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stem borers??????? help!

19 years ago

HELP......We have a patch of wild Echinacea...Just getting ready to bloom....Overnight the stems will be black and bent over about 1/2 way up. I have cut off the bad ones and looked for borers, but haven't seen one...someone help...These are natural wild flowers that come up every year. Never had this problem before.

Thanks in Advance!

Lisa

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iluvbonsai
19 years ago
Have you looked for cut worms or slugs, though it's unlikely slugs would bother them. Bores usually leave holes where they laid their eggs and then hatched and ate their way out.
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