Re: CULT: Borers - was (Sib Rob) CUTWORMS
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- Subject: Re: CULT: Borers - was (Sib Rob) CUTWORMS
- From: R* T* D* <r*@sierratel.com>
- Date: Fri, 28 Mar 1997 23:08:33 -0700 (MST)
rimat wrote:
> Are we talking about the same cutworms that destroy tomato plants. A
> friend who is a great vegetable gardener puts collars around her plants.
> Would that work here as well? She also uses a ring of wood ashes to
> keep the slugs away -- apparently it hurts them when they try to crawl
> over it. Old wives tales or the absolute unvarnished truth?
> Rima terra@catskill.net
Rima,
Yes, probably the same, however if you can take a few leaves of iris
foliage chewed or sometimes a dwarf stalk chewed off then they are not
that big a deal. Keep an eye on them for in some years they are worse
than in others. I don't think a collar would work as well around an
iris clump.
As for slugs and wood ashes it may work but i've heard some using
crushed egg shells instead.
Rick Tasco
Superstition Iris Gardens
Central California
Zone 8
