RE: Re: blue-eyed grass and borers

"Neil Mogensen" <neilm@charter.net> wrote:


It certainly is possible some varieties are more susceptable then others. I have seen some plants that are infected where you see some damage but boarer has sisapeared, others where they are very small and don't get much nourishment. The biggest factor of all is location in garden. The moths seem to like protection and plants closest to hedges always have more boarer grubs.

Chuck Chapman 

>There have been speculations about some iris varieties immune or 
>resistant to borer attack.  I can say that 'Poem of Ecstasy' is 
>certainly not one of them.  Every single fan except one in two 
>established clumps was found to have small larvae working down toward 
>the rhizomes.  I hope I have found them all.  'Fogbound,' on the 
>other hand, and all of its offspring I've checked seem to be clean. 
>This has made a tentative believer of me about possible "resistance" 
>or at least lack of attractive flavor for borers in some varieties.
>
>Neil Mogensen  zone 7  western NC mountains
>
>

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