garden help?

Question

what can i buy that will stop the bugs, slugs, ladybirds without spots, eating all my bedding plants. My lillies have no leaves left, iam gutted.

Answer 1

If you have a red beetle, a bright scarlet body and black legs, head, antennae, and undersurface you have the lily beetle. They lay eggs on the plant on the underside of leaves in an irregular line. When they hatch they look like very little slugs in yellow or brown shades of green. Hand pick as many adults as you can find. Picture http://bugguide.net/node/view/20065/bgpage
Neem oil, an insecticide based upon extracts from the neem tree is effective and if spot applied to your lillies and near plants is as effective as things like Sevin without the toxicity. Neem can be purchased at garden centers under many trade names . Neem kills larvae and repels adults.
Natural control info site http://www.buglogical.com/pestControlCatalogIndex.asp
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Home made insecticidal soap spray. USDA recommended.
1T of liquid dishwashing soap--the brand doesn't matter
1 c vegetable oil. Scientists believe that canola oil repels insects by altering the outer layer of the leaf surface or by acting as an insect irritant. Canola oil appears to have no adverse effects on humans or the environment. Soybean oil is widely available and has demonstrated good to moderate control on many species of pests. Soybean oil can also aid in suppression of powdery mildew.

When you're ready to spray, add one or two teaspoons of the oil-and-soap solution to a cup of water. Pour that into a sprayer and shake well.
Do not spray when temps are above 27 C or 80 degrees Fahrenheit! Your plants may "burn" or have a reaction to what you are using in excessive heat. This is known as "phytotoxicity."

Answer 2

Stop growing lilies. You probably have one of the worst pests out there these days...the lily beetle. It is red and looks just like ladybirds without spots; however it devours everything. I have stopped growing lilies because I dont use pesticides and this beetle is almost impossible to get rid of. For slugs, surrounds your plants with diatomaceous earth. You can get this at a nursery but it is expensive. I use direwd out thistle heads that have no seed. Put anything around your plants that is prickly. The slugs are punctured and die. I think your main problem is the lily beetle though.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

The beetles without spots ....are they small? Could be flea beetles. Your garden center or nursery will have a general flower pesticide that will solve the problem. It may contain diazinon or any one of several other pesticides.

Pesticides vary in their action, contact killers actually have to hit the insects and injested killers where the insect can come later and get a mouthful.

Slugs and snails require bait, their gooey nature or hard shell protect them from contact pesticides. If you have pets in the garden, the baits are dangerous, but not impossible to use. Still, a mishap and your pet could be poisoned.

Answer 5

Introduce wildlife into your garden by adding a pond which will attract insect eating animals. Plant perennials which will attract bee's, butterflies. Log piles for hedgehogs which love slugs and snails. Boil some chopped garlic and spray the juice from it on and around your plants, slugs hate it. Hope it helps. x

Answer 6

My mum always used fairy washing up liquid diluted done

i dont know but its worth a go.

L

Answer 7

a hedgehog will eat them