On this page we will provide information on the pests and diseases that affect bulbs and the methods members have found useful in controlling them. We encourage pictures to illustrate points.
This Moraea lurida has just opened and has already been eaten by something. Photo by Bob Rutemoeller.
Snails and slugs can cause a lot of damage to bulbs: to the leaves, the flowers, and sometimes even eating the storage organ. Picture from Arnold Trachtenberg of a slug feast on very toxic colchicum leaves
Stagonospora curtisii (also known as red leaf spot or red blotch)
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