Re: CULT:tough iris
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- Subject: Re: CULT:tough iris
- From: D* F* <d*@cornell.edu>
- Date: Sun, 23 Nov 1997 08:14:15 -0700 (MST)
At 05:16 PM 11/22/97 -0700, you wrote:
. Inspired by this unexpected late-November display of bird
>business, I hied myself out to the yard, stripped three new seedling
>beds of their black plastic, sprinkled them with Preen against the
>winter weeds, then tilled it in. The black plastic has been on these
>beds since June or July, and I wanted to open the earth up to winter's
>moisture before I solarize the RIGHT way (with CLEAR plastic and
>moisture -- thank you, Rick) next year. I found several clumps of
>wiregrass alive and well, though colorless, after all those months of
>darkness and drought. Apparently, there is no way to get rid of that
>stuff except by spot killing with chemicals. The other surprise was an
>iris rhizome turned up by the tiller -- a mother rhizome with increase,
>and the increase equipped with roots and start. Well, that earns the
>critter a place in the sun, to see which culled seedling has such a will
>to live.
Attaway, Griff. Please let us know the identity of the tough critter if
you can establish it eventually. IF we are lucky here, the snow will be
gone enough by late afternoon that I can find the frozen rebloomer stalks,
cut them back, and bleach the wounds. Sure did get caught napping this year!
