2024 Author: Gavin MacAdam | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 13:38
Active reproduction of snails and slugs damages flower beds and vegetable gardens. These mollusks destroy the aboveground part of garden and ornamental crops, spread fungal infections. There are plants that can scare away snails and slugs from the beds and flower beds
To fight slugs, tapes, traps and chemicals are used (Thunderstorm, Extraflor, Slug-Eater, Eco-killer, Predator, etc.), many collect by hand, spending a lot of time and effort. Repellent plants, the smell of which they cannot stand, help scare off gastropods.
For the prevention and control of slugs, parsley, rosemary, lavender, sage, thyme and other aromatic herbs are planted. Consider cultures that help scare off slugs and snails.
Sage (salvia)
Sage's odorants have a pungent-spicy aroma that repels slugs and snails. In gardening, decorative varieties with interesting foliage color are used. The plant is drought-resistant, thermophilic in temperate climates, grown as an annual or as container species. There are over 900 varieties growing in the form of grasses and shrubs. Sage propagates by cuttings, seedlings, grown from seeds. It is used in medicine, cooking, winemaking. Clary sage is cultivated as a spice.
Parsley
Parsley is used in many culinary recipes, therefore it is actively grown by gardeners. Parsley belongs to the group of medicinal plants, has a lot of advantages, contains essential oils, and is used fresh, dried.
Sowed in temperate climates in late April and early May. After germination, parsley can withstand frosts and is not demanding for watering.
Thyme (Bogorodskaya grass, verest, thyme)
The plant belongs to the group of aromatherapy crops. Contains phenolic compounds (carvacrol, thymol), tannins. The leaves are used in medicine, cooking, canning and flavoring alcoholic beverages.
Thyme is a representative of low-growing plants (creeping ground cover or low shrub up to 35 cm). More than 170 species grow in Russia. It is considered an excellent honey plant, flowering is long, takes place in June-August.
Common thyme is used in horticulture as an ornamental plant, irreplaceable in the device of rock gardens. It winters well without shelter, is not attacked by pests, is resistant to rot, viral infections.
Rosemary
The versatile spice herb rosemary is an effective pest repeller. Complex bright aroma with notes of eucalyptus, camphor, lemon, gastropods do not like. Rosemary - looks spectacular, grows in the form of a miniature evergreen shrub. Fragrant greens are in demand in cooking.
The plant grows well in warm climates; at low temperatures, difficulties arise (+5 is critical). In central Russia, rosemary is grown in containers, tubs, which, when threatened by frost, are transferred to a warm room for the winter.
Basil
Basil gardeners have no problem with shellfish attacks. The plant propagates by seeds, by rooting the stem processes. It has more than 60 species that differ in taste, appearance and foliage color. The aboveground part of the basil is rich in essential oils (1.5-2%). Of particular value in the presence of vitamins, cineole, saponin, ocymene, camphor.
Basil is a spicy herb that is in demand for making salads and meat. It is used fresh in cold dishes, salads. Dried leaves are used as a seasoning for soups, meat dishes, for flavoring sauces, pickles. Crushed basil combined with rosemary is used as a pepper.
Lavender
A beautiful, long-blooming lavender melliferous bush will brighten any place. The plant grows well in temperate climates. Endure frosts down to -30 without shelter. It develops well in open areas with poor soil, does not like waterlogged places. Easily propagated by summer cuttings.
Yarrow
"Yarrow"
In suburban areas, yarrow is grown as an ornamental and medicinal plant. It has many types, differing in height, shape, color of buds. The presence of essential oils gives the foliage a delicate spicy-tart aroma.
Yarrow is unpretentious in soil quality and irrigation. The poorer the soil, the richer the aroma. It is used in meager proportions for preparing meat and vegetable dishes, for potato soups and for flavoring alcoholic liqueurs.
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