Re: OT-BIO Katie Long
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- Subject: Re: OT-BIO Katie Long
- From: R* T* D* <r*@sierratel.com>
- Date: Thu, 13 Nov 1997 13:06:39 -0700 (MST)
Katie wrote:
>
But more
> questions have been generated from postings. For instance, (I'm truly
> green) what is the TB, JA, SP, SDB, etc. I think I've figured out the JI
> and SI (tough ones huh?).
JA=Japanese, SP=Spuria, TB=Tall Bearded and SDB=Standard Dwarf Bearded.
There are others suchs as IB=Intermediate Bearded, MTB=Minature Tall
Bearded, MDB=Miniture Dwarf Bearded, AR=Aril, AB=Arilbred. Others also
but I don't want to overwhelm you just yet.
> What I need to know
> is whether it's too late to dig & divide. We just had our first hard
> freezes the last couple of nights. No snow, ground is diggable. What do we need to do?
>
Usually the "rule of thumb" is to have your iris planted at least 6
weeks before a hard frost to get the plants established. So I would say
wait till next year to do your dividing.
> Her suggestion for repelling the Cucumber
> Beetle is to interplant radish with the cucumbers allowing them to go to
> seed. The plants are very small even when allowed to go to seed. Would
> this work with iris too? She also says that cucumber beetles can be
> trapped by filling shallow containers 3/4 full of water with the addition
> of some cooking oil. Couldn't hurt.
These sound like great ideas for controlling the Cucumber beetles.
Thanks.
Welcome to the list Katie and I am sure you will enjoy it as much
information is shared and knowledge gained.
Rick Tasco
Superstition Iris Garden
Central California
Zone 8
