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lily beetle
While enjoying the Spring like warmth and quietly enjoying the flowers, what did i see but a Lily beetle strutting it,s stuff on my snowdrops!!! I can,t believe it.In best Victor Meldrew voice. by pamajo
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25/02/2012 13:39:51
by pamajo
lily beetle
I am planning my garden for the season.In the previous two seasons my garden has been plagued by lily beetle,my crown imperials were attacked and all my lilys.I have read that spraying sunflower oil on plants will help.Does anybody have any advise by sal3
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27/02/2012 14:41:47
by honey2
Lily beetle
I need some advice before I have just soggy stalks in place of my regale lilies! I have never had as much trouble as I have this year from this beetle  (and such a pretty thing too!!) And, I presume its the larvae? Slug like in looks and feel by SilverFairy
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21/07/2012 13:02:16
by Rosemary Clarke
Oh no, lily beetles are back!
faded completely. Almost every pot had a pair of red lily beetles mating at the top of the highest lilly shoot!  It looks like it's time for all the lily-lovers here to start inspecting them for these damaging pests.  I'm tempted to spray with a systemic by BobTheGardener
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17/05/2012 15:07:22
by Emma Crawforth
Talkback: Lily beetle
Goodness me , the dreaded Lily beetle along with all the other things that attack our lovely plants, well if you water the plants with vine weeval killer it does help to protect them also against Lily beetles, killing two pests for the price of one by kaycurtis
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19/05/2012 19:43:34
by jane_cardiff
Talkback: Dealing with lily beetle
 guillotining slugs with my secateurs It is a quick death no? Wintersong, that is exactly what I do to slugs to!  I refuse to feel guilty, I would feel bad when I'd be using the pellets though. Lily beetles are crushed with whatever I can find - I really love my by Tim Burr
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24/07/2012 14:42:05
by jenny wren
how to get rid of
could you tell me the best way to get  rid of lily beetles.and if they come from the bulbs,i had some lilys  that have just finised so i was turning the soil  over and found them in the soil  You will never completely eradicate this pest- as you by ken5
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24/08/2012 06:51:43
by gardengirl6
LILY BULBS
I've had some magnificent lily bulbs in a raised bed but the last two years they have been infected by lily beetles despite me checking them daily, squashing any I found and trying to get rid of the slimy larva. I took them out and have the bulbs by lindapalmara
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11/12/2012 13:53:22
by Alina W
lily beetle
how do I get rid of these beautiful pests.sprayed and squashed them but they keep re-appearing munching on my lilies. Sorry, but there is no good news here.    It is a continuous, daily battle! by flowering rose
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28/08/2012 21:42:15
by gardengirl6
Talkback: Turkscap lilies
Is there any sign that the Lily beetles are finding their way to the lillies by smell? I wondered if it might be worth-while crushing up something that smells a bit bad and spraying them with that - Garlic or Euphorbia perhaps, but I'm not sure what by www.alittlesliceofeden.blogspot.com
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15/04/2012 04:45:53
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