Home remedies for cabbage pestsis a great way to avoid the use of pesticides and grow he althy, chemically unpolluted cabbage heads on your plot. Using the ingredients found in every home, we can easily prepare preparations against pests attacking this vegetable. Meet the5 home remedies for cabbage peststhat will work in your garden!
Home remedies for cabbage pests - coordinate cultivation
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1. Homemade soap and soda spray
Spraying potassium soap in a concentration of 1% -2% effectively repels aphids in cabbage cultivationIn 10 l of water, dissolve 100 to 200 ml of potassium soap and spray the cabbage with this solution. There is also a potash garden soap available on the market with the smell of garlic, which additionally repels aphids and prevents their reappearance.
The baking soda spray , well-known in the household, will also work against aphids that attack cabbage. Dissolve one teaspoon of baking soda in two liters of warm water, and you can also add a few drops of potassium soap to the resulting solution, which, creating a kind of film, facilitates the adhesion of the solution and prolongs its operation.
2. Covering the cabbage with a net or fleece
Covering cabbage with 1x1 mm or 1x1.5 mm mesh or non-woven fabric is anotherproven home remedy for cabbage peststhat is even used by farmers.In this way, the laying of eggs by the cabbage debris is limited, as well as the feeding of fleas and butterfly caterpillars. Thanks to the use of a plant cover, we can harvest a he althy crop from a flower bed with cabbage.
The cabbage row should be covered with a net immediately after planting the cabbage seedlings in the gardenThe net should be removed only during the harvest season. This method is only effective if the plants are carefully covered. Poorly fixed edges of the net or tears on its surface will make the net not fulfill its purpose (pests will easily get under the net and lay eggs on the cabbage).
3. Homemade cabbage spraying with tansy
The use of a tansy spray will reduce the occurrence of cabbage creamas the smell of this herb discourages insects from laying eggs on the cabbage. Spraying with decoction of tansy is also recommended ashome remedy for fleas and cabbage pickle .
To prepare a homemade tansy extract against a cabbage creamwe need 300 g of fresh herb or 30 g of dried herb, pour 10 liters of cold water over it and let it stand.A light foam will form after 24 hours. Then strain it and dilute it with water in a ratio of 1: 2.
Tansy decoction affecting fleasis made by pouring 500 g of ground herb with 10 liters of water. We soak the herb for 24 hours. Then cook for 20 minutes, after cooling, we replant and dilute in the ratio 1: 5.
4. Planting crops that repel cabbage pests
It is known for a long time thatthe vicinity of certain species of plants or herbs has a positive effect on vegetablesThis is also the case with cabbage. The one that grows next to the shallots creates better conditions for the development and existence of beneficial insects, such as golden-eyed insects, midge or wasps.
By plantingpest-repelling plantsnext to cabbage, we naturally reduce the occurrence of intruders. White cabbage and whiteflies will avoid cabbage next to which grows mugwort and hyssop, garlic will reduce the occurrence of aphids, snails or voles, and the company of mint and tomato will help with earth fleas.Lettuce will help get rid of wireworms in cabbage cultivation.
5. Bas alt meal for cabbage fleas
A home treatment for cabbage pests is to dust bas alt rock flourBas alt flour will reduce the occurrence of fleas - small beetles that gnaw holes in cabbage leaves. Sprinkle the cabbage at the rate of 1-2 kg of bas alt flour per 100 m² of cultivation. Converting this into a smaller area, we should use 10 to 20 grams of bas alt flour per square meter. It is best to perform this treatment early in the morning, when the plants are still damp with dew. We avoid dusting with flour on rainy and windy days. Sprinkling cabbage with bas alt flour is also a proven method for aphids and snails.
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