Re: CULT: Rhizome soak - Follow-up
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- Subject: Re: CULT: Rhizome soak - Follow-up
- From: D* B* <d*@ptialaska.net>
- Date: Wed, 11 Mar 1998 17:47:38 -0700 (MST)
I haven't come up with the answer to my question, but I did find that
an ammonia solution up to 25% is used on hostas for slug control. The
following site has a fair amount of information on various ideas for
slug control: http://www.perennialweb.com/pwslugs-a.html
Duane
dbuell@ptialaska.net Juneau, Alaska Zone 6
ernie henson wrote:
>
> I don't know about soaking in ammonia...that probably would kill a lot of
> things ...wouldn't be real good on you if you were in a closed-up
> building. We soak everything in 15% bleach water...even if its our
> rhizomes, just moving to another area in our garden. An old time iris
> grower told us to soak in the bleach water before replanting and who are we
> to argue with success? We have never had a borer. Sometimes we get an
> occasional aphid in an order but he gives up the ghost in the bleach water.
> The solution we have left, we pour on the ground around other established
> irises. Ernie Henson <ernie@midwest.net>
> Illinois zone 5/6
