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Hi all:
I wanted to revive this post to see what you ended up doing. I just found Lily leaf beetles for the first time, and talking to some of my demoralized friends, I’m tempted to pull up all my lilies while I still can (I’m not particularly attached to them, though they’re my major source of summer bloom for a period).
Did you have luck with neem oil? Is it a losing battle? I just can’t handle picking and squishing everyday.
-Benjamin
Welcome! I’m Margaret Roach, a leading garden writer for 25 years—at ‘Martha Stewart Living,’ ‘Newsday,’ and in three books. I host a public-radio podcast; I also lecture, plus hold tours at my 2.3-acre Hudson Valley (NY) Zone 5B garden, and always say no to chemicals and yes to great plants.
