CULT: Dennis vs. Borer

I am so happy!  I found my first borer-infected rhizome!

On a pure whim, sortof as a followup to my rot problem from 4-5 weeks ago
caused by that week of severe cold in early March, I went around poking
at all my rhizomes to see if I could detect any recurrence of rot...and
well, I did, on just one...so I got out my little knife and started cutting
it open and found two tiny little maggot looking things in the middle of
the rotten spot.

And the rot was very unlike the rot from last month.  A different color,
a different smell, a different look altogether.  This just had to be
borer!  AND I WON!!  :)

Since I've only had irises for about 8 months, I assumed that I would not
have borer problems.  Boy was I wrong.  Makes me wish I had sprayed with
Cygon like everyone told me to do a few weeks ago!  Well, I'll be out there
poking my irises on a regular basis from here on out.  :)

Dennis Kramb; dkramb@tso.cin.ix.net
Cincinnati, Ohio USA; USDA Zone 6; AIS Region 6
Member of AIS, ASI, HIPS, RIS, SIGNA, & Miami Valley Iris Society
Primary Interests: Hybridizing Arilbreds, Raising Native Ohio Species Irises
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