Re: BUDFLY & what is the solution?
- Subject: Re: [sibrob] BUDFLY & what is the solution?
- From: R* &* S* G*
- Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2001 12:56:42 -0400
- Priority: normal
Hello Ellen and fellow list members,
Thank you for replying Ellen. As I mentioned, the bulk of my
Siberians are living in grocery bags and they all had their roots
dusted with sulphur as per 1 of my nursery owner friends. They
however had no idea as to the problem- "bug/pest".
The 1st year I encountered this problem, I was advised to cut the
bloom and stock off, right at the base of the plant, which I did.
No improvement! The following year I opened every tattered, torn
and dishevelled flower and found a small whitish/gray(with
imagination) worm/larvae/bore in all of them. :-( This is when it was
suggested to sulpher them/remove them.
At this point in time, the plants are 3ft. tall and buds are forming
and my question is: as I have missed the 6" window of opportunity,
can I still find a reasonable solution?
Thanks to everyone and anyone that can assist me.
Ronnalee
> --- Ronnalee & Scott Gerow <rrgcjsg@bmts.com> wrote:
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> >Hope you don't mind that I am posting to the list at this time,
> in desperation, I might add. I just can't think of the garden
> without the Siberians. I will leave the "holes" in the
> meantime. Maybe I will plunk some Digitalis in there for now.<
>
> Hi - I may be overreaching but I thought the budfly was not in
> the soil but it may be. Andy Wheeler and I both had significant
> budfly problems in the past. He hybridizes Siberians so it was
> much more of a problem. Mine was almost exclusively with
> Japanese irises and a very small percantage of the Siberians -
> 'White Triangles' was a budfly favorite. All of the
> irises_infected_with the iris budfly recovered completely and
> bloomed normally the following year. This is anecdotal and just
> what happened in my garden.
>
> The fly (I will leave out the long nomenclature but it is found
> in McEwen's book, 'The Siberian Iris'), is elusive and prefers
> apogons but will attack bearded irises if no beardless are
> available and I have one TB that I fear may have been infected
> by the budfly. Some insect has nibbled a clear hole in two buds
> and it looks like the bud is finished but there are plenty of
> Siberians around the area which are unscathed so it may not be
> budfly.
>
> For sure, post to the Sibrob since this is becoming more of a
> problem with Siberians - at least in northern climes.
>
> Ellen
> =====
> Ellen Gallagher / ellengalla@yahoo.com
> Berlin, NH, US/The Great North Woods/Zone 3
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