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Asiatic lilies have leaves and Asian lily beetles love to eat them. Day lilies have grass like leaves and Asian lily beetles leave them alone. Day lilies aren't a true lily but are Hemerocallis while Asiatic lilies are truly of the lily family (or genus - I forget).

Day lilies are more of a rhizome-type that will grow large clumps (much like iris except spreading much faster) and Asiatic lilies are a tubers. Asiatic lilies have long lasting flowers but Day lily flowers only last one day (each stalk generally produces several flowers that bloom on different days).

Oh, and I've lumped Asiatic and Oriental lilies into one in my mind since I've never been able to keep them from being mowed down by beetles, so don't ask me the difference between those two

 

2 inch thick raw edge chainsaw cut pine slabs on top of concrete blocks.
If you are referring to my pic.

 

BTW - I don't remember the picture you are referring to, but Google has given me a Lemon Lily Daylily (Hemerocallis) and then there is a true lily called Lemon Lilium - which probably isn't it since it is oly good to zone 6 (unless it was in a planter so it could be brought in anyway)

 

garden looks good Well Seasoned

 

Corn Question.
My corn has been in tassel for the last 3 weeks. Out of 4 15' rows I have perhaps 5 small ears with silk. Am I in trouble or just getting inpatient?
I have always thought the Tassel was the male part and the silk was the female part.

 

I haven't grown corn in a long long time. I was mostly feeding forest critters and corn earworms. The tassels forming ahead of ears of corn seems normal to me but no ears of corn forming within two or three weeks sounds like it's been too dry. Maybe now with all the cow corn fields turned over to mcmansions I could try corn again.

 

I've heard of vinyl siding staining/distorting from heat from a window reflection but that's over the top.

 

We had been having quite the warm spell around here. It was a quick jaunt to My lady’s parents where we planted some plants about a month ago or so. Corn is ...growing. So are the zucchini’s,(huge plants at least for us!) spaghetti squash, basil finally and I picked like 4-5 onions at my place. Things are turning a corner here as some were somewhat struggling to lift off but now I wonder if it’ll ever stop...

 

I heard that you’re supposed to pour some bloodmeal around the corn. If you’re watering it well, this should help. I’m in the same stage only I’m at chest high and the silks are starting for me. They get a 30 min shower every evening.

 

looking for some help from the pros here.
my tomatoes plants look terrible...again...
this starts from the ground up. first the tips of the leaves closest to the ground. first one leaf, then spreads to 2-3 leaves on a branch. I clip the bad looking branch, then before too long. the tip of the leaf on the next branch up starts to turn brown. and so on and so on.
is this early blight? or some other fungus?
the fruit turns out ok usually.

where do I go from here. I think this is the 3rd or 4th year now.

I have 2 garden boxes. tomato plants and pepper plants in both boxes. we've had success with lettuce, beans and garlic. and ok fruit on pepper plants but some of the pepper plants have got black spots on them in the past couple years.
getting frustrated and feel like I'm wasting my time and quite a bit of money too

pics are two separate garden boxes about 5' apart