What eats buds
- Subject: [sibrob] What eats buds
- From: P* W* <h*@verizon.net>
- Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 07:32:29 -0700
Just a bit to add to the pot here. Check your iris after dark and
before dawn to determine if they are being eaten at night. If so, it is
not a bird eating them.
The slime on the iris might be slugs and they feed at night. Here in
arid central WA state the slugs are tiny and very active after we water
an area. When we lived on the coast of WA the slugs were inches long
and were active day and night unless the soil was dry and the sun was
out. Under those conditions they liked to congregate under plant
refuse, boards, paper etc. They would consume lettuce and other leafy
vegetables at an incredible rate. Pie pans with beer in them would lure
them to a watery (or would that be beery?) grave. I used foil pans and
disposed of pans with the slugs. I usually found a few small slugs under
the pan when I picked it up.
Various beetles ate many of the plants as well. A flashlight shone on
the underside of leaves of larger leafed plants might reveal the
culprits too.
Patti
Arid Central WA Zone 5
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