I was in the garden yesterday.
There are teeny red noses appearing.Almost time to spray for the beetle.
Let's See New Lilies Sprouting!
Wow, ge, what do you use to control those lily beetles? Luckily I've yet seen them here. I'm growing butterflies habitat/garden. Afraid to use any chemical for the sake of those jewels.
All I can say is be thankful you dont have the red lily beetle.
There isnt much that controles them beside insectesides like Sevin and Bayer 12 month Tree and Shrub spray with Imideploid.
I'm I'm thank you. I just need to becareful dealing with pests.
Yes! Anyone living on the water, as you do, has to check carefully before using any garden product.
Precisely, Arlene. I also need to learn about invasive aquatic plants for the environment safety. Last year, I had wonderful time watching hummingbirds feeding on lily's nectar. Tigerswallowtail last week; will post more pix of lilies 'sprouting' later today.
There are very strong restrictions around here as to what can be used and when it can be used. The water is across the street from us.
Love your photos and follow them on the bird photos threads!
ge1836, I am not familiar with the Bayer product you mentioned above and it may contain the active ingredient that I am most familiar with for Red Lily Beetle contol, Imidacloprid. Also sold as "Merit". I use the Bayer product for Rose & Flower (not trees and shrubs).
Lilylove, love that photo of the butterfly.. We don't get butterflies like that until possibly July or in a butterfly house.
I'm afraid to use any systemic potions on the ground as we grow tomatoes and a few other short season vegetables like cucumbers, lettuce, radish, beet and broccoli. So I run around with the Super Repellant spray about every 10-20 days since the red lily beetles start early. The spray also deters deer and other pests because of its bad taste. We don't like killing, but if we didn't put out something to get rid of the rodents (moles and voles), we'd have no bulbs left and our yard would be all tunnels. My gardening buddy has a rabbit family that eats into his produce. I don't like Peter rabbit.
So far, there are no lilies, so no lily beetles. However, deer love tulips (bud and bloom) and hosta blooms, so we start early. If you see the culprits in the photo, keep a watchful eye.
P. S. They also attack fritillalria.
Wow, great pictures of the beetles, and thanks for that info on them. Way too early here for anything, but now I know to keep a watchful eye out for those nasty things. How big are they? They look kinda like a ladybuy, only minus the spots. Are they about that size too?
I wish I had some fritillaria, lol!
They are about the size of a lightning bug, maybe a bit wider. Same color as a ladybug (minus spots). I don't think you'll see them in Wyoming, but they are awful in the northeast.
Marcia
Thank all for sharing the infor relate with the red lily beetles. Lilies continue to grow leap and bounds down south. Butterflies just wait for warm weather to spread their wings. Such wonderful time of year.
Mainiack: Imidiploid is the main ingredient in ALL Bayer products( plus water ) to one percent or another. I was told its a soft shell insect killer, those would be larve of any kind.
I will also drench Iris for root borrers.
In the past I used Sevin and sprayed around the emerging noses of lilies.
I used a Bonide iris borer killer on Irises but since those are my daughters plants and gardens I let her do it.
I have enough to do just keeping up with mine.
I learned of the Bayer product Tree and Shrub ,this fall so I havnt used it yet. I used Rose and flower spray duering the summer when I saw the beetles. If Imidiploide does the job I wont use Sevin any more.
I kept using Bayer Tree & Shrub on a Magnolia tree for scale. It's in God's hands now, I've spent enough money on this tree already. It would be cheaper to get a new tree. Around here the pesticide sells for $30+ a bottle plus tax.
Sprouts!! They're close to the house at the south end, but by golly they're growing!
Yahoo! Those are good looking sprouts Moby.
30 bucks is about right.
Well, I'll be.... Everybody's sprouting, so I just had to check this a.m. Icky weather and all, we have lilies! They're either the Elodies or Fata Morganas (with an extra layer of petals). Those are the only asiatics in that garden. Checked the other gardens and containers, and no new sprouts. But that's ok for today. Life is good.
That it is. :)
Love to see those sprouts
Down South, sprouts are growing like -- mushrooms. Here is the same one yesterday;
I love to see them grow like that: they have all their leaves (and tiny buds) even before the stalk catches up.
Time lapse would be a fun thing to watch.
I like the Palmtree stage
I like it when they look like they need a haircut!
They really are cute when they have that 'mop-top'.
Well you all saw my other lilies at the top of the page. Here is another small bed around the mailbox. This are all Lilium longiflorum that I got from Brent and Becky's I've got 15 in total. They are already starting to poke their heads out.
And the other end of it.
Somehow I would have expected your lilies to be much higher, far ahead of us.
Cathy these Easter lilies I planted about a week ago. My other lilies are about a foot and a half tall already. I can even see the small buds in the center.
A row of Red Alert Lilies in have in my side yard.
I'm reluctant to venture outside and check the lilies...awakened at 4 am by a hail storm that deposited 1" stones of ice all over.
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Stay safe jmorth. Those hails storms were here and gradually moved up there! As the hot and cold, hot and cold airstreams collide!
I never knew what caused the hail, just that it sure can be destructive. I've seen it once in the summer, the rest of the time only when it was mixed with sleet.
Really? Guess I shouldn't be so surprised as we didn't see it much when I lived in Minnesota. My son was 7 y/o when we moved here. He got pretty excited and asked if he could go out in it, I laughed and said 'if you really want to...' He didn't last long. LOL
Lilies are popping here. 3 days of warmth and a 70's temp w/ thunder storms should make everything pop up.
Same here, Jo Ann.
I have a question, stupid or otherwise, & I just have to ask cause it is making me crazy. While cleaning off my garden beds I noticed on several of my asiatics, many little bulblets on the surface of the ground. They seemed to be rooted but on the surface. I don't see the big "mama" bulbs, just alot of babies. I have never seen this before. Do lily bulbs heave out of the ground like iris can?
What you're seeing is normal here. No sign of the mother bulb but many babies at the surface. Moby can answer whether or not this is considered heaving but the babies do seem to root and grow well for me.
Unless the mother bulb is actually out of the ground I wouldn't consider it heaving as irises do.
Thank you for the info. It was a new one on me! Can I pull out the little guys & replant them?