Re: Borer Control

Hi, Bo

Yes I do burn the irises and I did clean up real good last fall.  
It's about time to burn if I can just find a calm day to do it.  So 
hopefully, I won't have any trouble this year.  Other irisarians 
have told me that borers are much less of a problem in the country 
than they are in town.  I understand that they can migrate up to 7 
city blocks.
--- In iris-photos@yahoogroups.com, "Katherine Cordes" 
<acordes@f...> wrote:
> Hi Jean.
> 
> I have only found 3 borers in my iris gardens.  I, too, live in 
zone 
> 4.5 (4b) and have about 100 (and growing. . .) known Bearded 
> Cultivars.  Hopefully I won't see to many, but as I understand it 
> (correct me please, someone) borer eggs survive winter in rubbish 
and 
> dead weeds/iris leaves from the previous year.  If you can keep 
the 
> mulch/dead stuff out of the garden, you probably can keep the 
borer 
> problem down.  
> 
> I hope to burn my tons of rubbish this spring after the snow 
leaves. 
> But you say this doesn't work for you?? Oh, boy, then maybe there 
is no 
> hope for me!
> 
> maybe i'm not awating spring so much after all. . . 
> Bo~
> 
> Adam Cordes
> Hillman, Michigan 
> Region 6 
> Zone 4.5
> 
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> 
> > Okay, you guys, here is the question:  What do you do for borer 
> > control?  I saw where one of you said you burn.  I do that too 
AND 
> > have used cygon. Also what zones are you in.  I am 4b. 
> > Jean
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