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- Keep leeks away from pests - prevention is better than clearing
- Consistently fight leek moth
- Effectively ward off onion thrips
- Tips & Tricks
Keep leeks away from pests - prevention is better than clearing
It is primarily two pests that can thoroughly spoil our appetite on freshly harvested leeks. What these are and how they do not even come to the train, you can find out here.
Cut off or dig up leeks? - So you reap rightConsistently fight leek moth
The light gray to brownish moths are mischievous from May to October. At night, they swarm to eat through the leaves and shafts of your leeks. An infected plant may no longer consume anyone, so that the clearing is unavoidable.
So that it does not get that far, you have a whole arsenal of preventive control methods available:
Effectively ward off onion thrips
The females of the yellow-browned fringed flies lay their eggs directly on the leek leaves. As a result, the maggots eat through the entire plant. Anyone who takes the following prophylactic measures, the onion rotations in time from their nefarious activities:
Tips & Tricks
In a natural garden, the natural predators of leek moths and onion flies prefer to settle. Humps, ground beetles, frogs, hedgehogs and birds are always looking for retreats. Leave old tree stumps lying or pile brushwood and leaves into small piles. A drywall attracts the beneficials as irresistibly as a dense hedge.