Re: CULT: scorch victims?
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- Subject: Re: CULT: scorch victims?
- From: l* M*
- Date: Fri, 05 May 2000 07:50:45 -0400
I tell you, it's stress from cold! <g>
Seriously, I started experimenting with some new beds that have some
protection of high trees (not full sun) with the intention of seeing if
that would help moderate some of the freeze damage here. My thoughts
were that the shade of leafless hardwood trees in winter might still be
enough to keep the beds from warming quite as much during winter warm
spells, slow down growth in spring, and perhaps most importantly,
provide a little bit of a 'blanket' to keep things from getting quite as
cold from heat loss during those late winter/early spring devastating
freezes I always get.
This year, it seemed to help a lot - same cultivars out in the open were
much more badly affected than those in the partially protected beds.
Last year, it didn't seem to make much difference.
Yesterday I went to two club members gardens only a few miles apart.
One had several gorgeous beds around her house, which is surrounded by
trees - partial sun, at best. Hardly a weed in sight, no fertilizer,
light mulch right up to the rhizomes (no tillage). The other was on top
of a hill, out in the open, not a tree anywhere near, tilled rows. Many
stalks were stunted, lots of damage (minor foliar ick to rhizome rot - I
won't go as far as to give a name to what ails these plants - scorch,
crown rot, rot-rot, or freeze damage), almost as bad as mine.
Donald, next year, try building a Reemay greenhouse for one of the beds
- something that gets taller as the plants grow.
Linda Mann east Tennessee USA zone 678
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