Re: HELP!!!
- Subject: Re: HELP!!!
- From: S*@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 24 Jul 1999 15:14:41 EDT
In a message dated 7/24/99 2:34:18 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
indbio@disknet.com writes:
> Cut and slice the leaf blade, I fear you will find borer frass. The
> borer would now be in the main vine. I have several instances of this,
> but can't always catch the borer. I would like to pour some thing into
> the hollow of the leaf petiole (sevin??) to kill the borer. I would
> then let secondary leaves grow to fill the canopy space.
> I was told 15 years ago that clear winged moths seek weedy places to
> lay eggs; thus pruning excess canes from blackberry is said to reduce
> infestations by cane borer.
> --
> Harold Eddleman Ph.D. Microbiologist. i*@disknet.com
>
>
Have you tried injecting your stems with beneficial nematodes? They attack
and kill borers, hatch out of their bodies, and go after others, and are
totally harmless to plants. Gardens Alive sells a new improved
strain....also, when applied into soil they go after countless other soil
grubs including the grubs of the cucumber beetle.
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