RE: CULT: Pot culture utopia

No, I have not used Preen. I've read that it is only good on non-grassy weeds, and assumes that you have a weed-free bed to start with. It sounds like what I should use for a new bed. If I planted into a well-tilled dirt bed right now, should I worry about applying it now, or wait till spring? Is dabbing with Roundup the accepted way to get the grassy stuff, other than of course pulling it?

For an existing bed, which is obviously weedy, what are the recommended damage control methods, both now and in the spring? My normal plan is to take my mower out in late, late fall and mow everything at a height of a couple inches, then apply the grub control stuff next spring. Even though I used to have borers, I have not seen a one in my recent diggings, and the bleach rinse has not stirred any loose either.

Still would appreciate comments on the pot versus dirt though. Sounds like I might go both ways short term. Have done dirt before, many times, just end up with an embarrassing mess down the road consistently.

George
Zone 6 Harpers Ferry WV

At 01:10 PM 9/6/2005, you wrote:
Hi,
Have you ever used Preen for weeds?
Works great and I get it at Wal Mart.
Char, New Berlin WI

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Schubert
Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2005 11:09 AM
To: iris@hort.net
Subject: [iris] CULT: Pot culture utopia


Thanks much for all the comments on my earlier
thread on this.  I am going
to get some big bags of perlite to allow me mix
with my existing Sta-Green
(both in bags and in already potted varieties) and
continue my
repotting.  But at only one per variety instead of
two, since I will have
backup rhizomes in the rest of the clump still in
the ground.  I'll
continue trying to repot, yes all varieties,
before the end of the season,
but might run out of season first.

Now, the big question.  Of those of you that have
tried pots, if you had
your druthers and money were not an issue (don't
we all wish?), would you
be a dirt grower or a pot grower?  Let us further
constrain with the
assumption that you do indeed want to have a
non-iris life on the side (for
me, that's volunteer hiking trail maintenance with
120 miles to personally
look after).  I was aggressively pursuing pots
with the assumption, maybe
false, that it would greatly reduce the weeds, and
make weeding much less
awesome for a couple hundred clump advanced
hobbyist garden.  The answer
might be different for you folks who are in the
business and have the time
to treat it as such.

Thanks again,
George
zone 6 Harpers Ferry WV

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