Re: CULT: Late Planting?
- Subject: Re: [iris] CULT: Late Planting?
- From: "Arnold Koekkoek" k*@mtcnet.net
- Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 11:07:18 -0500
- List-archive: <http://www.hort.net/lists/iris/> (Web Archive)
I find I get good results in preventing frost heave if I mulch the summer
plantings with enough of my corn stalks (saved from my vegetable garden) to
keep the rhizomes shaded all winter. Just need to keep the winter sun off of
them, so the ground doesn't thaw. The things that have to be planted late I
got 100% success last year by putting them in pots, getting them growing under
lights in the house, then planting pot and all in the garden, and covering
with that layer of mulch.
Arnold
Arnold & Carol Koekkoek
38 7th Street, NE
Sioux Center, IA 51250
e-mail koekkoek@mtcnet.net
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