Red Alert
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Re: Red Alert
Mine was just the one flounder..a baby one.
Call, it dropped onto the soil from the leaf so I got the spray and sprayed soil too.
Call, it dropped onto the soil from the leaf so I got the spray and sprayed soil too.
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So far I've killed 12 from 3 plants! I just check each morning and afternoon and there's always at least 1 on each plant.
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I'm in the same area as you Javeo, and I've given up with Lilies. I watched day after day removing and killing any that I found, and you only had to miss one day and the leaves were stripped off the plant.
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I hear you Dave, last year the lillies were potted and we got so many flowers and the lovely scent but there were hardly any leaves on the stems. I transplanted the bulbs into the ground this year, threw away the pot compost. If it happens again this year I'll probably follow suite, no point in growing pest food.
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I was amazed at my neighbours Lillies last year, she stripped the leaves on purpose and they looked great....
I thought at first it was a new kind.
12 Beetles is an aweful lot Javeo. Pity you had to stop growing the Lilies Dave.
I thought at first it was a new kind.
12 Beetles is an aweful lot Javeo. Pity you had to stop growing the Lilies Dave.
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As much as I love them, I used provado on them last year daily, but still razed to the ground.
After my lillies were ruined I found the beetles on my trachys, looked like they were chomping! That was the last straw, lillies banned from the cordyhouse
After my lillies were ruined I found the beetles on my trachys, looked like they were chomping! That was the last straw, lillies banned from the cordyhouse
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Last year was the first year that I've seen a lily beetle. So far this year I saw around 20 in one pot!
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Wow Kris, I thought my one was an early one,
Cordy, what ever would they want a Trachi for? Nothing to eat really unlike Lillies.
My Crocosmias had a Lily Beetle last year, I found that strange.
Cordy, what ever would they want a Trachi for? Nothing to eat really unlike Lillies.
My Crocosmias had a Lily Beetle last year, I found that strange.
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They have been moving steadily north over the last few years.Yorkshire Kris wrote:Last year was the first year that I've seen a lily beetle. So far this year I saw around 20 in one pot!
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They've been up here (100 km north of YK) for several years now.Dave Brown wrote:They have been moving steadily north over the last few years.Yorkshire Kris wrote:Last year was the first year that I've seen a lily beetle. So far this year I saw around 20 in one pot!