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Re: Caterpillars

On 26 Aug 97 at 11:05, rose-list@eskimo.com wrote:

> Now someone suggested treating now to kill the eggs.  I've used a systemic
> but that won't affect the caterpillars, right?  What's your opinions?
> 

A systemic insecticide will turn the whole plant poisonous.  Anything 
that eats the plant dies.  You might want to spray them with dormant 
oil to help smother eggs.

As far as cutting the canes back in fall I don't do that.  Didn't 
even when I lived in the Boise area(tended to get *really* cold).  I 
did mulch them really well tho.  Used circles of hardware cloth 
filled with leaves and sawdust.  Didn't look too awful.


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