Borer
- To: i*@Rt66.com
- Subject: Borer
- From: C* H* <b*@freenet.toronto.on.ca>
- Date: Sat, 20 Apr 1996 07:40:12 -0400 (EDT)
On Sat, 20 Apr 1996 SCHAFFCM@SNYBUFAA.CS.SNYBUF.EDU wrote:
> yer right, of course, Dave Silverberg of Oregon. I was cutting corners and
> here you are with the correction. Please add that the borer goes up the
> foliage and eats inside the folded leafs where it can be squeezed. One can
> feel it and get rid of it there with no damage to the leaf. and it eats
> its way up the stalk to the bloom and ruins blossom and bud...
> Thanks for the info from everyone.
> Carolyn Schaffner Buffalo, ny
>
One more correction to the above statements here, The borer does not travel
upwards in the plant.
It enters the leaves, usually when they are short and eats down,as the
leaves grow up. As it eats down the inner tender leaves towards its goal,
the rhizome, it may damage a bloomstalk in its developmental state
down in the leaf fan. Thus you may see this damage later after the
stalk has emerged.
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Chris Hollinshead e-mail: bu336@torfree.net
Mississauga, Ontario Canada
