Re: [SG] cutting bulb foliage and epimedium

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• To: s*@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
• Subject: Re: [SG] cutting bulb foliage and epimedium
• From: K* L* <k*@FERN.COM>
• Date: Fri, 1 May 1998 10:10:40 -0700

On Fri, 1 May 1998, tmatsu wrote:

> I am very tempted to try cutting off yellowing leaves but every
> conventional source says not to do this. Has anyone else had increase
> using this method?

There was a study on removing or not removing dead (brown, dried up)
leaves from a native fern not too long ago... the conclusion was that
the plants that weren't tidied up got bigger faster.

Kay Lancaster    kay@fern.com
just west of Portland, OR; USDA zone 8 (polarfleece)

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