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Wed, Apr 14, 10 at 9:07
| Iris Trouble
Strangely I am losing Iris here and there. Even sprayed them. What is getting at them? |
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- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Wed, Apr 14, 10 at 9:12
| iris borer what are you spraying with.. if you dont know what you are spraying for???? .... and is it labeled for such?? ken |
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- Posted by gardengal48 PNW zone 8 (My Page) on Wed, Apr 14, 10 at 11:05
| What kind of iris? Various insects will nibble the foliage and iris borers can burrow into the rhizomatous kind and eventually destroy the plant but no insect will make iris vanish :-) You are either looking at a larger critter or they have rotted away. |
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- Posted by mad_gallica Z5 Eastern NY (My Page) on Wed, Apr 14, 10 at 11:35
| I've had deer eat TB iris early in the season. |
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| Underground pests like voles and chipmunks will feast on the roots of Siberian iris and Japanese iris. I lost much of an entire garden (iris and other perennials) about ten years ago to these demons. Then I waged war on them--no prisoners taken. I was successful but have to keep it up or they come back. Those plants that had shreds left took years to recover but they did come back. |
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