Re: OT-BIO-Gene Buhrmester

From: "G. Buhrmester" <Buhrmgr@bright.net>

I live in west central Ohio, near Lima.  I told someone earlier today that
it was Zone 6, but aftr looking in some garden catalogs, I am definitely in
Zone 5.  I did note that there was some sawtooth damage on some of the
leaves earlier last summer.  Some of the "hollowed-out" rhizomes may have
been iris borer.  I will check out your suggestion regarding young borers
this spring and will try your suggestion regarding the insecticide.  I
received another suggestion regarding the use of ammonia and water early in
the morning, as soon as they are observed in the spring.

Thanks for your help.
-----Original Message-----
From: Wjobe@aol.com <Wjobe@aol.com>
To: iris-talk@onelist.com <iris-talk@onelist.com>
Date: Monday, January 04, 1999 9:49 AM
Subject: [iris-talk] Re: OT-BIO-Gene Buhrmester


>From: Wjobe@aol.com
>
>Gene,
>
>Welcome to the iris-talk group!  You will enjoy being on it. There is
always
>lots
>of helpful information from the many members.  You don't say where you
live,
>but
>the description of your iris damage also sounds like borers.  They chew on
the
>edge of the leaves and leave brown streaks too.  They then invade the
rhizome
>itself and hollow it out.  I say they, but it starts out as 'they' in the
>leaves, but
>the dominate borer is the one at the end that does the most damage. It , if
>I'm
>not mistaken, eats the other borers on the way down.  Anyway, by the time
the
>rhizome is invaded you will only find one borer. Sevin and fungicides won't
>even
>come close to killing borers. You have to use either Nematodes or Cygon 2.
>To find out if it is borers, at the first sign of damage you can open the
>leaves and
>see if there is any little borers in there.  Tell us where you live and
what
>zone you
>are in. Sometimes that information can be helpful in determining problems.
>
>Leslie Jobe', in Owensboro, KY Zone 6
>
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