cult
>Hi Barbara,
>
>Remember that the whole Sweden suffers from the air pollutions and acid
>rain.
>Unfortunatly there is some factors that are unlucky especially in sweden,
>our ground are mostly granit and the soils are
>very much sensitive to acid rain. much airpollutions are also coming by
>western and southern winds from abroad.
>Many many lakes are completly dead by the sour rain and also the forests
>are getting big damages, and the trees are dying.
>Much job and huge amonth of money are spent in spreading lime in lakes and
>forests, to keep them alive.
>im also spreading lime in the garden, cause i dont want to grow only
>rhododendrons and i dont want all my pine trees to die.
>
>Gunnar
>----------
>> Fren: Barbara Mann <irismaven@email.msn.com>
>
>> Barb in Santa Fe, on a very flat lot, with not a speck of acid soil in
>sight
>> (though I'm beginning to get down closer to neutral in spots after 14
>years
>> of compost).
>>
>>
>>
>>
