Re: CULT: % of losses
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- Subject: Re: CULT: % of losses
- From: r* <t*@catskill.net>
- Date: Tue, 25 Mar 1997 12:19:47 -0700 (MST)
MastrGardn@aol.com wrote:
>
> I, too, have trouble with varmits eating my TB's. They seem to like the
> under side of the rhizomes, and often I dont' realize that it has been eaten
> until new growth starts in the spring and that rhizome fails to thrive. We
> have many moles, but I am told that moles do not eat iris. I would like to
> have suggestions as to what is eating the rhizomes. This year, as I have
> been cleaning the iris beds, I have found leaves chewed at the outer edges
> about one to two inches above the ground. This is the first that this has
> happened. What did it? Do dear like iris leaves?
The deer have never eaten my iris although they do a great job on the
nearby rhodies, pine and azaelas. Which leads me to the question --
how low do you cut the foliage at the end of the season. I've been
cutting them to within 6 inches of the ground --TBS and SIBS. leaf
eating seems to take place in the summer -- slugs?
Rima terra@catskill.net
