Re: Re: CULT Solarization & manure
From: Gullo <tgf@frontiernet.net>
Hi,
During hot dry stretches here, I water in the evenings and only when they
really need it. I've have heard morning is a better time for watering, but not
in my experience. I think that morning watering leaves too much water near the
plants during the heat of the day, a condition which promotes rot. Watering in
the evenings gives the water time to be absorbed into the soil more thoroughly.
One drawback to evening watering is the possibility for more slug damage, but
that is seldom as serious to the plants health (except in the case of very young
seedlings).
Michael Gullo
West Walworth, NY
Gmbeasle@aol.com wrote:
> From: Gmbeasle@aol.com
>
> In a message dated 01/29/2000 11:10:38 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> sidneygardener@email.msn.com writes:
>
> >
> > RosalieAnn,
> >
> > Do you think the heat of water damages the outer covering of the rhizome
> > allowing bacteria to enter?
>
> Maybe that is it. There are a lot more experienced people on the list in
> this regard than I am. But I don't think humidity in the general environment
> in NM is going to cause rot because it is very dry. The fact that the person
> who lives there doesn't, under normal circumstances, have any rot indicates
> that also. They do have a problem when they water when it is very hot, so
> there must be some interaction of the water and the heat.
>
> Since iris grown in a dry climate don't usually rot, the next question to ask
> is why all iris grown in humid climates don't rot. Because most of us live
> in humid places, and the iris do pretty well. Should we protect iris from
> rain or watering when it is hot? What about rebloomers?
>
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