Re: rot?
- To: Multiple recipients of list <i*@rt66.com>
- Subject: Re: rot?
- From: S* H* <h*@serc.si.edu>
- Date: Sun, 17 Aug 1997 07:56:33 -0600 (MDT)
At 22:01 8/16/97 -0600, you wrote:
>Another rot question.
>
>
>Today, I helped dig up a few (35) irises that had been run over by
>monkey grass, and/or were in too much shade. In about half of them,
>their rhizomes were REALLY long (some of them up to 7 or 8 inches,) but
>were partially hollow, with just a crunchy outer layer. Although I
>should add, that if I cut them deep enough I got to the "real" rhizomes.
>
>Just curious, as this is not what I had pictured as "rot" judging from
>all the emails yawl have sent about rot.
>
>Rusty
Rusty,
I may be wrong, but it sounds like iris borer to me. I have found
similar rhizomes that were in an iris borer devastated bed.
Sharyn, Annapolis, Md.
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