Re: CULT: question - borer emergence?

Linda  --  We're seeing borer damage already here.  I can tell by your post
that, although we are north of you, you are at a higher elevation, so your
bloom apparently is behind.  (My SDBs are about bloomed out; my IBs are at
peak, and I have several TBs in bloom.)  Nonetheless, borers start their
journey up the outer edge of the leaves as soon as a warm day arrives, and
you've probably had some by now.  I applied Merit this year for the first
time, and, so far, I see no borer evidence.  The damage I spoke of above is
to a friend's garden. --  Griff

zone 7 in Virginia


----- Original Message -----
From: "Linda Mann" <lmann@volfirst.net>
To: "iris- talk" <iris@hort.net>
Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2005 8:44 PM
Subject: [iris] CULT: question - borer emergence?


> I "should" know this by now, but when should I expect to see borer
> damage start to show up?
>
> Last year was the first time I saw the infamous borer here, & I can't
> remember when damage first appeared.  No treatment, other than burning
> the thicket of big bluestem, blackberries and mess next to the iris
> rows, and torching a few really big clumps of iris with a lot of
> accumulated dead foliage.
>
> No evidence of borers so far.
>
> I do remember DUSKY CHALLENGER being in bloom while borers were chewing
> on it, so maybe it's still too early?
>
> --
> Linda Mann east Tennessee USA zone 7/8
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