Re: Iris

>Marie Yacuzzo wrote:
>> 
>> Someone told me to fertilize with fish emulsion.  Anyone have any feedback?
>I've used fish oil & alfalfa tea for years on my iris.  Works very
>well.  Just DONT use manure of any sort (old/new/rabbit/horse/cow on
>your iris.  Leads to the dreaded ROT.
>
>Cheers  Ginny in Victoria BC
>
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>Bone meal is a good fertilizer for iris.  Never fertilize before bloom,
wait till after.  If you over fertilize aan iris you will get lots of growth
and no flower.  I live in a very alkaline area and had the soil from a nes
iris bed tested; it turned out to be 7, neutral.  The person who did the
testing (owner of a greenhouse) told my he still thought it would be a good
idea to use an acid fertilizer on the irises as they prefer that type of
soil.  Sheila in 
Wisconsin   

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