CULT: Borers
- To: iris- talk <iris-talk@onelist.com>
- Subject: CULT: Borers
- From: v* l*
- Date: Thu, 22 Jul 1999 04:47:08 -0400 (EDT)
From: vince lewonski <vincelewonski@yahoo.com>
> From: Gardenhous@aol.com
How about
> pepper spraying the iris leaves so the devil gets
> indigestion as he munches
> down the stalk.
>
Vince sez:
With your luck, you'd have borers that like Cajun
food...
I had some clumps several years ago that had borer so
bad that I had to cut off every fan back to uninfected
white rhizome, leaving only a bunch of half-rhizomes with
no increase still in the ground. I didn't dig and replant,
just left the remnants in place. Just sprayed normally the
following year - no special precautions. This clump came
back strong, and I still have it. So you can save varieties
despite borer damage.
===
Vince Lewonski
vincelewonski@yahoo.com
Secane, PA Zone 6
"I love my irises like my children - and if they don't meet my expectations, I chop 'em into little bits and throw them on the mulch pile!!!"
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