Re: Iris Feeding?
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- Subject: Re: Iris Feeding?
- From: "* G* C* <j*@erols.com>
- Date: Thu, 5 Mar 1998 18:06:40 -0700 (MST)
Henryanner wrote:
>
> Griff Crump wrote:
>
> << But seriously, I have three new beds (established last summer) amended
> heavily with used mushroom soil, which is composed of 1/3 cow manure, 1/3
> peat and 1/3 topsoil. . .
and Anner replied:
>
> Well, that is interesting. But it isn't the pure stuff, is it? Wonder how
> "spent" that is by the time they finish with it? And of course you are adding
> alfalfa, too, right? I guess this all must represent a change in the
> collective wisdom coming out of Northern Virginia because it was Joan Roberts
> of Friendship Gardens who told me about horse being much safer!
>
> I'd still be real careful about sprinkling the pure stuff around near the
> rhizomes.
>
>
Anner-- It's pure when it goes in the mix, but also aged. I think the
aging is the key to safety, just as is the case with horse manure.
Griff Crump, along the tidal Potomac near Mount Vernon, VA and hoping
for a dry spell for spraying. jgcrump@erols.com
