Re: Joe Pye Weed & Borer
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- Subject: Re: Joe Pye Weed & Borer
- From: "* b* c* <b*@atlantic.net>
- Date: Wed, 4 Mar 1998 19:26:45 -0700 (MST)
>
> I'm reluctant to order from Joe Pye Weed because the catalog has the
> notation, "Furthermore, please note that irises in New England are
> subject to iris borer and these spring plants cannot be sprayed for
> borer before shipment."
>
Duane,
To avoid the possibility of importing the Iris Borer, you might wish
to consider having an August shipment. By August, any Iris Borer larvae
would have exited the rhizome and gone into the soil for pupation.
Mark A. Cook
billc@atlantic.net
Dunnellon, FL.
