Re: borer damage in stalks


Also Strawberry weevils can do significant damage here early in season, but
only on the first blooms, they like Siberians but dislike beardeds. they
seem to disappear as the season progresses, clean up possible overwintering
sites.

Leroy Kriese, Ambrosia Gardens
http://www.silk.net/personal/ambrosia/index.htm
Zone 5, Vernon, BC  Canada

 -----Original Message-----
From: dwiris@aol.com <dwiris@aol.com>
To: sibrob@egroups.com <sibrob@egroups.com>
Date: Sunday, April 09, 2000 3:30 PM
Subject: Re: [sibrob] borer damage in stalks


>In a message dated 4/9/00 1:28:16 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
>awheele2@abacus.bates.edu writes:
>
><< However, something breaks the iris stem just
> > > below the blossom.  The iris blooms and hangs over.  The blossom is
> > > intact and whole but the base of it is gone.  What kind of critter is
> > > doing this? >>
>
>Hi all,
>
>Maybe I missed it, but I haven't seen mention of another possibility for
this
>damage.  We often have slugs that eat through tender iris stems.
>
>Dorothy Willott
>
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