RE: LEAF HOLES
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- Subject: RE: LEAF HOLES
- From: r* <t*@catskill.net>
- Date: Mon, 26 May 1997 17:37:16 -0600 (MDT)
Hi Everyone--
I visited a friend today who is now up fot the summer and has great
veggie gardens, daylilies and iris. We looked at the beds this
afternoon and this is what we saw:
a huge grouping of iris clumps with tall leaves, dark green with purple
spreading up them from the top of the rz about 2" high, healthy rzs
properly above the ground, and big round holes in the centers of the
leaves with no edge chewing. Right next to this is a large group of
iris clumps, smaller in size, lighter green, n purple on the bottoms,
absolutely no sign of anything wrong--no holes, etc,--and bloomstalks
even on the smallest.
What is causing the holes? why do some have purple and others don't?
since they are all TBs, why are some so strong and dark and tall and
holey and the others are much shorter, lighter green and not holey
(holy?)
I looked for borers even though I recalled that borers also chew the
edges. I found none, thank goodness, so I didn't have to squish
anything. And I can't find cygon anywhere so far up here in the
boonies. My irises are tall and gorgeous and healthy looking and not a
bloomstalk in sight. I live just down the valley from my friend' place.
Rima terra@catskill.net
upstate NY zone 4
Rima
Rima
