{"id":1203,"date":"2017-09-08T14:55:48","date_gmt":"2017-09-08T14:55:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hartsnursery.co.uk\/lily-info\/eradicating-lily-beetle\/"},"modified":"2017-09-08T14:55:48","modified_gmt":"2017-09-08T14:55:48","slug":"eradicating-lily-beetle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hartsnursery.co.uk\/lily-info\/eradicating-lily-beetle\/","title":{"rendered":"Eradicating lily beetle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This question was asked by <span class=\"hubmaster_faq_author\"><br \/>\n&#8211; <em>Angela <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"hubmaster_faq_blockquote\"><p>The dreaded lily beetle has has put me off growing lilies, but I want to grow martagon lilies next year. How can I prevent these pests from ruining my lilies?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"hubmaster_faq_answer\">Hello there,<br \/>\nYes the dreaded lily beetle is a nuisance for us Lily lovers but we have a few suggestions for you to try to keep them away:<\/p>\n<p>1) Spray with Imidcloprid and sunflower oil (or Bayer Provado Ultimate Bug Killer).<br \/>\n2) If you do not like using insecticides then spraying with diluted fairy liquid or crushed garlic in water have been suggested. Crush a whole corm of garlic in a small pan of boiling water. Allow to cool, strain and put in a small container in the fridge. When using, dilute three parts water to one part garlic solution. Spray often, every few days, especially when it has rained. There is a garlic product available in garden centres and stores, but this is a much cheaper alternative.<br \/>\n3) More recently, a customer has tried planting their lily bulbs alongside a garlic and this has been quite successful in keeping these creatures away.<br \/>\n4) Alternatively, we have been advising our customers to spray their lilies with NEEM oil to eradicate the lily beetle!<br \/>\nHope one of these suggestions will help you to keep your lilies looking as lovely as they should.<br \/>\nKind regards<br \/>\n<em class=\"hubmaster_faq_editor\">Loraine Hart<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This question was asked by &#8211; Angela The dreaded lily beetle has has put me off growing lilies, but I want to grow martagon lilies next year. How can I prevent these pests from ruining my lilies? Hello there, Yes &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hartsnursery.co.uk\/lily-info\/eradicating-lily-beetle\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33,106,125,101,56],"tags":[30,19,126],"class_list":["post-1203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-faq","category-lilies","category-lily-beetle","category-lily-care","category-newsletter","tag-garden","tag-lilies","tag-scarlet-lily-beetle"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hartsnursery.co.uk\/lily-info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hartsnursery.co.uk\/lily-info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hartsnursery.co.uk\/lily-info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hartsnursery.co.uk\/lily-info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hartsnursery.co.uk\/lily-info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1203"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hartsnursery.co.uk\/lily-info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1203\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hartsnursery.co.uk\/lily-info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hartsnursery.co.uk\/lily-info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hartsnursery.co.uk\/lily-info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}