CULT: Re: Borer Moth
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- Subject: CULT: Re: Borer Moth
- From: E* G* <e*@moose.ncia.net>
- Date: Sat, 21 Jun 1997 23:05:37 -0600 (MDT)
Griff Crump wrote about the borer moth:
> I
>believe I have seen it occasionally clinging to a fan in the daytime, a
>mottled gray and black.
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Are they the ones that I have to pull off and squash? They are
almost glued on. The moths I deal with are on the Siberians
as well...no serrated leafs altho' RUFFLED COPPER SUNSET had
a 'bite' taken out of a leaf. Upon reflection, I think it
has a borer. I am surrounded by iris books and it is high time
I read about the boor(er). 'R.C. Sunset' had no bloom (first year
in Zone 3) but plenty of good increases.
Big problem here if it is the borer. We garden organically....
and losing some irises may be the price we pay. Someone mentioned
in passing that he/she thought a saturated blue iris was attrac-
tive to the borer...are there some colors, etc. that attract
the little devil? Are the modern tet. TBs the primary target?
I know that Siberians can also harbor the pest but the bearded
are the preferred delicacy......and I thought the budfly was
our only problem this year....R.C. Sunset has a softened (to
the touch) rhizome and it is the only TB in a raised (8 in.)
bed. An SDB (Desert Orange) has a hard-as-a-rock rhizome right
next to it.
Linda Mann's stories about rot has made me go round the beds
daily and 1.touch the rhizome 2. sniff and see if I smell rot
and 3. sniff the flower (no logic in that). The neighbors
knew that I was wacky with all the flowers but now I
perform this strange ritual while wearing the bug-baffler suit
- a netted number that I accessorize with a bright yellow
University of West Virginia baseball hat.
Maybe the borer and the bud fly can be scared away like a
scarecrow...scareborer....:)
Cheers,
Ellen Gallagher
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Ellen Gallagher \ e_galla@moose.ncia.net \ Lancaster, New Hampshire,USA
USDA Zone 3a \ Northern White Mountains\ AIS Region 1 {New England}
