Re: CULT - RAISED BEDS
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- Subject: Re: CULT - RAISED BEDS
- From: r* <t*@catskill.net>
- Date: Wed, 26 Mar 1997 13:45:21 -0700 (MST)
lora l masche wrote:
>
> Hi Rima,
>
> Your question about the type of soil I use in my irises beds? We have
> excellent soil in the ground from all the pine and ceder trees that very
> seldom have I needed to buy soil. The times I have, I buy the best
> planting mix possible that has enough mixture of humus etc to hold some
> moisture so the water bill doesn't go sky high.
>
> When I plant the irises right into the ground I put bark between the
> irises and around them but not covering or touching the rhizome. We
> get a lot of rain during winter therefore most of the rhizome sit at
> dirt level.
>
> The soil you use sounds fine to me. I have found from the short time
> that I have been growing irises, they will grow as long as you don't
> plant them too deep and they get rot. If they are going to survive
> they will.
>
> I was noticing today while watering: The 96 irises I bought last year
> are only doing so so while the older ones are growing better with
> greater growth. The soil is the same and I do exactly the same thing to
> all of them. Then I have irises that were given to me by a friend when
> we had our home built and have not touched them this year with
> fertilizer and they are doing just as well as the rest of them or
> better. All the old irises started out as one rhizome and have three to
> four increases.
>
> Good luck. Hope I have been some help.
> Lora
> loramasche@juno.com
> Volcano, Calif
Hi Lora -- You have been very helpful. thanks.
Rima
