Re: CULT: Alfalfa pellets and borers

Oh yes, Merit granules do work.  Made a bad judgment this last spring.  The irises were so stressed by the freeze and the rot that followed that I couldn't bear to add chemicals into the mix.  That I had the misguided theory that the late freeze would have affected the borers as well.  
   
  Oh no, borers were worse than I have EVER seen them.  I did apply liquid Merit around the affected plants, but then found I couldn't watch while the borers munched away while the plants absorbed it.  Ended up removing most of them by hand.  
   
  Will have to be sure if I use alfalfa that I am vigilant with the Merit as well.  Have since discovered that our city processes some pretty amazing compost, and have switched to that. 
   
  Thanks,
   
  Robin Shadlow
  zone 5 NE
   

       
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