Re: leaf spots

Thank you for the information on leaf spot.  Our first club meeting for Big
Sky Iris will be in April and I have been printing things of interest to
share with the club.  I have taken advantage of a few weeks of sunny days
without snow and weeded 11 of 12 iris beds.  The iris rot only showed up in
Avalon Sunset, Chanpagne Elegance and I lost Cloudy Skies.  We hav abour 400
iris, so that isn't bad.  Avalon Sunset has alot of new growth.  World News
has never bloomed for me in 4 years. Several other poor growers are Degas
Dancer, Crimpson Snow and Twice Thrilling.  I sprinkled Comet on everything
I weeded.  Costco has the economy 3 pack of large cans.  Over the week-end
we have 20-30 F. with another foot of snow.  Am thinking about alfalfa
pellets to just tuck acouple in the ground by each iris, will this work.?
Making  alfalfa tea sounds like too much work.  If I put the alfalfa pellet
in the ground by each iris the melting snow between now and June should help
them dissolve?? or would this be too much for each iris?  Other than bone
meal I have never used anything.  The rebloomers that I bought and planted
last year before 4th of July all bloomed in the fall.  Do these rebloomers
need extra alfalfa after the blooming season to help them bloom again?
Another iris that has never bloomed for me in 4 years is Breakers.l  Janet &
Shan ( it is 22 F. and still snowing in Billings Montana)
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