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Not content with ravaging my leeks later in the season, the little b****rs first generation have attacked my garlic

Anybody else with this problem?

I am getting less of these problems now by interplanting and mixing up / planting with companion plants - any large area of one crop will attract pests in for a feast. They overlook the odd plant mixed in with others, confuses pests.

Yes PJ, I seem to have some in my garlic - hopefully I can harvest this before it gets out of hand (but I'd welcome any advice on keeping larvae out of the bulbs whilst they're drying).

My leeks are still quite immature but one or two of them show signs. That'll teach me to smirk at my neighbour who put all his leeks under enviromesh in April (I though I'd be able to leave that till later in the Summer).

Colin_M wrote:Yes PJ, I seem to have some in my garlic - hopefully I can harvest this before it gets out of hand (but I'd welcome any advice on keeping larvae out of the bulbs whilst they're drying).

My leeks are still quite immature but one or two of them show signs. That'll teach me to smirk at my neighbour who put all his leeks under enviromesh in April (I though I'd be able to leave that till later in the Summer).

Hi Colin,

I've never encountered them this early in the year before, so was quite shocked when I spotted it. Hopefully any larvae that you haven't squashed or cut out, will have completed its life cycle before the garlic are drying. Hopefully the second generation won't be around until later in the summer.