Wireworms are the larvae of click beetle, which lives in the soil and destroy crops. Very often it is affected potatoes. Fighting with heavy wireworm, t. To. He may be in the soil layers of up to 4 years living with the tubers and roots.
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Folk remedies
To wireworms disappeared from the garden, growers apply various substances, alter the soil acidity and clearing stations. The following options are considered to be the most effective:
- Changing the parameters of soil acidity. Before landing on garden crops shoveled and purified from soil weeds scatter lime. If necessary, it can be replaced with wood ashes or crushed shell eggs. When planting these substances are added directly into the hole. Neutralize the acidity of the soil and growing on legumes area.
- Wireworms can not tolerate the bow, so when planting in the wells was placed a small amount husk from onions. Carry out manipulation is necessary to calm, to not clean scattered around the garden. Bad-established and pre-soaking the tubers in onion broth. This way not only to preserve the roots from pests, but also protect against many infections.
- Planted in the aisle or mustard peas deter larvae, and they leave the flower bed.
- It is possible to planting pit pour a small amount of mustard powder. To heighten the effect is allowed to add to the spice of hot pepper.
- To keep pests without power, it is necessary to regularly clean the soil from weeds. Especially this rule applies grass wheatgrass. In addition, after the autumn harvest from the garden should make all the tops and roots, which are due to defects are not suitable for human consumption.
- Before the onset of frost in the garden soil must be dug. The procedure will lead to the fact that most larvae will be on the surface and die from the cold. Early spring manipulation desirable to repeat. Night frosts destroy the remaining parasites. In addition, after digging the surface soil dries quickly and become uninhabitable for wireworms.
- Repels the larvae of pine needles. Collect it is necessary for 1-2 days before planting potatoes. Optimally suited for this purpose, young pine branches. The first wells spread of potato tubers, they sprinkled ashes and decomposed mullein, and over all the furrows - branches with needles.
- If the ridge with potato small size, it is possible to use potassium permanganate solution. For its preparation is diluted with 5 g of powder in 1 bucket of water. At planting time of root crops in each well is poured on 500 ml of liquid is placed potatoes and sprinkled all soil. Potassium permanganate, not only helps to protect crops from wireworm, but also disinfects the soil.
Traps and bait
In addition to the mandatory seasonal field works and alarm substances growers use a variety of traps:
- In order to protect crops from the larvae, it is necessary to deal with the beetle itself. To do this all over the kitchen garden are arranged small containers filled with young potato leaves. Traps are changed every 3 days, and captured insects destroyed.
- Between the beds are placed root beet, potato or carrot at a depth of 10-12 cm. Locations marked with colored flags. After 3-4 days, the vegetable is changed to the new and the old, with the larvae destroyed.
For quick and effective to get rid of beetles is necessary to simultaneously use several ways.
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