If you have already encountered this trouble, you know how annoying it is to throw large potato tubers or large carrot, pitted wireworm. Putting aside the struggle against it for later, there is the risk of a total loss of the crop.
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For the first time we are faced with this scourge, when they began to develop land, stood for several years running. Reclaimed from weeds a couple hundred, decided to plant potatoes, and then engaged in putting in order the house and other concerns, which are always in short supply.
In the autumn dug, the harvest was good, but when we decided to taste, the wife noticed that some tubers were the mantle of small strokes.
Asked the neighbor. I replied that it wireworms. And he said that to get rid of it as possible and without chemicals, if dug in the autumn of a blade to turn the clods were frozen. And I told that until we get rid of the leek and a mug with this threat, we can not cope.
Larva lives for 4 years, and then take off the beetles, ground beetles like. If they are to turn back, they scholkayut, for which they have named beetles Elateridae.
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After reading a bunch of articles about these pests, we decided to set a trap for the next year. To do this, we put together bluegrass and roots of burdock, laid in a pit, covered the old board, waited two weeks, and then collected and burned. Wireworm has become much smaller.
Then tried other traps. Buried half-liter cans of sliced potatoes so that the neck was level with the ground, covered by the newspaper. Dug and poured the contents into the fire.
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Another useful advice heard in the village. While standing in line at the store, heard that the cost to plant next to the potatoes, mustard, beans, peas or beans. Caterpillars can not stand their smell. Tried - works!
The following year, in place of potatoes planted beans and pods after harvest have sown the mustard. How many could have eaten with salad, and the rest is buried in the ground on a bayonet spade. Once on this place back potatoes, wireworms was not.
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And helps this way: dilute ammonia water and abundantly watered affected beds. The ratio depends on the strength ammonia. 25% is enough for half a glass of water bucket. But this is only a temporary measure. A year later, everything will be the same. Instead of ammonia can be used ammonium nitrate. But if you overdo it, it will go into the potato tops, and the tubers are small.
It is best to use the same mustard, can be in the form of powder. It can be brew and you can even just pour some bushes and proryhlit. It helps and celandine. In his broth soaked for half an hour of the tubers before planting or watering them infected plants.
Well, all the same bean. The rest is not necessary to throw away the tops and better prikopat potato or carrot rows of beds.
IMPORTANT:Do not forget to attract birds, build a birdhouse! Do not let the appearance of burdock, leek and other weeds !.
Now you can save crops from wireworm without any chemistry.
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