Re: Re: CULT: Epsom salts (was Borax)

 Hi Ellen:
--- Ellen Gallagher <ellengalla@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Darm, I am guessing that the conifers grow well in
>colder,on-the-acid-side-soil climates.....rather the
>trees making the soil acid. [Snip]

 Perhaps there is a difference between the chemical
structure of fir and the spruce & pine needles. No fir
grows up here.

>Are these lilium, true lilies? If so they prefer more
>alkaline soil [snip]

 They are true lilies, I have about 55 various
species, most of the rest are asiatic hybrids with
about 100 being my own hybrids. I can`t grow trumpets
and orientals as our seasons are to short for them.   
 The same I believe is true for many Irises,[to short
a season] but I`m testing this out,I added two more
Irises this year. Of the five I have had for some
time, only the two Siberians bloomed this year. The
others will probably flower next year, they tend to
take a one or two year break between each flowering.
This is much like what the few oriental lilies I have
grown in the past did. However these Irises have kept
coming back while the orientals left after about six
years. The Iris appears to be a bit tougher then the
oriental lilies. 
 Most lilies prefer an acidic soil, there are a few
species, and hybrids derived from them that do like an
alkaline soil.Examples are L.Amabile, L.
Philadelphicum. For these types I add abundant lime to
the soil where they grow.

Darm


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