I'm far too squeamish to squish anything - I can't even bear to use slug pellets because the corpses always look like they died in agony Slugs and snails get collected and rehomed in the compost bin.
Anyway... it turns out that lily beetles can't swim so a bucket of water works.
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I've been inspecting my lilies every evening armed with a couple of pieces of kitchen roll - good for squishing
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I'm far too squeamish to squish anything - I can't even bear to use slug pellets because the corpses always look like they died in agony
Slugs and snails get collected and rehomed in the compost bin.
Anyway... it turns out that lily beetles can't swim so a bucket of water works.