I'm having problems with caterpillars on my cana lillies. They are very slender, around 1 to 1 1/2
inches long, and they use silk to sew the cana leaves closed before they unroll-- and then eat out
the leaf and prevent new leaves from pushing through. I've been dealing with them by hand, manually
unrolling the leaves as they reach unrolling size, but I'm hoping for recomendations on the correct
poison to apply to send them screaming into baby-moth Hell.

"Darren Garrison" wrote in message
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I'm having problems with caterpillars on my cana lillies. They are very
slender, around 1 to 1 1/2
inches long, and they use silk to sew the cana leaves closed before they
unroll-- and then eat out
the leaf and prevent new leaves from pushing through. I've been dealing
with them by hand, manually
unrolling the leaves as they reach unrolling size, but I'm hoping for
recomendations on the correct
poison to apply to send them screaming into baby-moth Hell.


Sounds like leaf rollers. You can use BT on them. It is non-toxic.

Yep, you must live towards the southeast, the best you can use is BT, you'll
need to keep a good amount onhand and respray it after a good rain, but it's
about the best.

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"Darren Garrison" wrote in message
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I'm having problems with caterpillars on my cana lillies. They are very
slender, around 1 to 1 1/2
inches long, and they use silk to sew the cana leaves closed before they
unroll-- and then eat out
the leaf and prevent new leaves from pushing through. I've been dealing
with them by hand, manually
unrolling the leaves as they reach unrolling size, but I'm hoping for
recomendations on the correct
poison to apply to send them screaming into baby-moth Hell.