Re: CULT: borer?
I suppose my iris could be the victim of deer as they are in an area that
deer have been know to visit. I guess that I should have noted that the
stalk are cut but not separated. That is, they are still in their natural
orientation, just cut and left in place. I would think that deer would at
eat the cut part, or at least bite it and then drop the buds. I find this
very perplexing because there is no evidence of a caterpillar, no entry
hole, and the buds don't look wilted. It is as if someone took a razor and
carefully sliced them. I haven't seems any evidence of deer in the
surrounding beds and none of their usual victims like the azalea have been
eaten.
----- Original Message -----
From: <mmboehm@attglobal.net>
To: <iris-talk@egroups.com>
Sent: Friday, April 28, 2000 7:26 PM
Subject: [iris-talk] CULT: borer?
> I feel like johnny-one-note but in my garden iris stalks "bitten" off
> cleanly below the bud are more often the work of four hoofed mammals
> that anything from the insect world. Yes, borers do get in stalks but
> here there's classic borer damage accompanied by frass and slime, and
> sometimes it is cutworms. I know it sounds nuts, but to have all stalks
> cut sounds an awful lot like deer. Could that be possible?
> Margaret Boehm
> Wilton, CT zone 6 and sodden
>
> In a message dated 4/25/00 11:28:40 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> > wrlippert@cinci.rr.com writes:
> >
> > << I know that there is an iris borer, but I haven't seen any
> > evidence of a worm like creature. What problems can the aphids cause
>
> > and what should I do to get rid of them? >>
> >
>
>
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