Ah, summer… The time of vacations, resorts, carefree life, as well as the ripening of the long-awaited harvest on the site, which is waiting not only for any gardener, but also for garden pests! But what to do? What are the ways to deal with these insects-cockroaches? We will talk about this in our article.
Garden pest control
Of course, the most effective and proven means in the fight against garden pests are chemicals. But such funds have a significant disadvantage. The fact is that not only garden pests die from them (photos 1, 2, 3), but also beneficial insects - plant pollinators (bumblebees, bees, bugs, flower flies), birds. In addition, insecticides have a negative impact on both humans and the plant itself!
That is why gardeners are constantly looking for effective and, most importantly, methods that are harmless to humans and plants to control pests of vegetables, fruits and berries. Today, one of the most effective and safe means, fromwhich garden pests die are plant poisons. Their advantage over other means is that they quickly evaporate or decompose into elements. This makes them safe for people, warm-blooded animals and plants themselves. It will not be difficult to prepare these products if you have at hand such plants and crops as dill, potatoes, garlic, hot peppers, onions, mustard, beans, shag, tobacco, pine needles, burdock, bird cherry.
If you are still an adherent of chemistry, then you have a direct road to the store for insecticides (for example, karbofos, Agravertin, Aktara, Fitoverim and others). For example, if garden pests such as slugs bother you, you can spray the soil with a metaldehyde solution, as well as pollinate it with ash and lime. Sucking pests, such as aphids, bugs, scale insects and suckers, must be fought by treating the flower crops on which they settle with a solution of karbofos (0.2%) with the combined use of Aktara and Agravertin insecticides.
No less common garden pests are the Colorado potato beetle and caterpillars. Our potatoes and tomatoes suffer from them. Here's how to deal with them? Is it really possible to spray potato tops or tomato leaves with all sorts of filth? Think again, friends! Use the safe folk method - hot pepper! All you need to do is to plant this plant next to the crop you want to protect against invading parasites. If atomatoes and potatoes respond well to hot peppers, then dill and onions are more suitable for cucumbers. Just do not plant peppers next to them, otherwise the taste of cucumbers will be bitter. By the way, potatoes are a very capricious crop, so if pepper still does not work, then it's time to use a poisonous insecticide called Previkur.
However, in the pursuit of efficiency, do not forget that you are destroying useful creatures such as frogs, hedgehogs, shrews, toads and bats, which could be a complete alternative to your chemistry! For example, bats can destroy up to 30 parasitic beetles in one evening, and ladybugs and dragonflies ruthlessly eat aphids.
