RE: Using Landscaping Cloth

I have used Preen with success, and also mulched with strips of
newspaper underneath the mulch in my rose beds. That worked particularly
well against very tough Bermuda grass and all sorts of weeds. If you
have a lot of weed prone room between your iris clumps perhaps that
might be an idea. Preen definitely works.

Here at my College, the grounds guys mulch everything thickly with some
sort of a compost they make themselves. Despite what I've always read
about covering rhizomes with mulch, the iris clumps here are
spectacular, this year putting up stalks from February (those were
frozen and killed) through June. Incredible.

Mike in Zone 8, Coastal SC



-----Original Message-----
From: owner-iris@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf Of
Steve Szabo
Sent: Sunday, October 07, 2007 12:00 PM
To: iris@hort.net
Subject: [iris] Using Landscaping Cloth

I guess that is what one calls it--landscaping Cloth. It is a coarse
type cloth-like material to act as a barrier against weeds. I came into
an amount of it as a freebie and was thinking that I could use it in the
garden where I have my iris planted. The question I have is that if you
hae used it with your iris, how much room do you give them to allow for
growth by cutting holes or slits or what?

The problem is that the weeds here are really getting out of hand, and I
simply cannot keep up with them, so I am looking at a method that may
help me with keeping the weeds at  least under control, if not
eliminated.

Thanks.

\\Steve//

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