RE: CULT: SIB: gypsum in new beardless bed
- Subject: RE: [sibrob] CULT: SIB: gypsum in new beardless bed
- From: w*@cs.com
- Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 16:30:11 -0400
Hello Laurie!
This is not a direct answer to your gypsum question.
I would add liberal amounts of acidic peat moss and some alfalfa pellets to your new beardless bed.
Bill
Frazer <laurief@paulbunyan.net> wrote:
>Hello All,
>
>I am in the process of building a new beardless bed, primarily for Sibs
>but also versicolor, setosa, and perhaps a few JI and pseudX. My soil
>is very clayey and slightly acidic. I typically add large amounts of
>gypsum when creating new bearded beds to try to chemically break up the
>clay, but I have no idea how beardless irises might react to gypsum.
>Does anyone know if gypsum is good, bad, or neutral where beardless
>irises are concerned?
>
> I know I have to keep lime away from the beardless.
>
>Thank you for any guidance anyone may be able to provide.
>
>Laurie
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>laurief@paulbunyan.net
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>http://www.angelfire.com/mn3/shadowood/irisintro.html
>USDA zone 3b, AHS zone 4 - northern Minnesota
>normal annual precipitation 26-27"
>slightly acid, potassium deficient, clay soil
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