CULT:Borer Horror Story
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- Subject: CULT:Borer Horror Story
- From: "* D* G* <r*@infinet.com>
- Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1998 21:47:58 -0500
From: "Michael D. Greenfield" <redear@infinet.com>
Its that time of year for Horror stories.
My first experience with borers was when I saw one eating a seed pod
(August). Could not believe how fast and how big. Looked like a huge
pinkish cut worm. I did not know what it was and had never heard of an iris
borer.
Well that May I had promised a friend to trade some Iris. She called to
tell me (September) that if I wanted any Iris I better get them before the
worms ate all of them.
I went . We had marked Beverly Sills in May , probably 8 or 9 fans. It was
gone. We dug were it had been and found 25 or 30 worms In rotting pieces of
rhizomes almost every one we dug had worms in it. That is where there was
any left to dig.
She probably had 10 bushel of rhizomes in the spring. One bushel left that
fall. It was unreal. Never have seen anything like it since. This was in
1992.
It was too rainy this year and I only had 8 to10 worms and some old worm
damage. I had not dug some for 2 and 3 years. Since I have been cleaning up
dead leaves spotlessly
I have not had much trouble. My friend did not follow this practice. She no
longer wants Iris.
Something like this might make you want to use sprays.
There was talk (Dennis Kramb) of mowing. that would not get the ones in the
ground, and I have seen them as late here as the first of November.
Michael D. Greenfield
redear@infinet.com
In downtown Middletown
Southeastern Ohio
Zone 5or6 ?
AIS MVIS
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