Birch tar has antimicrobial and antiparasitic properties, which are achieved thanks to its constituent phenol, phytoncides, paraffin, guaiacol, organic acids, and resins. In terms of effectiveness in controlling pests, the substance is not inferior to chemicals, but is 100% safe for humans, since it does not penetrate into the plant.
Birch tar from harmful animals
The substance fights various garden pests:
- moles;
- marmots;
- hares;
- voles;
- mice;
- hamsters.
To expel mammals from an area, a cloth heavily moistened with resin is used and the entrances and exits from the burrow are plugged with it. The top of the rag is covered with earth. The deadline for the event is May.
From the Colorado potato beetle and sawfly
Birch tar is sprayed on the shoots of potatoes, peppers, tomatoes, and eggplants. To prepare the solution, use 2 tsp. tar and 50 grams of brown laundry soap, the components are gradually introduced and stirred in a bucket of warm water. The soil is treated with the same mixture.
From onion flies and psyllids
When planting onions or garlic, the planting material is processed 30 minutes before sowing; it is soaked in a concentrated solution prepared from a small spoon of birch tar per 1 liter of water.
From flies: cabbage, sea buckthorn, carrot and sprout flies
In the case of other crops, when the first leaves appear, the soil is watered with a solution of 3 tsp. tar, 30 grams of crushed laundry soap (for stickiness) per bucket of water. The procedure is repeated after another 2 weeks.
Flying flies are afraid of the smell of tar. You can scare them away with pegs on which rags soaked in a clean substance are hung.
Rescue from a mole cricket
It is more difficult to get rid of mole crickets, so the planting material is soaked in undiluted resin. Additionally, the seedlings are sprayed with a tar-soap solution, to which the parasites will first stick and then die.
Get rid of ants and aphids
Each other's eternal companions. Solid tar soap is grated and dissolved in boiling water, then 1 tsp is added. tar and 2 buckets of water. Insects are eliminated by generously spraying places where they accumulate once a month.
To make a trap on a tree, wrap the trunk with a rope dipped in undiluted substance.
Treatment of bacterial and viral infections in fruit trees and shrubs
To preserve the harvest, the bark is treated with a solution of tar and laundry soap, or undiluted birch resin and ash are taken in a ratio of 2 to 1. The procedure is carried out during the period of greenery and flowering.
How to get rid of spider mites
If cobwebs and small midges appear on the leaves, these places are treated with a soap-tar solution. Each sheet is processed on both sides.
Etch the wireworm
The processing is complex but effective. Root vegetables are soaked for 1 hour in the solution: add 1 tsp to 4 liters of water. tar.The same solution is poured into the planting holes. And when the first shoots appear, water the soil every 3 weeks.
From codling moths
Treatment is carried out towards the end of flowering. 1 liter of solution is consumed per 0.5 sq. m of soil or per 1 sq. m crown. The tree trunk circles are processed when the pollinators leave, that is, at the end of flowering. Additionally, odor emitters are placed.
Only fresh suspensions can be used. Since tar cannot be washed off, you need to take care of work clothes in advance, protect the skin of your hands and mucous membranes, and put on a protective mask/respirator. Then not a single pest will pass through!
