Re: Worm damage

On Jun 15, 2004, at 9:24 PM, FRANCELLE EDWARDS wrote:

> Hi, Chris,
>
>  
>
> I’m sorry about the damage to your seedlings,  What a disappointment!  
> There is a spray for worms and caterpillars which contains a bacteria 
> which has a quickly fatal effect on the pests but is harmless to 
> everything else.  I can’t think of its name right now, but you can ask 
> at a nursery.  I would sure try it.


Bacillus thuringiensis is what I think you were referring to. Sold 
under the name Dipel, a wettable powder

http://www.pestproducts.com/dipel_dust.htm

John


> Francelle Edwards  Glendale, AZ  Zone 9
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Christopher Darlington [c*@sympatico.ca]
>  Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2004 6:34 PM
> To: spaceagerobin@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [SpaceAgeRobin] Worm damage
>
>  
>
> Hey everybody,
> Hey everybody !
>
> Imagine me in the seedling bed with a large white towel.  Now, imagine
> me throwing it in to end the season in total disgust :-(  Well, that's
> what I did today after discovering that small white worms had borrowed
> into the center of ALL of my seedlings causing them to get gooey and 
> not
> open.  All of my irises were effected and now I'm going to have to take
> serious action, for all I know, these are borers that burrowed up
> instead of down. 
>
>  What is the least toxic yet effective insecticide I can use against
> these bloom season destroying pests ?  If this continues, I'll never be
> able to grow irises here again.
>
> Only one SA in CANAVERAL showed up with a brave face and horns out
> stretched to the sky.  I immediately crossed it with with my best TB
> STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN.  Even STH suffered from this worm damage on some
> flowers but it is hands down the best TB here.  DOCTOR NO is sick and
> needs to see the doctor with symptoms like virus marks and three 
> aborted
> full size stalks.  I was pleasantly surprised with FANCY WOMAN but only
> saw one bloom and the rest aborted or got devoured.  I took rapid 
> action
> and crosses it on the only available victim, LIGHT BEAM.
>
> From my seedling patch, a THORNBIRD X GOLDEN GALAXY seedling proved to
> be the best of what bloomed and did show one small horn.  I have 
> another
> SKY HOOKS seedling which may not open fully but does have purple horns.
> I'll send photos when I can convince my wife to down load them since I
> don't have a working USB port here. Otherwise, it's a total right off
> here until I can control the worms and borers. 
>
>  I have managed to make a few crosses with pollen sent from Bill and
> Randall but most have not taken but I need to wait on some more before 
> I
> cry wolf.
>
> On a positive note, I've got 150 seedlings to deal with from last years
> crop and another 75 from the year before that I thought might get a
> second chance at germination.  Even when things look as bleak as they 
> do
> now, I still have hope that I can turn this bad luck around.
>
> Hope everybody fared better than I did.
>
> Waiting for the Daylilies ;-)
> Chris
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