To put weedkiller in a water pistol and nuke neighbours lillies?

[Mumteedum]

Obviously I won't. I just want to vent.

Next door neighbour is a gifted gardener. He grows monster lillies. Each plant is 7-8 feet high (it's above the fence). The plant nearest my house is right next to the fence and about 2 metres from my back door.

I can count over 20 budding flowers already in the bit above the fence. There are at least 6 of these plants..maybe more. So I would estimate that each plant must have up to 80 flower heads. That's 480 liliies.

Its hot and I need windows open but I'm sat wheezing and I've got a headache. I never have to take my inhaler apart from now.

My house stinks of them.

Can I nuke them? Please 🙏 😁

@NeverDropYourMoonCup

So I have to pull up my lily's now in case nexts doors cat which today wiped out 2 Young blackbirds I'd been happy watching somehow poisons itself because somehow its my responsibility. In a word no.

@Mumteedum

Obviously I won't. I just want to vent.

Next door neighbour is a gifted gardener. He grows monster lillies. Each plant is 7-8 feet high (it's above the fence). The plant nearest my house is right next to the fence and about 2 metres from my back door.

I can count over 20 budding flowers already in the bit above the fence. There are at least 6 of these plants..maybe more. So I would estimate that each plant must have up to 80 flower heads. That's 480 liliies.

Its hot and I need windows open but I'm sat wheezing and I've got a headache. I never have to take my inhaler apart from now.

My house stinks of them.

Can I nuke them? Please 🙏 😁

Most certainly not, flowers are lovley, besides if the person is an expert and detailed, soon as you attempt sabotage they may suspect something, then there is cctv to consider, then also the chemical mixes and required chemicals that would be needed to successful lly sabotage the plants, ect

@Zwellers

So I have to pull up my lily's now in case nexts doors cat which today wiped out 2 Young blackbirds I'd been happy watching somehow poisons itself because somehow its my responsibility. In a word no.

Why didn’t you intervene after she killed the first blackbird? Surely you didn’t just sit there and do nothing?

Why didn’t you intervene after she killed the first blackbird? Surely you didn’t just sit there and do nothing?

So now is someone else’s fault the cat killed the birds?

The brass neck of that…

@ChardonnaysPetDragon

Why didn’t you intervene after she killed the first blackbird? Surely you didn’t just sit there and do nothing?

So now is someone else’s fault the cat killed the birds?

The brass neck of that…

Who said it was anyone’s fault? I’m just pu astounded that someone would sit and watch a cat kill two birds and not intervene after the first one. I would have done.

I bloody love you op for the weedkiller water pistol combo idea! I have now come up with a plan for tacking some weeds that I can’t reach. I shall load it with vinegar and dish soap for eco friendlier alternative.

Lilies are foul things. They were grown for their very strong smell to cover up the smell of bodies decomposing in funeral parlours. 🤢

But at least ask him.

I love my garden, but I would have no problem moving any plant if someone just asked me.

I've just dug up all the foxgloves in my front garden as the local kids like picking the flowers (I've told them they can).

Most gardeners are nice people. But if you don't tell him, how can he know?

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I can't believe so many people hate lilies
They are my favourite
I have them in the house (pollen removed) and currently have several pots of them in the garden
Luckily my neighbour also has them in his garden cos by the sounds of you lot I'd be expected to dig them up, in a word, no

I can't believe so many people hate lilies

It's not hate for hate's sake. My grandmother had the most beautiful white lilies and I loved them. Not sure whether is the modern varieties that are bred for scent, but they give me an instant migraine now.

@ChardonnaysPetDragon

I can't believe so many people hate lilies

It's not hate for hate's sake. My grandmother had the most beautiful white lilies and I loved them. Not sure whether is the modern varieties that are bred for scent, but they give me an instant migraine now.

Your DGM might have hade Madonna lilies which are completely different. The scent is heavenly (my granny’s sister had them in the garden)

Maybe, they were definitely white and didn't give me a headache.

She was a great gardener, I miss her very much.

Great thread lol but in all seriousness, just talk to him. Explain that although you didn’t mention it last year, it’s taking it’s toll this year as you can already feel the effects and you’re allergic and can he move them to the other side at least. If he doesn’t do that with them being in pots, then he’s a dick.

It is well known that lillies in particular can give people headaches and worst case, be really allergic.

@redfairy

Where are all these long legged cats that can brush up against lilies then lick their polleny fur? Tosh! Always had cats, always had lilies and no-one has died yet

On a table with a vase of lilies cut to cat height, usually.

The risk is miniscule outside as fallen pollen will get blown away by the wind and the flowers are above the cat. I suppose if you had a lot of dead flowers on a patio and the cat laid on them...

@Tinpotspectator

I hope those are lillies and are not datura.

Datura don't look anything like lilies. They have different leaves and the petals are fused.

Your DGM might have hade Madonna lilies which are completely different. The scent is heavenly (my granny’s sister had them in the garden)
Or regale lilies. One of Beverly Nichols' garden books mentioned them, and he said they had a very strong scent.www.bing.com/images/search?q=regale+lilies&qpvt=regale+lilies&FORM=IGRE

Nuke the fuckers OP! They almost killed my cat.

I looked it up on Google.

They were Madonna lilies, perfect white.

I must also add that Grandmother never had cats and I don't remember seeing a single cat in the garden.

Oh God I hate the smell of lilies - they smell like cow shit.

I would have to move.

Just had to comment that that photo on the first page with the lilies looming under a merciless-looking sun is wonderfully sinister.

No they don't @bluebeck. There is no need to be so melodramatic

@bluebeck

Oh God I hate the smell of lilies - they smell like cow shit.

I would have to move.

Cow shit?!

LOL - yes, they smell like cow dung to me

Absolutely horrible.

They smell like horse shit to me. Really repulsive stench. Almost like rotting flesh.

I wonder if it's a genetic thing....