leek moth

[hawthorns]

leek moth have decimated my leeks my question is would bedris netting keep out the moth. im planning my defences for next year

[marathon]

leek moth have decimated my leeks my question is would bedris netting keep out the moth. im planning my defences for next year

half of mine were not covered and I have been attacked the other half on another side of the plot were covered with scaffold netting and there are fine. May be down to luck but I'll be covering all 300 of them next year.

[Two_Sheds]

Mine were covered with debris netting, and there's still a maggot in every single one.

I need a finer net or to sew up the bigger holes

[chriscross1966]

Ditto... 12mm did a job on keeping the cabbage whites off my cabbages and brussels but all my leeks seem to be riddled with moth.... grr.... will see if the GC has any plants and will plant a few tonight if they do...

chrisc

[Paulottie]

So Mine look pretty ragged...does that mean i should be digging them out?...last year some of the crop seemed to make it through winter. Very disappointed

[chriscross1966]

It's been a bad year for leek moth... everyone I know except an old geezer who meshed his has been decimated.....

chrisc

[rana]

I have kept my leeks in pots in the greenhouse in the hope of avoiding leek moth but once again the plants have been destroyed. Funny thing is, a couple of miles away the gardeners are unaffected - some haven't even heard of leek moth.

[Alison]

Seeing as so many of you are mentioned problems with leek moth thought I'd best read up on it as I'd never heard of it - or anybody round here complaining about it. Seems it's a southern thing so hopefully they won't make their way up here.

[womble]

It's one thing I've never seen, AIUI it seems to run riot in places where lots of people grow things together. I grow on my own, in a remote village, so that may have something to do with it.