Re: Rot
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- Subject: Re: Rot
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- Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 18:49:10 -0400
From: "william b. cook" <billc@atlantic.net>
> Went out today to check on the storm damage, and while it's not
> from the storm, I found the bigger of the 2 Rhz's of Godzilla
> was all mushie, pulled it out and it was all rotted, even had
> some kind of worm inside it, eating away. The smaller one seems
> ok at this time.
>
Dennis,
Where, geographically, did the rhizomes come from? It sounds like the
Iris Borer to me. Be sure to kill that worm. [I am sure this was
accidental.] The rot is caused by an opportunistic pathogen called
Erwinia, which infects Borer Damaged rhizomes.
Mark A. Cook
billc@atlantic.net
Dunnellon, Florida.
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