Re: cygon vs. borers vs. blooms

Edmund L. Castillo wrote:
> 
> I have not sprayed my wife's bearded beds with cygon, which I normally would
> have done earlier in the season, because she was working in them every day. . . 
> 
> QUESTION:  Is it safe (for the plants, that is) to spray cygon (a) on buds
> showing no color, (b) on buds showing color or (c) on blossoms which have
> opened?    It now will be impossible to spray thoroughly without hitting
> some buds, and if cygon will damage the blossoms we would rather take a
> chance on borers, which we have not had up to now. . . . 
> 
> If we do not spray now, will it do any good to apply cygon between the end
> of the spring blooming season and the beginning of reblooming?
>

Ed --This late in the game, I would skip the spraying and take a chance
that you'll go another season without borers. I think any spray --
Cygon, Daconil, etc.-- is likely to 
harm the appearance of any bloom tissue that it touches. I can't
remember any instances of that, but then, I always avoid spraying buds
showing color. (Sorry this is so unscientific.) I don't think spraying
between blooms will be helpful. I try to spray once in late fall/early
winter, and again in very early spring, just as new growth begins (which
was quite a challenge this year!). 

Congratulations to Glenna for the runner-up with RARE EDITION! And I
think our listers probably would also be interested to know that Queen
of the Show was taken by a stalk of I. gracilipes brought in by Clarence
Mahan. I saw the exquisite little thing when he put it on the table
before the show, and was not at all surprised when it took Queen.
Clarence mentioned that he had tried 2 or 3 times before to grow I.
gracilipes, without
success; but in each case, the rhizome had been shipped to him in the
fall. THIS rhizome was shipped to him in the spring, and -- voila!

Griff Crump, along the tidal Potomac near Mount Vernon, VA 
jgcrump@erols.com
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