Re: "T-giving?" Oh, "Thanksgiving"
- To: i*@rt66.com
- Subject: Re: "T-giving?" Oh, "Thanksgiving"
- From: g*@well.com (Gail Russell)
- Date: Sat, 14 Sep 1996 12:12:19 -0700 (PDT)
>>In a message dated 96-09-13 21:44:14 EDT, you wrote:
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>I have read in several spots that it is best to
>>>keep iris beds as "clean" as possible before winter. You should wait till
>around T-giving to cut
>>down your foliage...and then don't cut it off completely, but leave a perky
>>little 4 or 5 inches sculpted to an arrow shape (picture this < as the
>>top of your fan). The theroy on this is that you want to leave it as long as
>>it's green... but then cut it off to fend off disease and the d.i.b. (dreaded
>>irisborer).
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>>And that's the word from Kathy Guest in the Buffalo, NY burbs
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>Kaythy,
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>What is T-giving.
Now I see - I thought it was some exotic iris growth term.
Gail Russell
Marin County California
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