Re: intro and mulching Iris
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- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] intro and mulching Iris
- From: g*@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2000 23:20:09 EDT
In a message dated 6/18/00 3:08:24 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
npocklington@accunet.net writes:
> Hello. We get by with pine needles as mulch because they don't hold
> water; it
> goes right through them. Nancy in IL zone 5.
> > I also live in Rhode Island, but in Northern, RI, right up next to the
> > Massachusetts line. I am curious about why you say that you are in Zone
5.
>
> > On most maps it shows RI to be in Zone 6.
Maybe it is a microclimate?
I am the daughter who lived in Greene which is in the RI uplands near the CT
border. I too mulched with pine needles. I did this because we had a pine
forest behind the house, and I observed that nothing grew under the pine
trees. So we gathered needles and spread them on the garden so I wouldn't
have to weed. Worked pretty well too. Mostly interested in less work. It
was a pretty cold climate there, with sandy soil. Last frost around or after
Memorial Day, and sometimes we had snow in mid October.
RosalieAnn, now in Leonardtown, MD USA, on the Potomac - western shore of MD.
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