Pot Bound Lillies

[Jitterbug]

Hi all

I wonder if someone could help me please.  I have acouple of pot bound lillies which I planted about 3 years ago.  Is it any good to re-pot and thin them out of are the bulbs now finished?

Sorry if this sounds like a stupid question.  One thing I did notice last year was a beetle on them which I promptly kept squashing.  Will this have infected the bulb?

Regards

Jitterbug

[Jitterbug]

[Robert_Brenchley]

Split them up and repot, giving them fresh compost and space. If that was a bright red beetle, it was probably a lily beetle. They attack the foliage not the bulbs, so you're OK. You just have to be vigilant during the growing season.

[sunloving]

But feed the white grubs which are its juvenile stage to the robins they love them.
x sunloving

[saddad]

Equally it may be the dreaded vine weevil, white grubs with brown heads, again feed them to the birds and water in some nematodes when it warms up.
:)

[Jitterbug]

Thanks so much for all the replies.  It was indeed a red beetle skinny and longish (but no longer than my thumb nail). Ugly little blighter. 

I will repot them - when is the best time - now or wait until the frost has gone?  Also what namatode would I use?

Kind regards

Jitterbug