Have not managed to plant cabbage seedling on beds as wreckers here, are flown to feast. Cabbage cultures need during the whole time of cultivation protection against such uninvited guests.
Cabbage plants constantly are exposed to attacks of cruciferous flea beetle, cabbage fly, butterfly white butterfly, moth and another mnogchislenny ""big-bellied trifle"". What it is necessary to pay to attention that damages were minimum?
1. To grow up cabbage cultures, observing crop rotation. These are 50% of success. To plant cabbage where cruciferae family - garden radish, turnip, daikon grew - it is impossible. And what to do if there is no opportunity to observe crop rotation? Sow siderata in the fall or in the early spring. Only not white mustard, colza, radish. They also from family cruciferae family. There are many worthy herbs. It is fatseliya, Vika, oats, buckwheat, lupine.
2. Good neighbors on beds will always help. There are many plants which radiate smells and force down ""scent"" at mean insects. All know them and grow up. These are marigold, nasturtium, calendula, cilantro, fennel, sage and others. And it is useful to grow up celery always near cabbage. Landings of tomatoes nearby will also bring benefit. Cabbage wreckers do not suffer this smell. Each gardener has weak plants of tomatoes which are a pity for throwing out. Put them in bed with cabbage just like that, for protection from wreckers. And further, during removal of leaves and stepsons at tomatoes, use them as mulch under cabbage plants.
3. The ""Lifesavers"" placed among cabbage plants very much will be useful. On top of each stick hang up shell from eggs of white color. This method well works. Quite often birds peck shell therefore instead of egg shell it is possible to bind white rags, ribbons, paper kerchiefs. Their presence frightens off butterflies of the cabbage white butterfly - the most harmful for cabbage. Sticks have to tower over cabbage plants.
4. ""Sticks eskimoes"". Each stick is wound with any material, bandage which is moistened in strongly smelling substances: kerosene, turpentine, birch tar. And they are also placed among cabbage plants. It is only regularly necessary to renew them that the smell kept.
5. Retromethods, such as dusting by ashes, tobacco dust, ground pepper, lime powder, - it is possible and it is necessary to apply. Cruciferous flea beetles do not like to visit the dirty powdered plants.
At the beginning, after disembarkation, it is desirable to cover young seedling with nonwoven fabric from flea beetle and cabbage fly. Young weak plants are especially subject to attack of these wreckers.
Unfolding of tops of vegetable of wormwood, tansy under cabbage, also for a while will help to frighten off wreckers.