Re: CULT: Composting
- To: Multiple recipients of list <i*@rt66.com>
- Subject: Re: CULT: Composting
- From: R* T* D* <r*@sierratel.com>
- Date: Sun, 30 Mar 1997 20:46:21 -0700 (MST)
art wrote:
>
> I've heard of people composting 'mother rhizones' after dividing in the
> fall. How do they do it? I thought I would be smart and throw them in a
> heap, thinking they would rot. Forget it. All I have is a mound of iris
> rhizomes with hundreds of fans growing like crazy. Should be beautiful
> if they send up bloom stocks, none so far. Any suggestions?
>
Art,
Put them out in full sun and they won't survive our summer heat. They
don't for me anyway. I would not use iris for composting anyway...too
many possibilities for diseases.
Rick Tasco
Superstition Iris Gardens
Cathey's VAlley, CA.......Hwy 140 now open to beautiful Yosemite
National Park
Zone 8
