Re: CULT: Borers
- To: i*@onelist.com
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] CULT: Borers
- From: R*@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2000 07:32:17 EST
From: RYFigge@aol.com
NAncy, I endorse what Vince said - I first heard "not to give irises to your
neighbors" back in '67 from the couple who founded our local chapter (Francis
Scott Key, because the Harps had been going to the C & P Meetings in
Washington and felt the distance was too much, so they started our chapter).
Some years back, I did give irises to a next-door neighbor, and when they
moved, she dug up every iris and what she did't transport, she gave to me for
our local sale. In contrast, the neighbor behind me and who has belonged to
AIS, but never went to meetings and acquired irises from somewhere, and just
lets them grow. The result is, the borer came into that adjacent part of
our gardens and riddled my Dykes bed -- and you could see the progression of
how the borer marched into the garden row by row, less devastation as they
progressed ! I had to dig up the whole bed ((70 x 6) which had been newly
planted the year before. The evidence was very clear. It really is
heartbreaking! If neighbors beg, do a lend-lease job or something so you
can recall them if they don't take care of them! Just kidding since that is
inmpossible! Be brutal and explain the problem! My "good" neighbor was
into gardening personally, but the other is more interested in vegetables and
doesn't do the work herself. Good luck. Rosalie nr Baltimore USA zone 7
ryfigge@aol.com
p.s. Thanks for the '99 R&I - think it is the biggest yet, with very
interesting notes from Keith at the beginning and the end! Worth the $7.00
everybody!
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