Re: CULT: non
- Subject: Re: CULT: non
- From: d*@dynamicro.on.ca
- Date: Mon, 30 Nov 1998 16:38:28 -0500 (EST)
From: dlouis@dynamicro.on.ca
On Mon, 30 Nov 1998, Dan & Marilyn Mason wrote:
> About ten years later, when I bought mail-order Irises for
> the first time, I dug half a dozen of these original irises
> to plant with the named irises to see how they would do if
> grown under clean cultivation. Under clean cultivation this
> original local IB was all but destroyed by borers in the
> first summer. I only have one clump left of this iris in my
> cultivated garden and it is growing in a row without other
> irises. Dan Mason / zone 3, NW Ontario
Dan, It sounds as if someone in your area has Iris borer and it would be
worth while to spray either Cygon 2E or nematodes in the spring while
you have a look to see if you can find whose garden has these.
--
Diana Louis <dlouis@dynamicro.on.ca> <- private email address
cold edge of Zone 4 Newmarket, Ontario, Canada
AIS, CIS, SIGNA, IRIS-L, Canadian Wildflower Soc.
URL for the North American Native Irises web page
http://molly.hsc.unt.edu/~rbarton/Iris/NANI.html
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