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We suffer with leek moth, but not (so far!) onion fly. I treat leek moth by cutting off all the leaves of the leeks, almost down to ground level and binning the cuttings. It sounds drastic, but it does work, and last year I didnt lose a single leek. The leeks will regrow again surprisingly quickly. In a bad year, I have had to repeat the cutting if they got the moth again, but they still regrow. All that happens is that they may be a bit later than usual, and the ends of the leaves are square as opposed to pointed!KittyKatt
Using enviromesh as well, as last year the leek crop was decimated.
Quote from: KittyKatt on September 06, 2009, 13:07:30We suffer with leek moth, but not (so far!) onion fly. I treat leek moth by cutting off all the leaves of the leeks, almost down to ground level and binning the cuttings. It sounds drastic, but it does work, and last year I didnt lose a single leek. The leeks will regrow again surprisingly quickly. In a bad year, I have had to repeat the cutting if they got the moth again, but they still regrow. All that happens is that they may be a bit later than usual, and the ends of the leaves are square as opposed to pointed!KittyKattwow Kitttykat I'm going to try that ,I weeded the leeks today and they're obviously infested so i'll try your chopping down method and post the results thanks :)
Leek moth seem to be an increasing quite rapidly. More and more people have it on our allotment this year, having never had it before.Looks like a good time to buy shares in Enviromesh ;D