To best prevent Winter Moth damage next spring, best to act now … Dusting and sweeping your bark along with using grease bands will reduce their numbers.
Severe Winter Moth caterpillar attacks can weaken young trees. Extensive damage to fruit trees can affect crop yield and quality.
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How to prevent winter moth damage
Now’s the time to use grease bands and prevent Winter Moths from laying too many of their eggs on your valuable trees and branches.
One thing the worms read is that using organic methods are preferable … after all, the caterpillars are a part of your garden’s ecosystem – predators, especially birds during nesting time, will feed on the caterpillars.
That’s enough from the worms, here’s some tip-top advise from the experts
How to prevent Winter Moth damage
Great advise from the RHS – Symptoms, control and little bit about ‘What are Winter Moths’?
How to deal with Winter Moths
Gardener’s World talk about prevention. Not as detailed as the RHS link ….
Or would you rather train a lily beetle to sit?
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