Re: [iris-talk] OT-BIO : Jérôme boulon, fren ch irisarian
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- Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 07:11:27 +0930
Jerome
Glad to here you are growing a good Aust LA. Most of South Australia has
very alkaline soil and so those who grow LA here, grow them in large pots
using acidic potting mix and the half sitting the pot in the pond. The pots
need to be regularly fed with Camillia and Azalea fertilizer, and use
frequent flowers of sulphur to keep the pH low. This should help your
Lousiannas grow well. I'm not sure I would try growing the LA in straight
sandy alkaline soil as it would be hard to keep the moisture levels up and
the pH down. Cow manure is also very good for LA. It helps keep the pH down
and is a nice rich manure and also helps retain moisture.
Colleen Modra
Impressive Irises
South Australia
-----Original Message-----
From: jérôme Boulon <jerome_boulon@wanadoo.fr>
To: iris-talk@egroups.com <iris-talk@egroups.com>
Date: Monday, 31 July 2000 12:20
Subject: Re: [iris-talk] OT-BIO : Jérôme boulon, fren ch irisarian
>Hi Mark,
>
>thanks for your message,
>I just grow one variety of Louisiana, KOORAWATHA - Taylor 84 (australian
>variety), I grow this in a pond but she don't like ! I have digging last
>week for transplant in a sand soil (we have here a very lime soil, it's
good
>for TB but for LA ...). I just look in this time for a "spiders" Louisianas
>varieties, if you have any informations, I take.
>
>jérôme jerome_boulon@wanadoo.fr
>From France, zone 7
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>> In a message dated 7/29/00 4:36:56 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
>> jerome_boulon@wanadoo.fr writes:
>>
>> << I'm new in iris-talk, I'm french, 34 years old, married with 2 young
>sons.
>> I live in center of France with climat zone 7 or hard 8. I grow
different
>> plants since 15 years. >>
>>
>> Jerome,
>> Welcome. I would think that Louisiana Irises would do well in your
>> climate. Those things are so pretty. Those and some species Iris are
>what I
>> have success with, but I have a lot of Daylilies [Hemerocallis].
>>
>> Mark A. Cook
>> BigAlligator@aol.com
>> Dunnellon, Florida Zone 8b. [2000 Temperature range 18 F - 111 F]
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