The average person is accustomed to the fact that mustard is used in cooking as a seasoning. Doctors recall the essential oil isolated from the seeds of the plant. However, there is another way for gardeners and gardeners to use it to rid their plants of pests.
Beneficial features
Mustard seed cake is a natural herbicide. Has properties responsible for phytosanitary treatment. Contains essential oils that promote healthy plants. Helps in the fight against pathogenic bacteria, rids the area of harmful insects and their larvae.
Use in agricultural work
Gardeners and gardeners successfully use the waste remaining after obtaining essential oil. This mass is called cake. It has a beneficial effect on the land, with its help they get rid of plant diseases and pests in the spring. The range of effects of this product is wide.
- Provides protection against rot and fungi.
- Protects against mole crickets, wireworms, slugs, Colorado potato beetles, nematodes, and weevils.
- Prevents the accumulation of nitrates and heavy metals in plants.
If you use the cake from April to May, this will help increase the quantity and improve the quality of the harvest at the end of the season.
Using insect repellent
Mustard cake can be used as an independent product and in combination with other fertilizers.Interacts with ash or other organic substances. Additives are used to reduce the aggressive impact of pests on plantings.
The cake is laid before planting in open ground to preserve the seedlings. It is also used in greenhouses as an insect repellent.
Methods of use
This method is used not only by gardeners, but also by gardeners, protecting fruit trees and bushes in the spring. By adding cake, the pest population is regulated in the garden plot. This practice helps get rid of insects and their larvae. Sometimes the substrate crumbles on the soil surface.
Mustard extracts and humus are mixed in equal proportions as mulch. Then they are scattered on a mulched area for seedlings. The method has an active effect on weeds and harmful insects. When working in spring, this method is the most environmentally friendly.
When using mustard squeezes when planting vegetables, you need to put the extract in the hole or pour the mixture into a bed dug for root vegetables. Normal ratio — 1 tbsp. l. at 1 m.
Then you need to sprinkle the cake with a small layer of earth. This eliminates the risk of the extract coming into contact with the planting material. The technique protects plants from attack by insects living in the soil.
Contraindications
It is undesirable to use cake on acidic soils. The extract will do more harm.
