Re: OT: weather; was HYB: red beards

Betty  -- I'm replying by pulling the message out of the archives, since, for
some reason, I'm not receiving the iris-talk postings.

I was concerned that the storm was going to put a lot of water on many of our
irisarians in its  path.  Tell me, before I forget to ask (again), what are
the dimensions of a "mum pot"?  After years of planting in little aluminum
loaf pans set in a cold frame at ground level, I this year lost 2/3 of my
sprouts (529 of them) to damping off.  I have never lost sprouts to damping
off before, but once is enough.  So, this year's seeds are planted in 3-gallon
pots.  I imagine I'll still have to fight the slugs, though.  How do you
combat them?

 --  Griff

zone 7 in Virginia



>Griff, that same wall brought me 3 inches of rain in the gauge and blocked
>access across our low water bridge.  The past week has registered 4 inches
>total.  Coupled with very strong winds it pounded the soil and beat it flat.

>Betty W. in South-central KY Zone 6 . . . glad I filled the 40 mum pots that
>it will take to plant this years 1000 + seed for 2003 before the rain hit.
>They should be well settled.  LOL! Not done yet, but getting closer.  Still
some
>potted stuff to plant and a couple of trees.

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