Re: new bio
- To: Multiple recipients of list <i*@rt66.com>
- Subject: Re: new bio
- From: D* B* <d*@llano.net>
- Date: Thu, 12 Mar 1998 18:05:15 -0700 (MST)
> now have about 1000 different iris, most of them my own crosses plus
> 100 or so purchased breeding stock. My biggest problem now, if my leaf
> spot is not too bad this year, is weeds. With about 400 square feet of
> bed area it is almost overwhelming. If anyone has any suggestions to
> reduce the labor of this chore I'm willing to try anything suggestions. Welcome to the Iris-l. My first question is how on earth do you get 1000 iris in 400 sqaure feet? I have about 900 on over 8000 square feet.
On to your question about weeding. Like many of the others I suggest
you use a pre-emergent unless you are dead set on organic gardening and
then the only help I have to offer is pulling by hand. Not necessarily
yours, but still hand pulling. We use a combination of pre-emergent,
RoundUp, and hand pulling. We also try to hire some help for the early
part of the year to help us get ready for the annual tour. If you are
the type of person who gets along well with a hoe try the scuffle-hoe.
I tend to beat a weed to death with a normal hoe but even I can use a
scuffle-hoe.
--
Dana Brown, Lubbock, Texas Zone 7 Usda, Zone 10 Sunset
Where we are 3,241 ft above sea level, with an average rainfall of
17.76". Our average wind speed is 12.5 mph and we have an average
of 164 days of clear weather, 96 of which dip below freezing.
