Growing to avoid Leek Moth

Leek Moth is a pest that has, only quite recently, reached Britain from Europe. Over the last few years the pest has been moving North throughout the UK. Leek moth damage was first seen on our allotments in Manchester 2017 where it devastated crops for many plotholders including ourselves!

In this video I discuss the biology of the Leek moth and how we use environmesh and pheromone traps to avoid leek moth damage.