Re: CULT: borer?

I think that so far, I have to go with the weather theory.  I know that deer
have been in the garden recently, but there is no evidence that they were
near the iris.  The stalks just seem to have fractured cleanly.  The top
part is still in place - there is no evidence of bite marks and noting
caused the severed part to fall to the ground.  It is like a spontaneous
separation.

I don't know where your are in Kentucky, but I am only 8 miles from the
Ohio/Kentucky border.  We have had a few very cold nights followed by high
winds.  So our weather sounds like what you described.

Bill

----- Original Message -----
From: <storylade@aol.com>
To: <iris-talk@egroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, April 30, 2000 4:47 PM
Subject: Re: [iris-talk] CULT: borer?


> In a message dated 4/30/2000 4:52:03 AM Central Daylight Time,
> irisborer@aol.com writes:
>
> <<
>  This is what I think happened..... I think one of those cute striped rats
>  discovered that flowers are sweet..... and so actually felled the stalks
> like
>  a sequoia in order to get at the flower.  I tried mothballs, pepper
sauce,
>  live traps and vigilance.... but I lost every last lily and never saw it
>  happen.
>   >>
>
> Kathy,
>
> Although I can't offer scientific proof, I don't think any living creature
is
> responsible for what has happened in my garden. I've seen nothing.  This
> includes marks of any type on either the stalk or fallen blossoms.  I've
seen
> extensive freeze damage on blooms in this area. I think alternating
periods
> of near freezing and near 80 degree weather somehow interferes with
extension
> of the stalks??  They appear brittle.  We've also had periods of heavy
wind
> interspersed with the cold and hot.  Since I don't know exactly what is
going
> on, this is strictly a 'theory.'
>
> I've not seen the extensive breakage you describe on your lilies.
>
> Betty in Bowling Green, KY.
>
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