Re: CULT: Earwigs/slatters
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] CULT: Earwigs/slatters
- From: I* I*
- Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2001 05:14:07 +0930
I don't have earwig problems but have big problems with slatters (wood
lice). A lot of people say they're harmless like earwigs but I don't think
so. I find them under the leaf litter and peastraw that has got on top of
the rhizomes with the result of lots of chewed rhizomes, which sometimes
leads on to rot, let alone ugly rhizomes. I'm reluctant to put down much
slug bait as I'm worried about harming our frog population. Any other
suggestions.
Colleen Modra
South Australia.
-----Original Message-----
From: John Reeds <jreeds@microsensors.com>
To: 'iris-talk@yahoogroups.com' <iris-talk@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Saturday, July 21, 2001 3:07 AM
Subject: RE: [iris-talk] CULT: Earwigs
>They do not aggressively attack the rhizomes, but the nibbling I mentioned
>inside the outer fan leaves can promote rot, particularly in rot-sensitive
>rhizomes. Larry Gaulter is a prime example. Dry climates such as mine in
>southern California make the earwigs particularly likely to seek moist
>shelter in the fan cavities, it is not that they are especially hungry for
>iris.
>
>John Reeds
>
>> From: Arnold Koekkoek[SMTP:koekkoek@mtcnet.net]
>> I don't think earwigs are going to hurt your iris any if the iris are
>> healthy. They live on dead or dying tissue. If you want to get rid of
>> them any insect dust will do the trick. I just heard a garden
information
>> program on TV a couple nights ago telecast from So. Dakota State Univ. ag
>> extension, and one of the questions they dealt with was about earwigs.
>> What I'm telling you is basically what they had to say
>> Arnold
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