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    Evening all

    As I have mentioned in a previous post my leeks are looking resplendent and probably my best at this stage ever. In the past I have never covered them but today I read about leek moth. I know some people cover virtually everything but I like to see the lovely blue green foliage and dont really want a plot that looks like a camping site with debris netting tents everywhere.

    Whats the general consensus?

  • #2
    I like to see my plants so try to get away with not covering. I had a really bad problem with cabbage whites last year this year I haven't seen one so I (try) to go with the flow of what working


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    Last edited by Mumbles; 22-06-2014, 07:05 PM.

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    • #3
      Around these parts there are definitely fewer cabbage whites about this year compared to last. For some reason there are huge numbers of small tortoiseshells on the wing this year, but they eat nettles not cabbages so it's all good.
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      • #4
        The only 2 things I cover are Brassicas & Strawberries.
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        • #5
          I only have the two, and they won't be getting covered

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          • #6
            Thanks all, naked it is

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            • #7
              I could be making this up - and anyway it doesn't help your foliage admiration but...................
              I think Garden Organic have been doing a trial on cutting down the foliage when the leek moth is a problem and letting the leaves regrow to overwinter.
              Maybe someone with a better memory than mine will come along soon

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              • #8
                I shall wait in anticipation VC

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                • #9
                  If you've never covered them before then chances are that you don't have a problem (assuming that you don't get the problem every year anyway) so leave them as is.

                  Some of us live in the past, always talking about back then. Some of us live in the future, always planning what we are going to do. And, then there are those, who neither look behind or ahead, but just enjoy the moment of right now.

                  Which one are you and is it how you want to be?

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                  • #10
                    The cabbage whites are all on holibobs in SW France - my brassicas are infested and I don't normally have a problem until the autumn
                    Can't help on the leek moth, although I guess that is what munched its way through my stored garlic this last spring.
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