My lilies are under attack!
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Rhonda B on Jun 26, 2015It might be Red Lily Beetles-have you seen an red insects on your plant?Helpful Reply
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Suzette Trimmer on Jun 26, 2015Oh, my heart goes out to you for this condition, that can and by the looks of your pictures did happen to your lilies. They survived bulb mites but looks like you have the worst foot rot I have ever seen with these beautiful lilies. Fungal disease is what you have going on. Stem rot just below the surface of your lilies can happen and sadly did here the fungi can travel all the way up to the tips of your flowers. Another issue that could be going on at the same time might also worsen your situation done by aphids that transmit this viral disease. Though these beautiful flowers love moist humid weather, but too much rain has done this terrible thing to this year's seasonal blooms. I know what has gone wrong and it breaks my heart that I have not a single solution to help you fix or repair this problem. Better luck next year is a tiny constellation. I feel so bad for you. But at least we both know the why and the what.Helpful Reply
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Holly on Jun 27, 2015I also suspect red beetles. If you don't see the bugs themselves, you may see gooey black lumps which are the larvae and do the most damage. Treat with Neem oil.Helpful Reply
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Kat Davis-Moran on Jun 27, 2015First I would use Epsom salt to built of nutrients to the soil 1/4 cup around the plant, then fels-naptha soap, take shavings of the soap and add to water spray the plants the spray with organic need oil. The bugs will not like the soap taste preventing them to munch on your plants, the need oil suffocates the bugsHelpful Reply
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Luis on Jun 27, 2015red lily leaf beetle I have them too there are very few things that will kill them, I found that Monterey Garden insect spray with Spinosad will kill them but you must spray top bottom and soil and if you see brown lumps that look like poop on the leaves you must pull them with your hands those are the larva and when they are ready they will drop to the soil and bury them selves by the root of the plant for next year.Helpful Reply
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Darrel Rose on Aug 26, 2015Looks overwatered to me, lillies are suseptible to a fungus, I have a stella de oro lilly and it is just beautifulHelpful Reply
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