RE: Digest Number 1162
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- Subject: RE: [iris-talk] Digest Number 1162
- From: B* &* C* H*
- Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2000 07:36:12 -0600
- Importance: Normal
Subject: Cult: weeds
I too have been plagued with weeds this year. Here in Western Montana its
been awfully dry and hot with plenty of forest fires burning just a few
miles down the road. My main TB bed was completely clean this spring, it
looked so wonderful too. Last fall and this spring a good sprinkling of
Preen was laid down in the paths and in the space between clumps. But
I'm now am faced with weeds that will not quit. I can only work but a
couple of hours because of the heat and I feel like someone in the middle of
a jungle trying to find their way down a path to the other side of the
jungle. I am now wondering about the effectiveness of Preen. I did spray
a post emergent grass killer and it did work well so don't have to worry
about grass in that area, however other flower beds have grass that I must
attack. I thought I had a handle on all my flower beds this spring but by
this time of year I wonder what I've done to myself, like: not stayed on
top of the weed population as well as having plants too close together. Oh,
some days are just meant for staying in bed and looking at Iris catalogues
and dreaming of what I may want to order in the future.
Caroline Hudnall
Living in Zone> 4 just outside of Helena Montana
And longing for the coolness of my hometown of Anchorage, Alaska
> Jim and Cindy,
>
> My ABs must be wimps, as they do not seem to repel weeds any better than
> TBs or medians - which is not very well at all this year. I have just
spent
> the last four evenings weeding out one bed so that I can locate all the
> above mentioned types of iris in order to dig and divide them. This bed
was
> weed free at the beginning of the bloom season (about two months ago),
and
> I have been faced with the daunting prospect of staring
eyeball-to-eyeball
> (I am 6 ft. tall) with prickly lettuce and other vegetable thugs night
> after night! I have never had weed growth like this before. I must admit
> that now that I have uncovered the irises they appear to have been
unfazed
> by the weedy incursion on their turf.
>
> Jeff Walters in northern Utah (USDA Zone 4/5, Sunset Zone 2, AHS Zone 7)
> jcwalters@bridgernet.com
>
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