Re: Re: CULT: mulch/alfalfa

Hi Moira,

Where do you live, zone etc?

Char Holte, New Berlin, WI (Near Milwaukee)
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From: "Victoria Moira Simmonds" <victoria@cnx.net>
To: <iris@hort.net>
Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2004 7:42 AM
Subject: Re: [iris] Re: CULT: mulch/alfalfa


> I was going to ask about mulches. I use a light bark mulch on my iris.
There
> is a mild fertilizer in the mulch as well. But now I have started worrying
> about covering the rhizomes with the bark mulch and wondered if I should
> bare them. The iris have thrived but now of course they are in their
> expansion cycle.
> I haven't had time to do my usual reading with a vegetable garden to tend
> to. The iris are on a west facing slope and they do bake in our Okanagan
> sun.
> I have kept two seed pods on the iris and they are getting huge. This is
all
> new to me but plan on trying to follow through with these and hopefully
> germinate and plant them. I enjoy doing things like this.
> I read all your posts to help me learn as much as I can, sort of the fast
> track to learning by other's experiences.
> Moira
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Linda Mann" <lmann@volfirst.net>
> To: "iris- talk" <iris@hort.net>
> Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2004 5:17 AM
> Subject: [iris] Re: CULT: mulch/alfalfa
>
>
> : Pat, what do you use for mulch?  Have you experimented with different
> : types of mulch?
> :
> : One of these days, I'm going to get around to mulching some of mine.
> :
> : <So, between mulch and pellets, I keep the soil in good condition to
> : grow iris.
> :  I apply the pellets each spring and dig in mulch when ever I redo a
>
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