Re: Re: Newbie needing help...

Welcome, Tanya.  It is our pleasure to try to help each other.  That's what we are here for besides the pleasure of just discussing our favorite flower.
I would not mulch the iris.  Mulch, plus fertilizer, plus rain is the perfect formula for rhizome rot.  Please let us know what part of the country you are in.
Francelle Edwards   Glendale,  AZ  Zone 9 where we sure could use some rain.
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: tan0301 
  To: iris-talk@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2002 8:10 AM
  Subject: [iris-talk] Re: Newbie needing help...


  Thanks for answering... I just want to help them out all I can.  I 
  guess I will just wait patiently.

  One more question... I have always read that you do not mulch TB's.  
  But the other day I saw a landscaper mulching them in and I asked 
  him.  He said "yeah, go ahead and mulch them, it won't hurt 'em".  
  What's everyone's thought on this?

  Tanya - Thank you for your patience with me.. I am just starting out 
  and full of questions.

  --- In iris-talk@y..., "John  Bruce" <jbruce1@c...> wrote:
  > Tanya--
  > 
  > I would not fertilize. An already stressed plant probably does
  > not need the added stress of trying to produce growth. Bearded
  > iris are not heavy feeders, and the nutrients probably still 
  > remain in the soil from your earlier feeding. They are replanted,
  > just let sun and time do their work. 
  > jb
  > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  > John Bruce  jbruce1@c...
  > Hidden Acres Iris Gardens
  > http://home.cinci.rr.com/hiddenacres
  > SW Ohio,USDA Zone 5b
  > h*@c...
  > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  > 
  >   plants or would it make it worse???  I fertilized in March.  
  Hubby 
  >   was so anxious to see the blooms he made me leave what stalks 
  >   survived, should they be cut off to keep from stressing the 
  plants?  
  > 
  > 
  > 
  > 
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