RE: Fall clean up: bare ground or leaves?
- Subject: RE: Fall clean up: bare ground or leaves?
- From: "Donna " j*@prairieinet.net
- Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2003 06:01:22 -0500
I wish I had more leaves to worry about! Last year I used an extra layer
with neighbors X-mas trees left out on the curb when we didn't get snow
and constant weather temps changing....
Honestly, how many other go around and take neighbors leaves to use in
their garden... I do, since this is a new subdivision, (cornfield) so
there are just not enough of them here yet.... but getting there.
Interesting about the iris tho... I have mulched them for years and
guessing I just got lucky!
Donna
?
>
> I always ended up with a sludgy glunked slimy matted carpet of leaves
in
> the
> Spring, so I bought one of those electric mulch/vac tools.
> Now I mulch all those leaves and then put them back where they came
from.
> Seems to make for very happy plants in the Spring and lots of worms.
>
> Scenic Lake Norman, North Carolina USA
>
>
> On Tue, 30 Sep 2003 23:01:01 -0500, some mardy inna cardy wrote:
>
> >What is the general concensus on fall clean up - leave the leaves
or
> >bare ground?
>
> Definitely bare ground for iris beds at least-if you don't want iris
> borers, that is. They breed in the debris.
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