Beneficial Nematodes
- Subject: Beneficial Nematodes
- From: C* H* <b*@freenet.toronto.on.ca>
- Date: Wed, 6 Mar 96 05:40:16 MST
On Tue, 5 Mar 1996, Bill Smoot wrote:
>
> I received a letter from Terry Aitken (editor of AIS Bulletin) asking if I'd
> seen anything about organic gardening with irises. He's investigating using
> parasitic wasps (for purchase) to control borers, use of beneficial nematodes,
> getting rid of harmful nematodes without chemicals, and using coffee grounds as
> compost. Terry plans a future article incorporating these organic gardening
> items and is looking for anyone with direct experience. Thought I'd bring this
> to the attention of our group and see what info I can glean for him.
>
Chris replies:
The RBG (Royal Botanical Gardens) has done some experimental work
involving the use of beneficial nematodes in our large iris display garden
there. These were mostly Tall Bearded, some Medians and some Siberians.
There was a report published in a back issue of the Canadian Iris Society
Newsletter a couple of years ago as to results of this experiment. I will
try to find it and send it directly to Terry Aitken sohe can make it
available to the membership at large.
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Chris Hollinshead e-mail: bu336@torfree.net
Mississauga, Ontario Canada
Near Toronto, Ontario Canada
