Re: CULT: How to dry out bed?
George, if I might...
I think you might have better luck with clear plastic instead of black. The
soil gets hotter, everything cooks, and you're done sooner. Been my
experience, anyway.
Jim Gibbons
Comfy in Carolina... Zone8
----- Original Message -----
From: George Schubert <schubert@intrepid.net>
To: <iris-talk@egroups.com>
Sent: Monday, July 31, 2000 7:33 PM
Subject: [iris-talk] CULT: How to dry out bed?
> I have a good news - bad news problem. Good news is there is no drought
this summer, so everything is nice and green (including the lawn grass).
Bad news is time to divide my bed and I hate to work in the wet ground and
mess up the soil structure till winter freeze thaws. Some beds are already
tilled, but have weeds starting to germinate. Others still need to be
tilled. Plan A is to go ahead and do it anyway, at least in the tilled
areas. Plan B is the exotic plan I dreamed up while cutting weeds in the
hot sun; namely, cover a section at a time with black plastic, which would
keep the rain off for a while, cook any weeds and weed seeds, fumigate the
soil, and kill any insect critters lurking therein. The question is - will
I dry out the soil or just hold the moisture for a yet longer time? Help!
I've got 90 clumps to divide and a bunch more on order for mid to late
August delivery.
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> TIA,
> George
> zone 6 near Harpers Ferry, WV
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