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Re: Re: CULT:pests

I'm in Calgary, so it's dry as a bone here - no humidity problems. If you have iris borers in Quebec, I would have expected to have them here. Then again, we have no fleas either - the altitude Ior something. Irises don't have much of a problem here at all, except for the wind and hail! We get lots of those...
Ann
 
 ----- Original Message -----
From: c*@videotron.ca
Sent: Monday, June 18, 2007 8:22 AM
Subject: [iris-photos] Re: CULT:pests

Anne,

Where do you live ? I think leaf spot is caused or encouraged by
excessive humidity but I can't be sure. As for borers, these a moth
larva that hatch and bore into the rhizome of the Iris and cause the
entire plant to die. In my case, the borers, possibly due to late
hatching, get into the stalk and eatthe blooms as the stalk grows.
They destroy all but a few blooms. I will no longer buy or seriously
grow Irises in the future because of this until a pesticide become
available.

Chris
North of Montreal, Quebec, Canada

--- In iris-photos@yahoogroups.com, "Ann Conway" <amconway@...> wrote:
>
> You guys have mentioned some Iris problems that I'm not familiar
with. What are these 'iris borers' and 'leaf spots' of which you
speak?
> Ann
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Christopher Darlington
> To: iris-photos@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Sunday, June 17, 2007 3:51 PM
> Subject: [iris-photos] Re: HYB: Different Seedling
>
>
> Thanks Ann and El,
>
> I can't really comment on branching because most of my stalks
were
> destroyed by borers. This seedling is the strongest and tallest
of the
> lot so I'll dig it up and line it out. When I get my hands on
some safe
> pestisides, I'll be able to properly evaluate my seedlings.
>
> Chris
>

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