Re: CULT: Growth differences
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- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] CULT: Growth differences
- From: v* l*
- Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 17:24:45 -0700 (PDT)
--- gardenhous@aol.com wrote:
> Vince
> 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
>
Very little borer this year, and the weak rhizomes
usually aren't related to borer. Some are that way every
year, others never are. Might just be related to weather
and soil - very hot and humid in summer, with bare minimum
of sun needed for bearded irises.
=====
Vince Lewonski
vincelewonski@yahoo.com
Secane, Pennsylvania, USA Zone 6b
A fully owned subsidiary of the M. Susan Williams-Lewonski Corp.
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