Re: CULT: Leaf Removal & Soft Rot


>If this is true, that explains why we have never had 'smelly'
>rot. We are too cold. Finally, a benefit for our climate plus we
>have never seen an iris borer in our gardens. Has to be the
>extreme cold - there is no other explanation that I can come up
>with for lack of Erwinia c. or the dreaded borer. 

There must be an explanation other than extreme cold, Ellen, because I 
have both erwinia and borers here ... and it ain't warm!  ;-)

Laurie


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http://www.angelfire.com/mn3/shadowood/irisintro.html
USDA zone 3b, AHS zone 4 - northern MN
clay soil

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