Re: Rebloom
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- Subject: Re: Rebloom
- From: R* T* D* <r*@sierratel.com>
- Date: Mon, 10 Nov 1997 16:57:40 -0700 (MST)
JForte21@aol.com wrote:
>
And those miserable bugs that look
> like green lady bygs have been chewing all my iris flowers, so I suspect they
> are the pollinators...
Those green lady bugs are probably Cucumber beetles (don't know the
scientific name). Light green with black dots. Yes, they will eat the
petals. The only control I use is to catch them and squish them between
my fingers. Also breath into the flower to make them rush out. They
don't like our breath, at least mine anyway. Lets consider us lucky
that they aren't around in the spring.
Rick Tasco
Superstition Iris Garden
Central California....where we had our first significant rain (.40
inchs) since January. Yes, thats right January. To those who may not
know California is like a desert from May to October.
Zone 8
