2024 Author: Gavin MacAdam | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 13:38
Cabbage, radishes, turnips and other close relatives in the family have many common and dangerous enemies that can significantly harm the crop and even destroy crops completely. Fleas, flies, caterpillars, despite their miniature size, have a remarkable appetite and greedily pounce even on shoots that barely appeared in the beds. Who should be afraid of the cabbage family in the first place?
Cabbage fly does not start near carrot plantings
It is a selective pest that prefers to parasitize on white cabbage and cauliflower. But red cabbage, kohlrabi and Peking variety are often ignored by insects.
According to the timing of the greatest activity, an early and summer cabbage fly is distinguished. After hibernation and transformation from a pupa to a fly, the parasites begin to lay eggs. To do this, they choose areas in the soil in the beds closer to the plant stems. When the larva gets out of the egg, it starts feeding on the roots and stalks of cabbage, which causes the plant to rot. And the parasite pupates and soon gives a second generation.
The fight against cabbage fly should be a comprehensive and an important measure of damage prevention is the prevention of its appearance. To do this, it is recommended to place carrots and dill next to cabbage beds - these garden crops attract natural enemies of parasites. If cabbage fly eggs are found on the plantings, the infected soil is raked off, deep loosening and treatment with a solution of karbofos is carried out in the beds.
The appetite of a cruciferous flea will kill tobacco dust and watering
The eloquent name of these bugs suggests that all representatives of the cruciferous family should be protected from its wrecking activity - cabbage, and radishes, and turnips, and turnips, and katran. This is a huge family, and in early spring, while the garden is empty, cruciferous fleas feed on close relatives of cultivated plants - a shepherd's bag, they can gnaw a hiccup, a toothed core. And with the arrival of warmer days, when friendly crops turn green in the beds, to the chagrin of gardeners, the appetite of the cruciferous flea also increases. If you do not take protective measures, their presence will be signaled by lesions in the form of sores along the edges of the leaves. The villain is especially active in hot dry weather.
To prevent the dominance of the beds by parasites, it is very important to control weeds not only directly over the area of the beds, but also around the garden. The pest does not like the pollination of plants with tobacco waste and wood ash. These works are carried out in the morning. In addition, it is useful to carry out refreshing watering of the beds.
How to find control over caterpillars, aphids, moths and other parasites
Aphids cause serious damage not only to cabbage, but also to other garden crops, garden plants, and parasitizes on flower beds. In addition to the natural enemies of aphids, which include ladybugs, larvae of sirfid flies and glato-eyes, a decoction of datura is an effective method of control. To prepare the product, take approximately 10-12 g of leaves, flowers, buds per 10 liters of water.
A good folk remedy against leaf-gnawing caterpillars is infusions of aconite and henbane. Therefore, it is useful to grow the wrestler in the garden not only to decorate the site with a bright flower bed of their multi-colored buds, but also, if necessary, to use it in the fight against aggressive parasites. This will require approximately 1 kg of dry raw material of aconite. It is insisted for about 2 days in 10 liters of water. The same recipe is used to prepare henbane infusion. In addition, cabbage moth and whitefish do not like processing plants with decoctions of wormwood, potato and tomato tops, hot peppers.
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