Re: CULT: Sandy soil
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From: sdkeller <sdkeller@fcc.net>
To: <iris-talk@egroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, September 02, 2000 8:41 AM
Subject: [iris-talk] CULT: Sandy soil
>
> Hello,
> Anyone on the list live near the Atlantic Ocean?
> My Daughter just bought a home near the NJ coast and I am wondering how
TB's
> will do in her sandy soil near the beach. I would like to share my iris,
> with her. Will we have to add lots of soil additives, compost and peat
moss,
> to the exsisting soil?
> TIA,
> Sally Keller
> SE NY state, zone 6
>
Hello Sally,
I can see the Corolla lighthouse from my irises, about three miles away
across Currituck Sound here in North Carolina. If it is real beach sand,
better consider a contained bed where she can control the soil (serious
amount of additives to make a uable soil). Iris are heavy feeders. Or, if it
is more what I have, which is basically an old dune covered with some
topsoil and useful for agriculture, no particular problems except for the
feeding with good organics. Oh, and watch the salt spray when you get the
inevitable nor'easter. Good luck,
Jim Gibbons
Comfy in Carolina
Zone 8a
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