The use of plant insecticides, unlike chemical ones, is harmless to people and the environment. They help get rid of harmful insects and serve as plant food.
Vinegar
A good remedy against pests of cabbage, turnips, radishes, radishes. A glass of vinegar or half a glass of essence, diluted in 9.5 liters. water. Stir, spray or pour from a watering can. Process before 9 am or after 4 pm. Cloudy days - any time. The product repels cruciferous flea beetles, white moths, cutworms, moths, and moths. Use fresh solution.
Onion peel
The decoction will help exterminate spider mites, aphids, and codling moths on berry bushes and fruit trees. Pour boiling water over the husks in a ratio of 1:10. Leave for 3-4 days. Quercetin contained in the husk makes the infusion bitter. The amount of bitterness depends on the type of onion. Therefore, there are no strict dosages. Before use, dilute the decoction with water so that the solution tastes bitter. Add shavings by chopping a piece of laundry soap. Insecticidal properties will increase. Place the remaining husks under the bushes. It is destructive to pests and is a top dressing for garden crops.
Ammonia
Means for combating onion flies. At 8 years old pour in 3 tbsp of water. spoons of ammonia. Water the bulbous crops. Treat 3 times, with an interval of 10 days. Alcohol contains nitrogen, which is a fertilizer.
Tobacco
Destructive for insects that eat foliage: aphids, caterpillars, psyllids. Mix 1l. water and 0.5 cups of tobacco.Boil for half an hour, leave for a day. Dilute in a ratio of 1:1. The solution will better adhere to the foliage if you add half a shot of liquid soap. Spray the plant. Treatment is carried out after flowering, so as not to scare away beneficial insects.
Celandine
Effective in the fight against thrips. The larvae feed on the juice of greenery.
Yellow or whitish spots appear on the leaves. The plant slows down in growth, weakens. To destroy, pour boiling water into a container with celandine grass. Infuse for 2-3 days. Water.
Garlic
A solution of 8 medium chopped garlic heads and 2 kg. celandine grass will help get rid of Colorado beetles. Pour 10 liters of ingredients. boiling water, leave for 8 days. Strain, spray the tops and the ground around.
Branches of coniferous trees
Place the paws of pine, spruce, fir in a container, pour boiling water over. Add water the next day. Ratio 2:5. Repels flying insects.
Wood ash
Sawfly caterpillars eat the leaves of currants and gooseberries to the veins. The berries become smaller, the growth of shoots is inhibited. Prevention methods consist of digging up the soil under the bushes. Then sprinkle around a mixture consisting of two glasses of ash, a tablespoon of mustard and hot pepper. Add half a glass of crushed soap, a handful of tobacco, ash and mustard to 12 liters of water. Spray the bushes. Ash is successfully used against pests of onions, cruciferous vegetables, strawberries. Sprinkle on a damp bed. Powder seedlings.
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