Whether any gardener early late faces emergence of medvedka on the site that is connected with risk to lose harvest. The aspiration to get rid as soon as possible of this problem leads to purchase of special medicines which are not always available at the price and very often are inefficient. Over time the thought of search of national recipes of fight against medvedka comes.
What is medvedka
Medvedka is the large insect having trunk length to 10 cm, powerful kopatelny paws and dense wing sheaths. This insect has also other names, such as cabbage white butterfly, earth cancer or top. Roots of tuberous and vegetable plants enter diet of insect. For one season the female of medvedka is capable to lay to several hundred eggs that she complicates further process of destruction of population.
Soap solution
This recipe is used for the purpose of removal of medvedka outside for further catching and destruction. It will be required to reveal holes of insect in advance, then to prepare solution: in one bucket of water to part 10 grams of grated laundry soap and 50 grams of laundry detergent. After soap and powder completely are dissolved, solution is considered ready. This liquid fills in holes, in the investigation of what the insect comes to surface where it should be caught at to destroy.
Egg shell
It is possible to destroy medvedka on the site by means of egg shell. For this purpose it will be required to grind shell and to mix it with vegetable oil. After preparation, paste is dug in evenly on the site in poles of 3 cm in depth. The insect will die from eating of such mix.
Scaring away by smells
It is known that the medvedka very much does not love coniferous aromas therefore before planting of seedling it is necessary to dig out several holes and to pour into them needles of pine, fir-tree or fir. If the insect was found after planting of plants, will enough powder bed with coniferous needles. Also the medvedka does not transfer smell of rotten fish. Before planting of plants not superfluous will be to stock up with inexpensive sprat-chernomorkoy. It is enough to throw several pieces of fish into each hole, and the harvest will be saved from the wrecker.
We decorate the site, getting rid of medvedka
This recipe, perhaps, is the most popular and rather effective. To expel medvedka from kitchen garden, it is necessary to plant flowers of marigold near vegetable beds. By means of such simple way the harvest will not is protected, but also the site is decorated.
Traps for medvedka
In search of moisture the medvedka becomes more active therefore it is possible to use such weakness of insect. Several average cans in which it is necessary to fill in about 100 grams of water will be required. In kitchen garden it is necessary to dig several poles and to prikopat in them banks slightly below than ground level. The mouth should be covered with straw, and from above to lay small piece of plywood and to powder with the earth. Medvedka moves in top soil therefore, following water, it will inevitably fall in bank and will not be able to get out from there.