Re: What's eating my Sib buds???
- Subject: Re: [sibrob] What's eating my Sib buds???
- From: E* G* <e*@yahoo.com>
- Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2004 11:40:07 -0700 (PDT)
Laurie,
It sounds that different things 'might' be at work in PLEASURES
OF MAY and the different stalks on ROKU OJI.
>>> (ROKU OJI) One of the secondary buds was nipped off
cleanly, 'but' two of the terminals on different stalks look
like they're half eaten from the top down. They also look a bit
slimey. <<<
If the eating of the buds is happening during the night, sure
sounds like an animal is doing it. If it were insects doing the
damage, the buds (I don't think...)wouldn't be completely gone
with no residue on the ground or on the flower overnight.
Somebody's snacking.
We are having a black bear influx from the forest this time of
year....but our bears are brazen and eat the vegetables in the
middle of the day or late in the afternoon or anytime they darn
well feel like it. Bears don't go after flowers unless they are
really hungry - never saw a bear eat a flower here.
Are you sure it isn't the deer? Do you have moose in your area?
Just trying think what could snap the bud off completely or half
of it and gobble it down.
Ellen
--- laurief <laurief@paulbunyan.net> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I'm having a new and incredibly irritating problem with my
> Sibs. The
> only Sib currently in bloom is SHAKER'S PRAYER, but a number
> of others
> are in bud. Most of my clumps are young and small with only a
> couple
> stalks a piece this year, and several will be blooming for the
> first
> time. PLEASURES OF MAY is one such 2-stalk newbie that I've
> been eagerly
> awaiting to see bloom. The night before I expected to see the
> first bud
> open, something came by and snipped it off cleanly just below
> the bud.
> DANGED DEER (or so I thought). Not a big problem. I still
> had three
> more buds to open. A couple nights later, the terminal bud on
> the other
> stalk disappeared, again cleanly just below the bud. ARGH!
> Two buds to
> go, further down the stalks. A few nights later, bud #3
> disappears -
> clean again. I cut the other stalk and brought it inside to
> bloom it.
>
> This morning as I was looking over the Sibs, I noticed a
> similar thing
> happening to ROKU OJI, with a little twist. One of the
> secondary buds
> was nipped off cleanly, but two of the terminals on different
> stalks look
> like they're half eaten from the top down. They also look a
> bit slimey.
> THIS AIN'T DEER DAMAGE! What the heck is doing this, and how
> can I stop
> it IMMEDIATELY???
>
> Thank you for your speedy assistance,
>
> Laurie
>
>
> -----------------
> laurief@paulbunyan.net
> http://www.geocities.com/lfandjg/
> http://www.angelfire.com/mn3/shadowood/irisintro.html
> USDA zone 3b, AHS zone 4 - northern MN
> normal annual precipitation 26-27"
> slightly acid clay soil
>
>
=====
Ellen Gallagher
The Society for Siberian Irises web page: http://www.socsib.org
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