Re: cult-borers
- Subject: Re: cult-borers
- From: a*
- Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2002 00:41:04 -0000
--- In iris-talk@y..., gardenhous@a... wrote:
> In a message dated 6/14/02 10:02:35 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> irischapman@n... writes:
>
>
> > I have seen what looks like two hatchings, or more. Very tiny new
hatched
> > borers with big almost full sized borers on nearby plants.
> >
>
> Chuck,
> I put merit on the kind that you use for the lawn and it will work
all
> season. So this is the first time I have done that.
> Well I also put on a fungicide so that probably needs 24 hours or
so to soak
> up, before a rain.
Hope this merit works will appoly earlier next
> year. but I think it will kill the earthworms also. And I want
those right?
>
>
> Doreen F. McCabe Westford,Ma gardenhous@a...
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Doris; I am in my third year of using Grass type Merit on the iris
beds. I assume we are using much the same type. This year during
cleanup after bloom I saw no cuts, no nibbled edges and no weep holes.
The only borer damage was in the front yard where I had stuck a few
extras as filler in some bare spots in a perennial border. Don't get
the attention the others get.
I am sold on Merit. It is a systemic and should not affect the
earthworms. I have seen no damage to earthworms.
Al Bullock
Z7 No Va
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