• Caterpillars of the Plum Fruit Moth are the major cause of damage to the fruit of plum, gage or damsons trees.
• This plum moth monitor uses the pheromone scent of the female moth to attract and capture the male moth before they can mate and produce any caterpillars.
• Use the monitors on your trees between the end of May to the start of September for the most effective insecticide free monitoring
• Check the monitor regularly - more than 15 per week indicates a high infection & may require the use of further monitors
• Pheromone inside the sticky monitor lures in the male moths, thus preventing breeding.
• This Plum Moth Refill Kit consists of 2 lures and 2 sticky bases.

• These Glue bands are used by professionals and amateur gardeners alike, generally in the Autumn around the trunks of fruit trees to prevent crawling insects (especially winter moth caterpillars) climbing up the trees to lay eggs and damage fruit in the following season
• Fix the bands about 30cm (1ft) above ground level, completely encircling the trunk.
• Cut any long grass or weeds that may reach up above the glue bands - basically you want to ensure that the only route upwards is across the sticky medium that will trap the pest on their upward migration
• Check from time to time that no debris has blown onto the band.
• Pack contains 1.75m of glue band and 4.25m of string.
• Also available the colding moth monitor which is hung in the fruit tree to lure the male codling moth, this then limits fertilisation of the females and reduce the number of grubs which feed inside developing fruit

• See Extra Value Pack - Glue Bands with the Codling Moth Monitor (GPC-200)


"For gardeners with apple, pear, plum or cherry trees, winter, March and mottled umber moths can be a major irritation. They each produce grubs which eat the leaves and spring blossom, weakening the plant and potentially devastating a crop. The adult female moths are actually wingless and crawl up the trunks to lay their eggs in the canopy. The best time to catch them - and therefore prevent egg-laying - is from the late autumn to late winter. Simply wrap sticky grease bands (also known as glue bands.. around the trunks and any support..." Grease bands for fruit trees are available from Harrod Horticultural."
The Organic Section, 'Prevention Order' Grow Your Own, January 2008

Note: These products were recomended by Neil Wormald the 'Garden Expert' of the Sunday Times Home Magazine Sept 25th 2005 Issue