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Growing => General Gardening => Topic started by: spottymint on March 25, 2012, 17:28

Title: Lilly Beetles
Post by: spottymint on March 25, 2012, 17:28

Their back  :(

Found 2 this morning, out & about.

Title: Re: Lilly Beetles
Post by: Trillium on March 25, 2012, 20:39

Once they find you, it's very hard to ever be rid of them.

Just keep checking very regularly and squishing them. They also seem to like onions and fritillaries so check those as well.

Title: Re: Lilly Beetles
Post by: viettaclark on March 25, 2012, 22:47

I had them last year on all my lilies in (many) pots. I was regularly squishing them then I had a brainwave and put the pots down for the chooks to investigate. Couple of pecked leaves but no more beetles!
I'll do it again this year.

Title: Re: Lilly Beetles
Post by: sunshineband on March 26, 2012, 07:32

In the absence of chooks I check for lily beetles everytime I go past the plants -- the fewer beetles now the fewer grubs later