Every year I drop two or three beds of cabbage, 20 bushes each. And every year I have deployed a full-scale war with the white butterfly. These small butterflies bring my cabbage caterpillar larvae, which then eat away the leaves. There have been years when on the sheet does not remain even veining.
Usually, I struggled with these pests with the help of ash solution in different proportions, but in recent years it has ceased to help.
It would seem that the leaves are clean and have no signs of the tracks, but the holes appear again and again, and under the sheets and the case can be seen furry monster. Here it is:
Ate honest, I even desperate at some time. I'm on the site no longer exists wood and twigs to make ash. (Bani I do not have a stove in a house in the summer I did not drown, so take only the ashes of the fire, which is specially for this purpose and breed)
A sudden attack of aphids
I read somewhere that the larvae caterpillars feed on ants. The recipe was simple. It was necessary to sprinkle the ground of the anthill (ants naturally) the space between the beds. Thus the ants will take root and will destroy the larvae.
I did just that. What I was a fool. Yes, the ants really began to destroy the larvae and caterpillars become smaller, but the cabbage was attacked by an army of aphids!
From aphids I managed to get rid of quite quickly. I just dug the whole earth with ants and cabbage sprayed with soapy water. But here's the problem with butterflies and caterpillars remained.
grandma's method
I remembered that even long ago, my grandmother sprinkled some cabbage infusion, but did not know the recipe. I had to remember and search.
They found Shishkov concentrate. The method of preparation is very simple and accessible to all cottagers.
We will need about 10-12 fir cones and two liters of warm water.
Throw cones into the water and insist for about a week. Before use, the concentrate breed 10-15 liters of water and allowed to cool. Get infusion liberally sprinkle the cabbage.
How I was surprised that this recipe has helped. He even easier than ash solutions.
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