Friendship With The Weeds. Part 1

2024 Author: Gavin MacAdam | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 13:38

Popular wisdom says that there are no winners in war. Destroying the enemy does not mean defeating him. The best way to win is to win the enemy over to your side

This world was not invented by us

The creator of life is a great magician and virtuoso. Having once given an impetus to life, He never repeats itself in His work, perfecting and polishing the created forms of life. He used the same raw materials to create the seemingly dissimilar views. Therefore, the world is very harmonious and interpenetrating.

Man-made pest control chemicals for gardens and vegetable gardens are simply the removal of substances from existing lives, but at a higher concentration. Is it worth spending additional funds on their purchase and poisoning your garden (and yourself) with poisons, when you can attract hardy weeds to your side, which, as they say, are just a stone's throw away.

Insecticides and fungicides

Observant people have noticed that the enemies of high yields do not like to feast on all plants. Some of them they prefer to bypass the tenth road, disgustingly wrinkling their "noses", or even developing unusual speeds for themselves, so as not to come face to face with an object that is deadly for them.

People have come up with sonorous names for such plants: insecticides and fungicides.

Insecticides are deadly on insect pests.

Fungicides kill or suppress the activity of microscopic fungi and viruses that cause diseases in plants.

In order for plants to have insecticidal and fungicidal properties, the Almighty included special natural chemical compounds in their composition. These are glycosides, alkaloids, esters and essential oils.

Preparation of plant materials

To stock up on pest control helpers, you need to collect plants, dry them properly, and be able to preserve them.

The aerial parts of plants are most toxic during the flowering period, therefore it is during this period that they should be collected. As for the rhizomes, bulbs, tubers hiding in the soil, they are harvested in late autumn or early spring.

It is safer to store dried plants in cool, dry, well-ventilated areas, folding them in cloth or paper bags and hanging the bags.

You should not store prepared raw materials for years, since their ability to fight pests is lost: the plant part after a year, and the underground part after a couple of years.

The subtleties of the preparation of "drugs"

• Fresh or dried plants should be crushed to efficiently extract the desired substances from them.

• After the procedure of infusion or boiling, it is necessary to separate the vegetable cake from the solution by filtering it through a sieve or cheesecloth.

• When preparing broths, it is necessary to replenish the container with water to the planned volume as the moisture evaporates.

• Store decoctions and infusions in a cool room, in a tightly sealed container. Under such conditions, they retain their toxicity for up to two months.

• Before the very application of the broth or infusion, add potassium liquid soap (green or yellow) to it. Soap promotes better adhesion of the prepared preparations and enhances the effect of their effect on enemies. You can replace liquid soap with household soap, but you will have to plan it, dissolve it in water, that is, spend extra time.

• Conduct a preliminary check of the prepared potion in small areas occupied by pests. One or two days after pollination or spraying, the effect of exposure is assessed. With the proper effect, the cultivated areas are increased.

Attention

Take precautions when handling such plants. Use gauze bandages, goggles. Wash your face and hands thoroughly after work. The dishes used are washed with soda or wood ash.