Re: Re: [SpaceAgeRobin] New SA seedling

Sorry to hear that Chris, those things sound terrible.  I'd hoped your 
cygon treatments had worked.  I had a new spray recommended to me 
this year.   I've been using Bayer advanced garden, active ingredients are 
cyfluthrin (Tempo), and Imidacloprid (Merit).  It's supposed to be 
absorbed by the plant and act as a neurotoxin to insects that feed on the 
flower or plant.  This might work for your grubs.    I've been using this 
spray on lilies and daylilies to fight thrips and leaf hoppers (they spread 
virus in lilies).  We had an infestation of pine sawfly larvae, that after 
they ate all the needles off our giant white pine, decided to drop and 
feast upon anything they landed on.  It worked really fast on them.  
 Have you contacted other growers in Canada to see if they are having 
similar problems? I hate to see you having such problems with growing 
iris.  I think you have some great ideas with your hybridizing.  I wish you 
the best of luck.
Will W. 

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> From: Chris Darlington <chrisdarlington@videotron.ca>
> Date: 2005/06/11 Sat AM 09:19:44 CDT
> To: SpaceAgeRobin@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [SpaceAgeRobin] New SA seedling
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Will,

I have not done a good job of killing the borers, they're worse than ever
this year.  At this point, I can no longer make many crosses because almost
every unopened spathe contains a little while larva with two tiny black
spots for eyes.  They destroy the styles and pollen in a best case scenario,
in a worst case scenario, they make the entire bud rot before it has a
chance to open.

My Cycon treatments were either not effective or not timely for this
particular borer.  Question is, what the heck am I going to do about them.
I'm pretty down about it.

Chris


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