RE: CULT: Pot culture utopia

Hi,
Go ahead and use it now and then I put a reminder
on my computer like a meeting reminder to remind
myself when to do it again.  If the weeds get
ahead of you put the preen down.  Pull the weeds
and then put preen down again.  This stops
additional weeds from germinating while you are
catching up.
Char

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From: owner-iris@hort.net
[o*@hort.net] On Behalf Of George
Schubert
Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2005 5:24 PM
To: iris@hort.net
Subject: RE: [iris] 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
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-iris@hort.net
>[o*@hort.net] On Behalf Of George
>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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