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  • leek moth nightmare

    just been upto the plot tonight and noticed some damage to my leeks. on closer inspection its bloody leek moth . i have the leeks covered with enviromesh and the gits still got in. ive cut 15 leeks to the ground hoping they will come back. anybody else under attack
    my plot march 2013http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvzqRS0_hbQ

    hindsight is a wonderful thing but foresight is a whole lot better

  • #2
    First year I've grown leeks - what should I be looking for?
    Our England is a garden, and such gardens are not made
    By singing-'Oh how beautiful!" and sitting in the shade,
    While better men than we go out and start their working lives
    At grubbing weeds from gravel paths with broken dinner-knives. ~ Rudyard Kipling

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    • #3
      I think you'll find that a covering of enviromesh could still allows the little moths to get through. There's also Allium leaf miner (which is a fly) that causes similar symptoms.

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      • #4
        I haven't planted my leeks out yet, for this very reason. Leek moth is very bad over here, they'll do out later this month under mesh

        Cutting them back is good: they'll regrow
        All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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        • #5
          I had my leeks wiped out last year and intend to cover them with environmesh this time. Certainly the leek moth is much more wide spread than the RHS initially recognised . I am in Worcestershire and quite a few of my neigbours had problems with it last lear too.
          Gardening forever, housework whenever!

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          • #6
            You need to try a covering called Veggiethrow. It saved the leeks on my local allotment last year!

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            • #7
              How big is this moth? We haven't been bothered with them up this way yet but as the climate warms up we will no doubt get them shortly.

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              • #8
                There seems to be a moth or a butterfly ready to destroy pretty much everything we try to grow dam things
                My year log of growthhttp://http://backgardenfarm.blogspot.com/
                up dated blog 27th june ..pls read if u have the time
                http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4e0YjOHl2zI

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by Aberdeenplotter View Post
                  How big is this moth? We haven't been bothered with them up this way yet but as the climate warms up we will no doubt get them shortly.
                  They're about 6-8mm long and around 3-4mm wide, but their narrow abdomens also allow them to lay eggs onto leaves that are touching the covering. I reckon the best way is to use a reflective mesh that fools them into thinking it's water.

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                  • #10
                    ^ or from their point of view, every source of food is getting covered in mesh by humans
                    All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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                    • #11
                      Well if they would like a source of food I'd be glad to give them a small part of my garden for them to sow and grow there own food so long as they leave my ruddy veg alone !!.I think that's a fair solution..
                      My year log of growthhttp://http://backgardenfarm.blogspot.com/
                      up dated blog 27th june ..pls read if u have the time
                      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4e0YjOHl2zI

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by Germinater View Post
                        There seems to be a moth or a butterfly ready to destroy pretty much everything we try to grow dam things
                        I completely agree..think you have one bug beaten and you find a new one the folowing year on something else!!
                        Gardening forever, housework whenever!

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by Lotsaveg View Post
                          You need to try a covering called Veggiethrow. It saved the leeks on my local allotment last year!
                          i cant find it online where did you get it from
                          my plot march 2013http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvzqRS0_hbQ

                          hindsight is a wonderful thing but foresight is a whole lot better

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                          • #14
                            ^ Is it this stuff? Great Hockham Gardening Club | Discount Offers
                            All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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                            • #15
                              this is as far as i got but no pics etc

                              Originally posted by Two_Sheds View Post
                              my plot march 2013http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvzqRS0_hbQ

                              hindsight is a wonderful thing but foresight is a whole lot better

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