Re: CULT: Re:Fall moth eggs

From: Irisborer@aol.com

In a message dated 10/25/1998 2:28:42 PM Eastern Standard Time,
HIPSource@aol.com writes:

<< overgrown conditions--anyway, if you have bad borer problems you may wish
to
 experiment, remembering that this is just an idea Anner had, and may be
 crackpot indeed. >>

I don't think this idea is crackpot at all, and I think I shall experiment
also - with irises that are 'at risk' and not too 'spensive.  In theory, it
should work as long as the spray can cover the eggs.

Another control that Marilyn Harlow told me about was using MURPHY'S OIL SOAP.
Now... I don't remember the concentration, and she was unclear about how this
was a control for borers.  She said that a customer had sent them a letter and
she was intrigued.  I wonder if anyone else had heard this.

Last year we had a very lively discussion on possible alternate borer controls
... and I hope we can revive it.  Right now, all our controls are based on the
larvae at the feeding stage... but killing borer eggs... or dealing with the
moth would be excellent controls - and potentially more organic.

David Schreiner (our banquet speaker and judges trainer on Saturday - more
later on that) said that they have been hearing about beneficial nematodes as
a borer control.  He had no information, of course, on their hardiness nor
effectiveness - since there ARE no borers in Oregon!

Kathy Guest.... who is going to get that last iris planted THIS WEEKEND and
will report on how quickly it meets it's fate this winter  (:
in East Aurora, NY

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