Cult:Eucalyptus Mulch (was OT-mulching)

Jan Clark wrote:
> 
> I guess it depends on the climate, the soil, and the particular iris
> being grown. I would lose heaps of water to evaporation if I didn't
> mulch, and I use around 4" of shredded and composted eucalypt bark,
> which is very acid, so I add lime to each plant. 

Hi Jan

I want you to know that it is not that I don't believe what you do, but I have
to admit that when read that you use eucalyptus leaves as a mulch, my chin hit
the keyboard! I have two giant (5' diameter trunks) Blue Gum "Euc"s on the
back of my lot and I thought that nothing would grow under them. I guess I am
just going to have to try a couple of sacrifical rhizomes to see if suddenly I
have room for another 200 Irses! Wow, what a thought!

Now, just where did I leave that bag of old dried up rzs???

John                     | "There be dragons here"
                         |  Annotation used by ancient cartographers
                         |  to indicate the edge of the known world.

John Jones, jijones@ix.netcom.com
Fremont CA, USDA zone 8/9 (coastal, bay) 
Max high 95F/35C, Min Low 28F/-2C average 10 days each
Heavy clay base for my raised beds.
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