Re: an iris question
- Subject: Re: an iris question
- From: L*
- Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2001 10:40:17 -0500
Narda...I just got my new AIS Bulletin yesterday and was
commenting to my husband on a full page ad for a new iris borer
deterrent (non-toxic)...it prevents the moth (that becomes the borer)
from laying its eggs on the plant. The ad says 98% effective in 5
years of field testing. web site:
www.gardenshield.com phone # for questions: 866-690-4001 or to order:
866-690-4000. I have always heard that west coast iris nurseries are
borer-free and therefore we have always ordered new iris from that
area and have been very happy with Schreiners, Cooleys (the two
"biggies") Keppel, and Aitkin.
I don't know if you would need to treat the soil. We have never had
iris borers and so have no personal experience. We grow quite a few
irises, TB, IB, BB,
MDB, MSB, MTB, etc. also my favorite. siberian iris and a few
Japanese but have never gotten the soil acid enough for them to do
well.
Linda Kofstad
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