Re: 2nd Message
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- Subject: Re: 2nd Message
- From: E* G* <e*@moose.ncia.net>
- Date: Tue, 27 May 1997 19:12:12 -0600 (MDT)
Marte wrote:
> Help! Something ate a whole bed of irises! Don't think it's iris borer
>(from description I've read) -- could it be big, black ants? There are
>many of same whittling away an old fir stump adjacent to bed, tho'
>flowers and bugs had co-existed for years.
****
Sounds like carpenter ants which are rampant around here and
they never touch the plants. They don't eat wood but rather tunnel
to make their nests and 'dump' the sawdust on the ground.
> I killed off the ants with Diazinon on general principle, on & around
>stump & in dirt nearby. Left the dozen or so plants still alive in
>place, for now -- don't want to move them to other beds in case "bug"
>travels with. Don't know what, if anything, it's safe to plant in rest
>of bed. Would appreciate all comments.
*****
Dursban is the poison 'of choice' that exterminators use to
wipe out carpenter ants....I have no idea what caused your
plants to be injured and die. -(
Ellen
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Ellen Gallagher \ e_galla@moose.ncia.net \ Lancaster, New Hampshire,USA
USDA Zone 3a \ Northern White Mountains\ AIS Region 1 {New England}
