Re: CULT: Iris Turned White/bees
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- Subject: Re: CULT: Iris Turned White/bees
- From: G* S* <g*@swbell.net>
- Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1998 15:06:01 -0600 (MDT)
I have been following the comments about bee pods closely and their rarity.
Like Celia, Linda and I snapped off numerous pods last year, too numerous to
count. If I am going to guess at a number I would say 100+ pods snapped and
thrown away. If the bees aren't the culprit then some other insect(s) is/are!
I know we have seen ants but they don't even have the numbers that the bees do.
Any other suggestions for the guilty insect(s)?
Glenn
Glenn & Linda Simmons
Springfield, Missouri Zone 6
J. Michael, Celia or Ben Storey wrote:
> I do wonder if we aren't overstating the "rarity of bee pods on TBs." I see
> quite a few bee pods on the 300+ TBs in our display beds every year, and
> there are usually enough pods on the TBs in my home garden - pods I didn't
> put there - that if I didn't snap them I'd be overrun by seedlings.
> Seedlings do manage to survive among established clumps of TBs. I've seen
> this. All it takes is one little rogue infesting your clump and next thing
> you know, you can't be sure what is who's name.
>
> While it is difficult for bees (or whoever) to fertilize TBs, yet they do
> manage. Rogue seedlings should be a concern to people who wish to protect
> their named cultivars. Snap those pods.
>
> celia
> storey@aristotle.net
> Little Rock, Arkansas, USDA Zone 7b
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> 257 feet above sea level,
> average rainfall about 50 inches (more than 60" in '97)
> average relative humidity (at 6 a.m.) 84%.
> moderate winters, hot summers ... but lots of seesaw action in all seasons
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