Re: CULT: pH
- To: Multiple recipients of list <i*@rt66.com>
- Subject: Re: CULT: pH
- From: "* a* C* W* <c*@cache.net>
- Date: Fri, 28 Mar 1997 19:22:44 -0700 (MST)
Bill Shear writes (28 Mar 97):
> Somehow I had always thought that the best pH for bearded irises was
> neutral to slightly alkaline, rather than somewhat acid (6.5). Is there
> some new work on this?
Sydney B. Mitchell wrote in "Iris for Every Garden" (published in 1949):
"For many years writers always recommended for (bearded) irises a soil on
the alkaline side and where this did not exist suggested the incorporation
of lime or broken plaster as a corrective. Unquestionably irises are being
grown in many places on soils which contain considerable lime, but it is
now generally accepted that they are happier in neutral soil or one
slightly acid."
Perhaps opinions have changed again, but I am not aware of it.
Jeff Walters in northern Utah (Zone 4)
cwalters@cache.net
