Re: CULT: fertilizer and crab grass preventer
- Subject: Re: CULT: fertilizer and crab grass preventer
- From: J* R*
- Date: Thu, 4 Mar 1999 13:18:01 -0800
From: "Julia Rankin" <breckenridge@bnis.net>
Sorry -- misposted.
julia
-----Original Message-----
From: Julia Rankin <breckenridge@bnis.net>
To: iris-talk@onelist.com <iris-talk@onelist.com>
Date: Thursday, March 04, 1999 1:05 PM
Subject: [iris-talk] Re: CULT: fertilizer and crab grass preventer
>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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