Re: OT-CHAT: Where's winter?
From: Gullo <tgf@frontiernet.net>
Hello Everyone ,
Hi Dorothy , I'm up here east of Rochester , around 80 or so miles to your
northwest , and seeing signs of heaving on some of my later transplants
already. I never get through a winter here without seeing some. I think the
heavier soil hold the water more and when it freezes it can really expand.
Never had a problem with the irises at my parents because of the light sandy
nature of their soil.
Michael Gullo
West Walworth , N.Y.
Irisacher@aol.com wrote:
> From: Irisacher@aol.com
>
> In a message dated 1/1/00 8:12:46 PM Eastern Standard Time, rives@home.com
> writes:
>
> << This is a concern to us - we rely on the white mulch more than we would
> like to
> admit. We have several '00 introductions we are testing, but if we don't
> start
> getting some z4 weather soon, the tests won't be worth much!
> >>
>
> Your concern is shared here to the south, Sandy. I am watching rain pelt
> down on the 3 inch (perhaps) snow cover we have left, and looking at the
> week's forecast, I'm afraid the ground will be completely thawed again by
> week end. This will mark the second complete frozen ground several inches
> down /completely thawed ground cycle we've had this winter, and this ain't
> good! Puts those newly planted rhizome roots through all sort of gyrations.
> Even a mulch of evergreen boughs doesn't help much when the temps go to such
> extremes.
>
> Dorothy Stiefel
> IrisAcher@aol.com
> Dryden, NY (Zone 5)
>
>
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