Re: CULT:OT: newspaper layers
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- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] CULT:OT: newspaper layers
- From: B* J*
- Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2000 19:51:58 -0700 (PDT)
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I have been using newspapers down the middle of the
rows on my TB iris for a year now to help cut down on
weeds and grass. These iris look better than the iris
I have planted in the beds. Not only do the papers
keep weeds under control, but they also help keep
moisture in the soil. I use bricks to hold them down
so the wind can't catch them and blow them across the
lawn.
I will definitely keep using newspapers for weed
controll.
Billie Lynn Jones
Grenada, MS USA
Zone 8
--- vince lewonski <vincelewonski@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> --- Margaret Boehm <mmboehm@attglobal.net> wrote:
> > Years ago Ralph Snodsmith, former director of the
> Queens
> > (NY) Botanical
> > Garden and teacher at NYBG, who hosts a
> nation-wide call
> > in gardening
> > radio show, said that 6 sheets of newspaper were
> needed
> > to prevent light
> > from reaching seeds and germinating them. Since
> then
> > I've used
> > newspaper, covered with an inch layer of pine
> mulch,
> > around shrubs and
> > in the perennial beds.
>
> V. sez:
> A friend of mine buries a thick layer of
> newspaper
> underground around her daylilies. Lasts a couple
> years, and
> helps keep down weeds. She doesn't use this method
> around
> her irises, but it may be worth trying, especially
> with the
> beardless.
>
>
> =====
> Vince Lewonski
> vincelewonski@yahoo.com
> Secane, Pennsylvania, USA Zone 6b
> "I want to be Bob Dylan; Mr. Jones wishes he were
> someone just a little more funky..."
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