Re: pH of lilies
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: pH of lilies
- From: M* R* W*
- Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2000 21:19:04 -0600
Janis,
I have compost and composted manure to put on them this year, hoping to
beat this problem, and will try to keep the soil very fertile. Didn't
realize that orientals were different from asiatics in that respect. The
asiatics just multiply no matter how bad you neglect them!
Thank you,
Mary
> > It was more a matter of being sickly pale, and the chelated iron
> did
> > help, so I don't think it was virus
>
> > I didn't
> > fertilize until I had to to get the chelates into them.
>
> Perhaps that is the problem. Oriental lilies are heavy feeders.
> They can be
> sickly pale when lacking sufficient nutrients. The iron would have
> made more
> nutrients available, which explains why they responded for a while,
> until the
> newly available nutrients were depleted. I suggest a regular
> program of
> fertilizing this year. --Janis
>
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