Cabbage - favourite food of many insects therefore all gardeners to avoid yield loss, are forced to carry out measures of protection from wreckers. Some gardeners for processing of cabbage use purchased chemical medicines, however the majority address folk reliable tools.
There are many insects who not away to regale on juicy leaves of cabbage. And the loss of some wreckers remains unnoticed until vegetables do not go to food. That is in appearance cabbage large and clean, and during removal of the first several sheets becomes clear that it is corroded practically to the cabbage stump and is no good in food.
Now many species of insects wreckers of cabbage are known, one of the most widespread are slugs, cruciferous flea beetles, cabbage plant louse, butterflies of the white butterfly, cabbage scoops and also larvae of cabbage fly and moth. For example, cabbage scoops very much love cauliflower, they get into vegetable heads, eating it, leave in it the excrement. Naturally, any gardener does not want to lose the harvest therefore they look for effective solutions of problem which for a long time will save cabbage from any given wreckers.
Than to process white and cauliflower from wreckers
Many wreckers broths of strongly smelling plants, for example, of wormwood, tomato tops of vegetable frighten off, tansies, celandine and other. Make independently such broth (as it is possible koncentrirovanny), cool it and spray with it vegetables and the earth around cabbage.
The following method will help to frighten off butterflies of white butterflies: dig wormwood, small chop it and scatter around cabbage. This method very working and you can be confident in it, but only till that time until the wormwood dries (normally 3-5 days). The procedure it is possible to repeat unlimited number of times.
The onions peel has not bad proved in pest control. It can be used for preparation of broth for spraying, and it is possible to spread out damp peel in cabbage row-spacings. Broth is prepared as follows: the one-liter jar of peel undertakes, it is filled in with five liters of water, it is carried to boiling and it is cooled. Broth can be used for spraying, to display peel on beds.
To save cabbage from slugs, scatter slaked lime between ranks of cabbage (lime can be replaced with dolomite powder). The suspension prepared from water and dry mustard will be suitable for spraying of cabbage (on 10-12 liters of water - 100 grams of mustard). Pollination of the soil tobacco dust frightens off not only slugs, but also many other wreckers.
Quite successfully acetic solution struggles with cruciferous flea beetle and caterpillars. In 10 liters of water part glass of 9% of vinegar and spray with the received mix cabbage. You carry out processing to sunny day, and for fixing of result repeat the procedure in week.