In early summer, butterflies lay their eggs on the leaves of cabbage, of which later appear yellow-green caterpillars. Voracious insects capable of causing significant damage to the crop or completely destroy it, damage the leaves grown vegetable or settle inside of head. Therefore, growers must promptly take measures to get rid of these pests. There are effective ways to deal with people's tracks without the use of hazardous chemicals.
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Recipe
Getting rid of the caterpillars on cabbage using proven many vacationers recipe:
- Dilute 500 g of wood ash in 3-5 L of hot water, stir thoroughly, cover and container lid insist solution within days.
- After this period is added in liquid or Business tar soap. For this tool should be crushed, you can use the gel preparation. Then again well stir the resultant tincture, subject 12-20 hours.
- With the help of a spoon or ladle pour ash solution cabbage ovary. You can also spray the vegetables from the sprinkler.
This natural product is safe for plants and humans, and the tracks are fast disappearing. If necessary, treatment of cabbage can be repeated throughout the season.
Other folk remedies to combat the cabbage caterpillars:
- Eggshell. Butterflies taking a white shell eggs in other insects and do not lay their eggs on the occupied territory. Many growers laid material among the cabbage leaves or sticks set on a bed while wearing the top halves of the eggshell.
- Sweet solution. Water with added sugar attracts wasps and ants that quickly destroy the caterpillars. For this tool dissolve 1 kg of sugar in 10 liters of liquid, and then spray the solution vegetables. After copious irrigation or rain is necessary to repeat the procedure. Apply the product accurately and carefully, because Wasps can be very aggressive.
- Baking soda. Regularly dust the plants soda powder. He repels moths and other pests.
- An infusion made from the husks of onions, tomato or potato leaves, garlic cloves. These ingredients have a pungent odor that does not like cabbage caterpillars. To not spray cabbage solution, can be pre-planted it among the plants with a pungent odor: onions, garlic, coriander, marigold, calendula, tomatoes, potatoes.
- The aqueous solution of vinegar or ammonia. These drugs are diluted in clean water, effectively eliminate insects.
Help get rid of caterpillars frequent weeding, during which destroyed nests and tunnels pests. Insects can be harvested by hand and destroy, but after a short time, they will reappear on the cabbage leaves. On sale there are special Covering grid, saves some cabbage pests. But as plant growth they need to pull, so as not to hinder the development of the ovaries.
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