Re: CULT: borer
From: John I Jones <jijones@ix.netcom.com>
Dennis Kramb wrote:
>
> From: dkramb@tso.cin.ix.net (Dennis Kramb)
>
> I talked about iris borers with a gentleman at work today, and he says that
> he has never had a problem with borers, he has never even seen one. He is
> not a big iris maniac like the rest of us, but he does have a rather large
> garden. Upon further discussion of the subject I found out that decades
> ago someone told him he should mow his irises over with the lawnmower in
> early October to help them through the winter. And so he has always done
> just that. We came to the conclusion that without him realizing it, he was
> eliminating the borers that were probably there all along. What do the
> rest of you think? Should I mow down my irises?
>
Dennis,
Did he collect the clippings in the mower bag? If so he is probably sucking up
all the eggs with the detritus, dead leaves etc. If the eggs are gone so are
the borers (at least for that year).
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