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Whats eating the Alstromeria?

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By Motinot


Whats eating the Alstromeria?



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Thats a shame, as its in a pot perhaps copper bands might help?

15 May, 2011

 

Do you think it is slugs Drc?... i cant find any...:<(

15 May, 2011

 

Have a look around where there are any stones or other pots they will eat at night and hide else where, I found tiny slugs last year under the leaves of my lilies which they ate, either that or the dreaded lily beetle which can fly, as I ve found them on two of my plants and they were not on my lilies.

15 May, 2011

 

Hope its not lily beetle, Sixpence....I've never had them and i always grow lots of lilies which are about to bloom soon....In saying that, ive never grown Alstromeria until this year...I have 2 pots of them, sitting alone on 2 steps....I'll go check again....thanks

16 May, 2011

 

Ahrr if you have them on steps look to the side of the steps if any snails or slugs are hiding there, lily beetle leaves a brown stuff under side of leaf and burries their eggs in the soil so I ve heard, which then its best to change the soil like I did a few years ago.

16 May, 2011

 

Ok Sixpence...i'll go look....Yuck!!!!

16 May, 2011

 

Lol let me know if you find any.

16 May, 2011

 

No beetles...no slugs..I put a few pellets along the steps where they join the decked area....Its the only place they could come from.....:<(

16 May, 2011

 

I don't blame you they could be sticking under the steps if there are gaps between.

16 May, 2011

 

Moti, it's most likely Lily Beetles.

They discovered my alstros about a year after i'd planted them, i don't see many but do every now and again.
What you could do is spray with Provado asap and you'll find that that is effective for a couple of months or so.

I find that slugs eat the brand new growth of alstros, as they emerge from the ground - but not really as they grow up.

16 May, 2011

 

Louise...I know what lily beetle look like, (quite pretty)..but i have never actually seen one...Are they a day-time insect or night-time....or worse...ALL the time?

16 May, 2011

 

Moti, I had quie a few plants being eaten and couldn't seem to find anything, but I found the culprit in the end, it was a little minute caterpillar (green) and not even anywhere near as thick as a matchstick. They are very hard to find as they blend in with the leaves. I had a willow a few years ago and they stripped it. Nearly every leaf had been eaten. I was gutted, so keep your eye out Mot before they get chance to multiply (if its them)

16 May, 2011

 

I've only seen them in the day, Moti, and not that often.

Although i get a lot of caterpillars here i've never once seen one on my alstros, and i have loads of these in my gardens.

17 May, 2011

 

Ok...I'll keep an eye out for all those things..lol
Thanks all...:>)

17 May, 2011



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