Re: Re: CULT: diseased foliage
- To: i*@egroups.com
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] Re: CULT: diseased foliage
- From: C*@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 26 May 2000 09:27:02 EDT
In a message dated 5/26/00 5:19:29 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
lmann@mailhub.icx.net writes:
<< I am surprised to hear this - somewhere along the line, I had gotten the
idea that leaf spot, like soft rot, is a pandemic soil borne organism
and is pretty much going to be around when conditions are favorable for
it.... Not true?>>
Just passing on what The World of Irises (published by the American Iris
Society) told me:
"If the iris planting can be freed of leaf spot for two years, there should
be no further infection unless introduced from another garden."
Page 342, Under "Fungal Leaf Spot."
I believe it. I'm ruthless about keeping my stuff clean and I have next to no
fungal spot and do not spray. Cut off the bad stuff when it first appears and
get it out of the garden. Get rid of any cultivar that repeatedly
demonstrates a tendency to be a plague ship, and don't buy plants from people
who have a history of sending you things that break out in spot. Be wary of
freebies from friends who have disease, and treat any stuff coming in as if
it had spot already.
Anner, in Virginia
ChatOWhitehall@aol.com
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