RE: CULT: Weed Control
From: "Mark, Maureen" <MARKM@tc.gc.ca>
Hi Anner,
Solarization should work in New Jersey. It works for us. We've prepared
new beds using this method usually beginning in late spring. That way, our
new purchases get planted in August.
We've noticed that the weeds stay down for a number of years afterwards --
almost no weeds the next year and very few weeds the following year.
Maureen Mark
Ottawa, Canada (zone 4)
> From: HIPSource@aol.com
>
> In a message dated 1/19/00 11:31:54 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> BILLS@hsc.edu
> writes:
>
> << Rick uses this method in California but I have found it equally
> effective
> in Virginia. Following solarization, careful hand-control of weeds keeps
> them out. One avoids the use of dangerous herbicides. >>
>
> I'm happy to hear that this method has been found effective in Central
> Virginia. The Local Coorperative Extension office indicated to me they
> thought it would not be substantially effective in this part of the state.
>
> Since Mr. Hartpence is even further north in New Jersey, I did not mention
>
> it.
>
> Because of the length of time necessary to effectively solarize an
> existing
> iris bed, certainly no less than six weeks at the peak of hot weather and
> proably more in less than optimum circumstances (I believe Tasco in
> California leaves his ground under solarizing wraps for several months) it
>
> may be advisable to pot the newly dug rhizomes up until they can be
> reintroduced to the bed. See the Archives for endorsements and
> practicalities
> of potting up rhizomes when planting is delayed. Bearded irises can be
> held
> out of the ground for weeks or even months and survive, but they are not
> the
> better for it, and they will dessicate at a rapid rate at high summer.
>
> Anner Whitehead
> HIPSource@aol.com
>
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