Growing Success Plum Maggot Monitoring Trap

The Growing Success Plum Maggot Monitoring Trap is a Pheromone-based trap to collect moths and prevent damage to plum, damson as well as greengage trees.

• Does not attract beneficial insects
• Pesticide free and suitable for organic gardening
• Refill pack also available

The main cause of maggot damage in plums, damsons and greengages is due to caterpillars produced by the plum fruit moth. In winter female moths lay eggs in trees. The eggs hatch out into caterpillars which feed on fruit in early summer. The monitoring trap allows gardeners to assess the infestation problem and treat with a suitable insecticide if necessary.

When to Use

Male moths fly and mate on warm nights from mid-May to the end of July. Place the trap in the garden in mid-May.

How to Use

• Unfold the sticky insert, open the sachet and place the monitoring lure in the middle of the sticky trap
• Put the insert in the trap, sticky side up
• Hang the trap at head height on the windward side of the tree. The trap will monitor moths for three average size trees up to 12 metres apart
• Inspect the traps regularly. If more than 12 moths are trapped per week, treat with a suitable insecticide
• Replace sticky glue insert and monitoring lure after 6 weeks
• Remove trap in early September and dispose of the sticky insert and monitoring lure

The delivery cost of your order depends on the size of the item you are ordering. 

A product that can be delivered by one person, is standard delivery and costs £5.95. This is is free if you spend £60 or more. Delivery will take between 2 - 3  working days for in-stock items. 

A two-person delivery is required for furniture, appliances and items over 30kgs. This costs £35 to postcodes within our local store catchment (40 miles) and £60 to postcodes outside of our catchment. Mattress delivery cost is £30. Delivery will take between 5 - 10 working days for in-stock items.  For items that are available to order, the delivery timescales will be confirmed in the checkout. 

Deliveries to some remote postcodes are possible, and carry an additional premium delivery charge. This will be charged in checkout, but please contact us if you have any questions. 

We also offer a basic furniture assembly service for most furniture items, the cost of this varies depending on the item requiring assembly and your location. Please contact us for more information.

Click and Collect is available on in-stock items from our Grantham site; NG32 2AB. This will be offered in the checkout for small items, but please contact us if you require click and collect on Furniture. 

Please be aware that we do not offer free returns, so unless there is a fault with your item, then you will be required to cover the cost of returning it to us, or for us to collect the item.

Please be aware of the order cancellation policy attached to furniture products, and in particular, that items configured to your choice attract a 25% restocking fee.  Please also be aware that if it is not possible to gain access to the room of choice, with the product, then the cost of that failed delivery is met by the customer.  If an item in this instance is made to your specification, then the order cancellation policy applies.