Re: Merit

Hi All,

There is some information that seems to be missing here.

The Bayer product 'Advantage White Grub Control' is systemic and if applied
every  6 months you are not limited to the time you might be gone.  To start
the cycle you would want to put it on before you have three days in a row of
70 degree weather.  Then in about 5 1/2 months apply again.  (Depending on
your schedule)  Just don't go over the 6 months.

One of our club members used the liquid Merit and lost all of her seedlings.

I make a big effort to keep the bed clean.  Daily, I go through and pick up
all the downed leaved.  With the rain we have had here in Wisconsin that is
a big job.

Jack Worel has been running some tests on the product and has written an
article in Tall Talk.  Take a look at his findings.  I personally have had
good luck with the product.

I have just this year tried the Bayer product for rust.  With all the rain
there are considerable rust spots and I have been cutting out the leaves
with spot and have applied this product to the garden.  It is granular and I
am sorry I do not have the exact name.  It is applied twice, 14 days apart.
Look at your local Bayer supplier.

Char, New Berlin, WI

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "laurief" <laurief@paulbunyan.net>
To: <iris@hort.net>
Sent: Friday, May 28, 2004 6:36 AM
Subject: Re: [iris] Merit active ingredient


> Hi Dorothy,
>
> >we have been using a
> >product by the name of Marathon that has the same active ingredient.  It
is
> >also in granular form.  Unfortunately, we were away at the conventions
> >this year
> >when we should have been using it and we are finding borers in many buds.
>
> I'm sorry to hear your borers are back.  They can be such a bother!  Do
> you find them in your MDBs and SDBs?  I don't know as I've ever found
> evidence of borers in anything smaller than an IB here.  They just don't
> seem interested in the littleuns.
>
> Because I live in such a remote spot (nearest neighbor is over a mile
> away through the woods), and since I have read borer moths are very poor
> flyers, I am hopeful that I will be able to eliminate my borer population
> entirely within another year or so.  I figured I'd apply Merit several
> years in a row to try to make sure I've caught all of them, then quit and
> see what happens.  If I'm very vigilant about inspecting all new irises
> that come in, I *should* be able to prevent reinfection with the nasty
> buggers.
>
> That's the plan, anyway.
>
> Laurie
>
>
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> normal annual precipitation 26-27"
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