I already had an article about how my garden was invaded by the wireworm and how I was able to get rid of it. The material turned out to be very cumbersome, so I decided to highlight the main thing and make step-by-step instructions.
In 2010, a wireworm attacked my garden. The pest was discovered only by the end of summer, so the larvae managed to fill almost the entire area. Potatoes, carrots and beets were hit hardest that year. Most of the crop was destroyed. The problem had to be urgently addressed, so I began to actively study various methods of dealing with the pest.
The result of my efforts was a plan according to which I acted throughout the fall and the whole next year. As a result, I managed to get rid of most of the pests, losing only a small part of the crop. The struggle process was as follows.
Step 1. Burning damaged fruits
All the root crops damaged by the wireworm that I could find, I burned on the same day in an iron barrel. I tried to dig up everything that was in the ground. The process was rather tedious, but it was necessary to act radically.
Since the root vegetables do not burn by themselves, I kindled a fire from old boards and threw spoiled potatoes and carrots there in small batches.
Step 2. How to create hay traps
After harvesting, it was necessary to get rid of the wireworm, which was still in the plowed land. To this end, I scattered small piles of hay and straw across the beds, which were supposed to act as traps. Some of them were covered with foil and boards, and some were left without shelter.
A week later, I collected the traps and immediately burned them. Pest larvae were visible in the old grass. The method was effective.
Step 3. We do a deep digging
Since the wireworm larvae go to winter in the soil, I decided to do a deep digging. For this I chose the day before the onset of the first frost and began to work. I dug to a depth of a little more than a shovel bayonet. She broke large clods of earth into smaller ones and loosened them.
The frosts that came at night were supposed to destroy the wireworm who did not have time to hide in the ground. While digging, I ran into a pest several times, so I was confident in the effectiveness of my actions.
Step 4. Creating fruit traps
To get rid of overwintered pests, in the spring, before planting crops, I began to set traps. I put small pieces of potatoes on hooks made of thin wire and buried them to a depth of 10 cm.
Four days later, I dug out bait, and burned pieces of root vegetables in the fire. In some of them, pest larvae could be seen.
Step 5. We carry out soil prevention
As a preventive measure, I treated the dug up soil with a weak aqueous solution of potassium permanganate. To prepare it, I diluted about 5 grams of the drug in a bucket of water and stirred until smooth.
Step 6. We add onion peels
The last step was to add onion peels to the bottom of the hole during the planting of the root crops. She had to scare off the pest if he was still in the soil.
In a similar way, I managed to get rid of a large number of wireworm larvae in a season and a half. In the future, pests were rare and practically did not bother.
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