Re: CULT: Borer Infestation

In a message dated 5/15/2006 1:51:06 AM Eastern Standard Time,  
jgcrump@cox.net writes:

If any  are to be saved, each clump has to be examined stalk by 
stalk, cutting out  the borer, if possible without digging up the rhizome, 
then thoroughly  dousing the cut/gouged areas with bleach, then liberally 
sprinkling Comet  cleanser over the base of the whole clump.  If necessary, 
cut off and  dig out any rhizomes containing borers, evict and terminate the 
occupant  with extreme prejudice, scrape the area he has occupied, cleanse 
the  rhizomes by dipping them in a 15% bleach solution for about 5 minutes,  
then rinse and replant


Thanks, Griff. I think the thing to do is to try to kill some of them in  
situ and plan on digging and dividing as soon as the systemic has been given a  
chance to work. The argument for waiting until they hit the rhizomes is that  
one knows where they are, and some will have eaten the others, but  then, I 
understand, one has maximum damage, maximum ickiness, and greatest  potential for 
rot. I expect all methods will need to be deployed  in turn. I intend to 
supervise as I am about at the end of  my tether with regards to fecklessness 
abounding in the world of irises,  daddio.
 
AMW

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