Re: Borer
- To: i*@Rt66.com
- Subject: Re: Borer
- From: C*@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 1 May 1996 00:31:36 -0400
In a message dated 96-04-23 02:18:39 EDT, you write:
> I have never found borers in beardless iris in my own garden BUT I
>did find them in a clump of pseudacorus at Presby. Since I was not privy to
>the right to treat the clump or even examine it as completely as I would
have
>liked I could not tell the extent of the infestation.
>
>Dave
>
>
>
Dave, I have found borer in almost all the beardless irises at various times,
BUT NEVER IN THE LEAF OF A BEARDLESS IRIS. Always in the rhizome. The borer
is least likely to be in a Siberian or Japanese iris. But they like
Louisianas and Spurias as much as bearded irises. Clarence Mahan in Virginia
CEMahan@aol.com
