budagardener On The Way Up

 Joined: 06 Jan 2008 Location: Buda, Texas Posts: 183 PlantStew: 1 |
| Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2008 3:29 pm Post subject: Something Eating my Lilies |
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I have not found the culperate yet, but the tips of my asiatic lilies that have broken ground are eaten off, and some leaves have holes in them.
I am not an advocate of pesticides, is there something anyone uses that is more organic or natural pest deterent??
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StarLiteFarms On The Way Up

 Joined: 04 May 2007 Location: Oklahoma, Piedmont Posts: 149
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| Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2008 4:46 pm Post subject: |
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My sister is habing really bad issues with rabbits eating all her lillies. But shes one to use spray repellant. I sure hope you figure out whos buggin your lillies!!! and i hope you find organic ways. What about marigolds? arent they pest repellants for some species of insects? planting them around your lillies? Im not much a gardener, but just a thought (:
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budagardener On The Way Up

 Joined: 06 Jan 2008 Location: Buda, Texas Posts: 183 PlantStew: 1 |
| Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 12:25 am Post subject: |
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I thought that marigolds would help and they are planted in the same beds. I can't figure it out.
I don't see any bugs. So far nothing has touched the hollyhocks or clematis in that front bed.
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trudy Showing Great Promise

Joined: 14 Jan 2008 Location: South Georgia, left at nowhere (Map) Posts: 272
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| Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 9:04 am Post subject: |
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I use a spray called "Liquid Fence", its garlic based. I spray it on my broccoli an sugar snap peas. It works really good to keep rabbits/deer, or what ever it was that kept eating them down. I smells horrible btw.
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StarLiteFarms On The Way Up

 Joined: 04 May 2007 Location: Oklahoma, Piedmont Posts: 149
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| Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 12:39 am Post subject: |
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Trudy> does it in any way affect (effect? lol) the way they taste in the end?
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