Re: Cult: the borer and merit
- Subject: Re: [iris] Cult: the borer and merit
- From: Char c*@execpc.com
- Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 16:05:29 -0500
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Hi,
I am really sorry to hear about your borers. Did you get the material on early
enough. You must get it on before the eggs hatch. Which means the first warm day in
late March or early April.
Char
Gardenhous@aol.com wrote:
> Hi all.
>
> I used the grub chemical by bayer this year and it is not as effective as
> the old merit.
> I have borer again in vast quantity. the other thought is that i did not get
> to trim back all my fans to three inches as i had the year before in november.
> I think that gets rid of lots of eggs. We had such funky weather with an
> early cold onset last fall and late snow til end of April here. Yes i thought it
> was the beginning of the ice age. But last summer was so hot and dry we
> thought it was the beginning of the end...... Since April though we have had to
> start building an ark. The weather channel gave us about 7 sunny days in the last
> 23 weeks! that is a record for sure. But the sun is out today so I am
> smiling.
>
> Doreen F. McCabe
> The Garden House
> 176 Carlisle Rd
> Westford, Massachusetts 01886
>
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