Re: Foliage Attack
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- Subject: Re: Foliage Attack
- From: "* b* c* <b*@atlantic.net>
- Date: Fri, 7 Aug 1998 19:28:50 -0400
From: "william b. cook" <billc@atlantic.net>
> While on my morning garden walk this a.m., I discovered that the outside
> fans of a mature clump of an unnamed iris had been sliced off about 1/2
inch
> above ground in two spots. Only two outer fans were affected. It looks
> like someone came along with a knife and neatly cut them off.
>
> Am I right to suspect cutworms as the culprits?
Barbara,
Cutworms usually "cut" the plant off at the soil line. Is there any
chance that the clumps were run over by a lawn mower, or possibly were
accidentally subjected to a Weed Eater?
Mark A. Cook
billc@atlantic.net
Dunnellon, Florida.
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