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Dec 4, 2013 6:23 PM CST
Name: Cindi
Wichita, Kansas (Zone 7a)
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I LOVE pulling weeds when the ground is saturated! My favorite way to weed is with a hose in one hand and a sharp tool in the other. One thing to remember, if you are pulling up bermuda grass roots, is that those roots have sharp points, and if my gloves are wet, those sharp points go right through. I have to use the leather gloves, and then they dry stiff, but at least the roots are gone. If daylilies are really soggy, it's easier to divide the clumps, too. I put really stubborn clumps in a bucket overnight before I attack them.
Louise, I let some of my iris go 6 years too, and it took forever to get all those individual rhizomes replanted. Next year, I am definitely going to write the name and color on the leaves so I can double check and sell, trade or give them away! It was crazy dividing in the fall when I was rushed and couldn't find tags.
Don't forget to follow the weeding with a good thick layer of mulch, compost, or both!

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