Re: IDM

**f*@aol.com**

Thanks, Nancy. The question that launched this thread came to me from Kim Selleck, who's with a flower co-op (I think) in Kalamazoo. I suspect he's familiar with those unfortunate data.
IDM is going to change a lot of people's lives and landscapes. It'll be interesting.
JF

-----Original Message-----
From: Nancy Szerlag <szerlag@earthlink.net>
To: Garden Writers -- GWL -- The Garden Writers Forum <gardenwriters@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Sun, Feb 10, 2013 1:32 pm
Subject: [GWL] IDM

John, I wrote about IDM last summer. English Gardens, one of the largest IGCs in 
the country (7 stores) sold infected plants and when the complaints came in they 
gave the customers their money back. By summer the  disease was rampant in 
Southeastern Michigan. The four largest IGCs in the Metro Detroit Area have 
agreed not to sell impatiens walleriana this season.
 A random sampling of small garden centers indicates many plan to cut back on 
production,  but will sell them without a guarantee. Impatiens were the number 
one annual crop in Michigan and Michigan is third in the nation in flower 
production.
Michigan State University is doing research in hopes of finding a magic bullet 
homeowners can use, but so far none has been found. I will be speaking at half a 
dozen garden centers this spring and several other venues. Most garden centers 
are promo
ting coleus and begonias as a replacement. The big problem is price. A flat of 
impatiens sold for $9 to $12 in SE Michigan. 

Columnist for Detroit News
szerlag@earthlink.net

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