To receive good harvest of cabbage, it is required to put a lot of effort. Except waterings and application of fertilizers, it is necessary to pay attention to protection against wreckers.
Among mean insects who are capable to deprive of the gardener of stocks of cabbage for the winter caterpillars are considered as one of the most dangerous. The butterfly cabbage white butterfly who turns out from them is not so dangerous, but she lays set of eggs on leaves. Caterpillars – yellowish, covered with black spots are also brought out of them. They prefer to eat cabbage leaves.
Cabbage scoop – the hardly noticeable butterfly of gray color resembling superficially night moth. But its larvae quite often appear among heads of cabbage and eat leaves.
Ways of disposal of caterpillars
For disposal of the caterpillars eating cabbage there are many easy effective ways. Among them is also such that do not demand financial investments. For example, if near the site there is hornet's nest, it is possible to force these insects to bring benefit. For this purpose a little water with sugar is required, it is possible to use even old jam. Sweet water it is necessary to sprinkle a little cabbage. Its smell attracts wasps who very much love sweet. Having come across on the caterpillars living on cabbage, wasps will drag off them on forage to the posterity.
Here some more effective means for disposal of parasites.
Solution of ashes and soap
Best of all tar shampoo is suitable for preparation of this means. If it is absent, plain liquid soap will approach. To fill in spoon of soap and two glasses of ashes with water in number of 10 l. To draw means within a day then to spray cabbage with the received structure.
Means with pungent smell
Butterflies do not love some smells therefore it is possible to try to frighten off them, using folk remedies. Well the infusions prepared from onions peel or tomato tops of vegetable help. It is possible to spray with them cabbage ridges to make them unattractive for wreckers.
From peel infusion is prepared so. It is necessary to gather it in one-liter jar how many will get, then to shift more in ware and to fill in with 5 liters of hot water. It is necessary to draw them within several hours. Three will be enough. Then infusion is boiled by three more hours, filter and part with water 1:2. For improvement of effect it is possible to add 20-30 g of soap to means.
Pollination
Mixing flour and soda in equal shares, it is possible to receive powdery means which is used for pollination of cabbage. The procedure leads to death of caterpillars, and plants will not be damaged.
Garlic infusion
To get rid of wreckers, the infusion prepared from garlic or burdocks well approaches.
- Collected leaves of burdock crush and insist in bucket with water, ratio 1:3. Means is ready in 2-3 days.
- For preparation of garlic infusion it is necessary to pass through press of 8-10 heads of garlic, to insist three days, gulf five in liters of cold water.
Such infusions are used for spraying, it is possible to use broom, dipping it in liquid. It is necessary to process both cabbage heads of cabbage, and the earth under them. Also special devices will be suitable for spraying.