Re: TB: pregnant fans!?

Hi Mike,

Have you heard the news?  There is a product that will kill those buggers and it
available to you and me.  White Grub treatment from Bayer.  Made to treat
lawns.  Use the granular type in your iris garden.  It is systemic and the eggs
do not develop.  Ginny Spoon had an article in the AIS Bulletin about it.  The
Ingredient that does the work is Merit.  This product if 65% Merit.  Some people
here have had good luck with using it and I will be using it in the spring.  IT
is supposed to be available at Wal Mart.

Char Region 8

Mike Greenfield wrote:

> At the time when a borer would be working its way down it would be too small
> to feel. Less than 3/4" long. Right now all there is eggs.
>
> And for Walter most growers try not to send borer damaged rhizomes but it is
> not a perfect world. Send me your address off list and I will send a few
> borers next summer. ;-)  A thin wire with a hook bent on the end is great
> for fishing out those buggers.
>
> Mike Greenfield
> SW Ohio Zone 5b
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Jones" <jijones@usjoneses.com>
> To: <iris@hort.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2003 11:27 PM
> Subject: Re: [iris] TB: pregnant fans!?
>
> > Linda Mann wrote:
> >
> > >It's too early even for SDBs here, but one of my 3 yr old TB seedlings
> > >has several fans that "feel" pregnant at the base.
>
> John wrote
> > So, can you tell the difference between a bloomstalk and a borer working
> > its way down the fan?
>
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