Re: Re: CULT: mulch/alfalfa and weed preventer

Patsy  -- In my gardens, nutsedge comes back perenially.  It also has a long
germinating season.  Basagran acts quickly, and kills all the standing sedge
in a very few days.  But because of the staggered germination, there'll be
more coming up behind it.  The makers recommend that Basagran be applied
again 7-10 days after the first application.  I have never experienced any
damage to the iris from using it.  --  Griff

----- Original Message -----
From: "PATSY NORVELL" <patsiris@msn.com>
To: "iris-talk" <iris@hort.net>
Sent: Saturday, July 10, 2004 4:26 PM
Subject: Re: [iris] Re: CULT: mulch/alfalfa and weed preventer


> Do you have to apply Basagran every year?   Or, does it really kill the
nuts
> too?
>
Pat
> in Dallas
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: J. Griffin Crump
> Sent: Friday, July 09, 2004 8:10 PM
> To: iris@hort.net
> Subject: Re: [iris] Re: CULT: mulch/alfalfa and weed preventer
>
> Dorothy  --  I use Basagran to kill nutsedge, which otherwise quickly
> engulfs certain portions of my beds.  It is applied in a spray without
> harming the established iris plants.  You might want to have a look at it
at
> your local hardware store and see if it works on horsetail and
histle.  --
> Griff
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <DWiris@aol.com>
> To: <iris@hort.net>
> Sent: Friday, July 09, 2004 6:22 PM
> Subject: Re: [iris] Re: CULT: mulch/alfalfa and weed preventer
>
>
> > In a message dated 7/9/04 2:56:56 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> > DFerguson@cabq.gov writes:
> >
> > > So, I use a hoe and a shovel - it works just as well, but it is more
> time
> > > consuming.
> > >
> >
> > Hi Dave,
> >
> > We always avoided herbicides because of the bad results you listed,
> however
> > we are no longer physically able to keep up with weeding and are trying
> Treflan
> > with fairly good results in our public display garden.  The only problem
> is
> > that it doesn't prevent perennial weeds that plague us such as bindweed,
> nut
> > sedge, horsetail and Canadian thistle.  We may have to abandon some
parts
> of our
> > home garden because the irises are being engulfed in these weeds.
> >
> > Dorothy Willott in Northern Ohio, Zones 5 and 6.
> >
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