I have seen so much larvae covering my plants but I can’t find the adults But I will use sunflower oil Thanks you so much sir !

@walkingtalkinggardeners

Ай бұрын

Frustratingly, the larvae cause more damage than the adults. Good luck dealing with them Delaila. Simon 🙂

I put rosemary in the blender add sunflower oil and a little dish soap. Strain into a spray bottle. Smells good we will see if it works I just did it

@walkingtalkinggardeners

Ай бұрын

Hi Ed, let me know how you get on with that. Kind regards Simon

@rosebudd29

Ай бұрын

@@walkingtalkinggardeners the rosemary spray seems to do a ok job. But the life span seems to be 2 days and you need to reapply

@walkingtalkinggardeners

Ай бұрын

Hi Rosebud, I appreciate you updating me. Simon

Hello, I love your video and advice. I have some lovely RJ lillies,so beautiful.I have been checking daily for our little friends only to find today some on the plant and leaves have been eaten😮 so out comes my pure liquid soap by DP made a solution and sprayed the whole plant,it is derived from vegetable oil and seems to do the trick,trouble is I can only get this liquid at a very famous super market now and they sometimes cannot get it in. Thanks for your video. 😊

@walkingtalkinggardeners

11 ай бұрын

Thanks for your comment, and for sharing some great advice with us. Kind regards Simon

@kimmatlock7900

4 ай бұрын

Please share what the "DP" is so I can see if I can get it. Thanks

@walkingtalkinggardeners

4 ай бұрын

Hi Kim and thank you for your question. Before I answer, what is the 'DP'? Simon

@marilynnstoneman8654

3 ай бұрын

@@kimmatlock7900 hello, I have responded to your enquiry weeks ago but it has gone. DP stands for dri pak,it is pure liquid soap,also know in America as dish soap.It can be used for many things like laundry,cleaning,personal care. I just make up a spray bottle full of diluted liquid and spray my lillies.The little beetles do not like it and you may have to do this more than once. Hope this helps.

I can't win with my Lillie's 😢 it's either Japanese beetles (which the birds love, I throw them in the birdbath and they eat them right up) or scarlet beetles. 😅 I am going to try sunflower oil. I was using neem oil for a little hit and it seemed to be working, but they're bad now. 😢ty for this upload!

@walkingtalkinggardeners

2 ай бұрын

Hi Maris. And thanks for getting in touch. Japanese beetles! I guess it's only a matter of time before we get these too. Good luck with your pest management. Kind regards Simon

Is there something I can do to the soil after the growing season? Should I remove the bulbs and allow them to overwinter in my basement? I have lots of these beetles and I live in Wisconsin. The excessive amounts of rain and cool temps this summer don't seem to affect them. Neem has had no affect. I have been hand picking these daily.

@walkingtalkinggardeners

20 күн бұрын

You used to be able to get a product called 'Soil Pest Killer ' but that has been banned in the UK for a few decades now. Personally I would use a good quality systemic insecticide and spray fortnightly at the first sind of the beetles or their damage. Stop spraying once the plants come into flower bud. Kind regards Simon

Thanks for uploading! I like your presentation style, and it's clear you have a lot of knowledge, which commands my respect. Do you have any experience with Purecrop1? It's an organic insecticide made mostly of corn oil, soybean oil, and soap. I've had great success with it for sap-sucking pests like spider mites on houseplants, and scale on my magnolia -- but I can't find any information about its efficacy against beetles. I notice the lily beetles seem to chew the leaf rather than piercing it. Do you think the Purecrop1 would be an effective treatment, like sunflower oil?

@walkingtalkinggardeners

2 ай бұрын

Hi Parkpatt, I am afraid I never come across this in the UK. Our range of organic insecticide tend to be pyrethrum or fatty acid based, but it has been quite a few years since i was involved with a full rage of garden centre products. Simon

@parkpatt

2 ай бұрын

@@walkingtalkinggardeners thanks. The lilies are not native where I live, so I should probably just pull them but I can't bring myself to do it. They get terribly chewed up every year and still somehow survive. I thought I would try the product I mentioned but it's somewhat expensive. If sunflower oil works in your experience, perhaps I should try that. Do you think it needs to be sunflower specifically? -Parker

Do those pests feed on other plants/ flowers besides Lillies ? I have found them destroying my lillies now it seems something is eating all the leaves off my other flowers ): Never had this problem before ?

@walkingtalkinggardeners

2 ай бұрын

Hi Stacey all and thank you for your comment. Yes they do. They will feed on other genera from the family Liliaceae. So that could be fritillary, hemarocallis etc. Kind regards, Simon

@colettejaques2559

Ай бұрын

​@@walkingtalkinggardenerswhat??? So hydrangea? Do they eat these leaves??????

@walkingtalkinggardeners

Ай бұрын

Nope, but vine weevil will!!!! Simon 🙂

Neem oil?

@walkingtalkinggardeners

29 күн бұрын

Hi zzman. Yes, you could use neem oil. However, that product is not licensed for use as an insecticide in this country (UK) as research has shown that it has a negative effect on the wider environment. Kind regards, Simon

And it begins.! Spring, love is in the air. So are They. Spotted one last week. Then there were 3. Then, I lost count.! I was on a murderous rampage.! I pick them off also and use Neem oil. I checked today, so far so....??! They Are Terrible.!

@walkingtalkinggardeners

2 ай бұрын

I am sorry to hear that they are gathering in numbers on your plants. Hopefully you have stopped them before they make babies...!

@donnawhite4621

2 ай бұрын

@@walkingtalkinggardeners Matter of fact, I caught a few in the 'throws of passion',, was Not meant to be..on my end anyway... checked today, saw 2... I think what I really need to do is treat the ground. preferably I think in the fall.? I watched another video by one of your countrymen and that's what he suggested, I just don't like to use chemicals. Any suggestions.? Thanx for replying.

I have never seen or heard of these little buggers. I’m in Michigan. Is it the climate change?

@walkingtalkinggardeners

Ай бұрын

Hello Carolyn and thanks for getting in touch. I don't think it's climate change it's just one more pest that's been imported into the country on infected, imported stock.

@suebriski9529

22 күн бұрын

I'm in Wisconsin and have had lots of these beetles this summer.

@walkingtalkinggardeners

22 күн бұрын

@suebriski9529 I am sorry tohear thst Sue. Have you checked my other video on how to get rid of lily beetle? I go through all the control methods in that one? Kind regards

@sherryowens7724

21 күн бұрын

I am in Michigan and had not seen these beetles until this year. They are destroying my Asiatic lillies and daisies. Have tried crushing them and spraying with neem oil. Still a problem!​@suebriski9529