Re: CULT: fertilizer and crab grass preventer
- Subject: Re: CULT: fertilizer and crab grass preventer
- From: J* R*
- Date: Thu, 4 Mar 1999 13:14:37 -0800
From: "Julia Rankin" <breckenridge@bnis.net>
Be sure to leave a gate to the yard open so that if they return they can get
in.
J
-----Original Message-----
From: Dennis Kramb <dkramb@tso.cin.ix.net>
To: iris-talk@onelist.com <iris-talk@onelist.com>
Date: Thursday, March 04, 1999 11:40 AM
Subject: [iris-talk] CULT: fertilizer and crab grass preventer
>From: "Dennis Kramb" <dkramb@tso.cin.ix.net>
>
>My landlords were kind enough to have my back yard and flower beds treated
>by a local lawn care company today. I called their office to find out what
>had been put down. They said they applied a 19-3-5 fertilizer (pellet form
>applied with a spreader) that has a crab-grass pre-emergent chemical
>component to it. They said that it could prevent some wild flowers and
>ornamental perennials from germinating.
>
>I'm worried what this might do to my SIGNA iris seeds and wild flower
seeds.
> I'm also worried about the high nitrogen dose that my iris beds are going
>to get. It's small yellow pellets, so I'm going to do my best to brush
them
>out of the flower beds.
>
>The lawn care company said they will avoid the flower beds from now on, but
>you'd think they'd be smart enough to do that in the first place! Oh this
>is just another frustration that I really don't need.
>
>Dennis Kramb (Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, USDA Zone 6)
>Irises & Native Wildflowers URL: http://home.fuse.net/dkramb/home.html
>
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