Re: Iris Myths
From: Dana Brown <ddbro@llano.net>
Gullo,
I believe that compost is good for your soil but, if you plan to plant iris in
it I recommend that you put it on at about 1/4 the recommended rate. Any heavier
than this and you run the risk of inducing rot. We have seen this over and over in
various gardens where they have composted their soil and made it so rich that the
poor little iris died from too much love <G>
As a matter of fact we not only add compost at 1/4 the recommended rate but we
also add in alfalfa pellets and till the whole mess in. We have big beautiful iris
but we have almost no rot.
Gullo wrote:
> From: Gullo <tgf@frontiernet.net>
>
> Hi Dana,
>
> I would have thought the compost would help restore some of the beneficial
> soil organisms and have a positive effect.
>
> Michael Gullo
> West Walworth , NY
>
> Dana Brown wrote:
>
> > From: Dana Brown <ddbro@llano.net>
> >
> > I agree with Mike about solarizing. I have solarized twice now, this year
> > will be the third time. I can tell you that in Texas, there was NO rot
> > following solarization. As a matter of fact, the soil was looser, with
> > better tilth and the newly planted iris have shown high rates of growth. In
> > other words it is wonderful.
> > I also know that at least a couple of the tour gardens that I have been
> > in that did have rot also used vast quantities of compost, which IMHO is
> > much more likely to cause rot than the solarizing.
> > --
> > d*@llano.net
> > Dana Brown
> > Pres. South Plains Iris Society
> > Lubbock, TX 79401
> > Zone 7 USDA, Zone 10 Sunset
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Dana Brown
Pres. South Plains Iris Society
Lubbock, TX 79401
Zone 7 USDA, Zone 10 Sunset
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