BORER; what stops it in the fall?
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- Subject: BORER; what stops it in the fall?
- From: d*@dynamicro.on.ca
- Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 14:50:06 -0400 (EDT)
On Wed, 26 Jul 2000 gardenhous@aol.com wrote:
> Do you have the borer? If he eats the mother rhizome the increases are weak
> with only a few ratty leaves I find. Also I have nice large rhizome increases
> if no borer around but small if he is. I hate the borer and am having a hard
> time to get rid of him even thugh I do everything right. Now I am trying
> grubex to see if that will get him in between cycle stages.
> Doreen F. McCabe
OK when do you put this on? I'm trying to find something that could be
put on in the fall or late August to stop the moth from laying eggs on
the leaves ie make the leaves smell bad or at least not like irises.
There was a discussion about this a couple of years ago and I wonder if
something has turned up?
--
Diana Louis <dlouis@dynamicro.on.ca>
Zone 4/5 Newmarket, Ontario, Canada
AIS, CIS, SIGNA, IRIS-L, Canadian Wildflower Soc.
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