Re: CULT: Annoying Pests
- Subject: Re: CULT: Annoying Pests
- From: p*
- Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2002 01:05:40 -0000
For the first time this year, I've found tiny little black critters
inside the styles of nearly all my irises. Do y'all know what
they're called and what harm they do? I suspect they've been eating
pollen, black stamens on some, though plenty was left on the good
producers. How to get rid of them?
Patricia Brooks
Whidbey Island, WA, zone 8
--- In iris-talk@y..., MemsCo_John Reeds <jreeds@m...> wrote:
> Lots of troublemaking critters this year. A few missing seedpods
just
> disappeared. My best guess was a raccoon or opossum. The pool guy
pulled
> one 'possum out of our pool the other week, so that may have been
it. The
> pillbugs/sowbugs/rolypolys/whatever you like to call them have been
enjoying
> my iris; I've never seen so many. They have caused rot in a number
of my
> fans with their chewing, and have cut a few right off. Not many
earwigs,
> though, and the aphids are only a problem near the rosemary. Maybe
I should
> see if diazenon or something takes out the sowbugs.
>
> Does Double Dribble perform as well for the rest of you as it does
for me?
> Definitely a repeat bloomer, very attractive, and with consistent
stalks.
>
> Someone asked about purple seed pods. Laugh Lines pods are not
solid
> purple, but are definitely heavily stained with a purple hue,
particularly
> in the seams.
>
> John Reeds, in 9b southern California
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