Re: Cult: Rot


From: John I Jones <jijones9@pacbell.net>



wmoores wrote:
> 
> From: "wmoores" <wmoores@watervalley.net>
> 
> >
> > Just my opinion, perhaps someone from our southern tier (US) can chime
> > in.
> >
> > John
> 
>      From Deep in Dixie
> 
>  You can't get any wetter or more humid than here for an inland
> climate, yet I have had very little rot with irises on my hillside.
> If
> the straight bleach method doesn't work, try terrachlor.  I think the
> overuse of nitrogen fertilizers, planting too close together and too
> deeply are the chief causes for rot.  Sharp drainage will help.
> 
>  Walter Moores


Thanks Walta, and thanks for updating the Subject Tag which *I* failed
to do 
(so I will send myself a reminder)
 

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