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Hi, Bill...are there any obscure facts about selecting, planting or
growing these most welcome plants? I think I read that rodents are not as fond
of these are they are some other bulbs. I understand that jonquils can
be fragrant - do you have any to recommend?
Joanie Anderson
35 mi. north of Chicago
Zone 5a
In a message dated 6/14/2011 4:11:45 P.M. Central Daylight Time, b*@aol.com
writes:
Yep, still daffodils, Joanie. In fact
my barn is full of bulbs right now, drying off, and our local club will be
selling them in the fall. These were harvested at Oakwood Daffodils in
Niles, MI, where a bunch of us help the grower there and get lots of bulbs
in return.
I was
regional VP of the American Daffodil Society for a while and I also edited
their quarterly journal for some time.
Bill
Lee
-----Original Message-----
From: J*@aol.com
To: p*@hort.net
Sent: Tue, Jun
14, 2011 3:43 pm
Subject: Re: Pine bark fines
Hi, Bill...are you still especially passionate
about daffodils? Or was it another plant? Recall you headed
up the regional society for same.
Joanie Anderson
Z. 5a
35 mi. north
of Chicago
In a message dated 6/14/2011 12:25:12 P.M. Central Daylight Time, b*@aol.com writes:
I live in the middle fo the woods and one year I shredded a lot
of small branches that had collected around the place. When I used them
for mulch, I discovered that they appeared to suck all the nitrogen out of
the soil as they decomposed and I lost many plants. However, another
factor may have been that some of the branches were from black walnut
trees.
Bill Lee in Cincinnati
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Message----- From: Christopher P. Lindsey <lindsey@mallorn.com> To: p*@hort.net Sent: Tue,
Jun 14, 2011 1:01 pm Subject: Pine bark fines
----- Original Message ----- > > Chris....my experience with chipping/shredding branches, etc., is > that the result is very coarse, even too coarse to use as mulch. > But, that might be just the chipper/shredders I've seen used. I'd > also be interested in knowing if others have found this a useful > tool for making soil amendments and what type of machine is best. It's something that I'll have to experiment with. I still prefer mixing my own soil when potting up plants -- it's so much less expensive, seems to hold up well, and I can tailor it to the needs of a plant (i.e. hardwood bark fines for non-acid- lovers, pine bark fines for acid lovers, extra chicken grit when more drainage is needed, etc.) So for my use running mulch through a chipper multiple times might be effective, but that may not be true for needing enough to cover a 20x20 bed. :) Chris --------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off this list, send email to m*@hort.net with the message text UNSUBSCRIBE PERENNIALS
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