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Re: MORE Help with Lupines

Hi Lena
I remember my mum growning lupins in the vege plot
in winter as a kid and it was our chore to help dig them
out and break them up and lay them in the trenches
dad had dug all over the vege garden so I guess nitrogen
is proberly a strong feature here.
Lara

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> From: Lena P Mitchell <lena36@juno.com>
> To: perennials@mallorn.com
> Subject: Re: MORE Help with Lupines
> Date: Thursday, 14 August 1997 03:43
> 
> On Wed, 13 Aug 1997 21:17:03 -0400 (EDT) Screamn5@aol.com writes:
> >I have grown lupines for the last six years in full sun, clay soil. 
> >They reseed prolifically, I don't do anything to or for them, and they 
> >bloom like crazy!! 
> 
> Well at least I know they grow in clay soil for someone!  I'm wondering
> if perhaps companion planting might be a problem here - I'm diligent in
> my veggie garden about companion planting, but never thought, until now,
> to apply it to flowers.  Could it be possible that the lupines (poor
> shriveled things) are reacting to the plants around them?  Lupines are
> nitrogen fixers, are they not?  Anyone have any ideas on this topic?  
> 
> As a lowly home amateur, I'm grateful for all you experts out there . . .
> . .  And jealous of all your success with these beauties!
> 
> TIA
> Lena
> Lena36@juno.com
> Zone 5 SE Wisconsin
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