Re: Joe Pye Weed & Borer
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- Subject: Re: Joe Pye Weed & Borer
- From: D* B* <d*@ptialaska.net>
- Date: Wed, 4 Mar 1998 20:33:49 -0700 (MST)
I do appreciate the responses from Andrew, Kathy and Mark. If the
disclaimer hadn't been in the catalog, I probably wouldn't even
have thought about the possibility. I will be placing an order for
spring delivery.
The fall delivery is an "iffy" situation here as to whether there will
be time for the plants to become established. Most likely they would,
but I've seen some hard freezes in Sept. in the past, without a snow
cover, and I hate to guess wrong about the next time it will happen.
Thanks all,
Duane
At 07:26 PM 3/4/98 -0700, you wrote:
>>
>> 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.
>
>
>
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