Re: CULT clay soil, deer and borer
- Subject: Re: CULT clay soil, deer and borer
- From: i*
- Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2002 12:09:41 -0000
> The borer ugh! The end of october I cut all iris down to three
inches and got
> rid of that debris. I think the iris are pretty much dormant then
and we are
> cutting off the leaf part that eggs were laid on in September. It
seemed to
> help.
> This spring while digging I found some borer pupae that had not
> hatched/matured and they were still viable. This tells me the
borer has a
> continuing life cycle not a set one as we thought. The same thing
happened
> last year and I wrote Bill Shear and offered to send them to him.
But I guess
> he doesn't want the borer either!! I do think this bears studying.
> Doreen F. McCabe gardenhous@a...
>
>
I have speculated for awhile that some borer overwinter and hatch in
spring, especially in colder climate areas.
Chuck Chapman, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
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