I have had loads of problems with pests this year but on looking into it it
appears my two worst problems Coddling moth on apples and Plum moth on
plums, both have females that fly and therefore grease bands don't work. I
shall be trying pheromone traps next year.

The point of the post to ask what grease bands are for? I used them when I
first started gardening but never since, at the time I thought they stopped
coddling moth, since they don't work for them what do they stop?

While we are on fruit trees, does anyone have a cure for pear midge?

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Charlie, Gardening in Cornwall
Holders of National Collections of Clematis viticella
and Lapageria rosea cvs
http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk