Non-standard ways to get rid of malicious pests

Garden pests and scalding method

Garden pests are a real disaster for the gardener. It's spring now, so it's time to talk about scalding pest control. Some experienced gardeners begin to pour hot water on bushes, for example, with black currants, in early spring. In this case, the water temperature should be about 80 degrees. 10 liters of hot water is enough to scald three bushes. Someone carries out such a procedure in the fall. You can also scald strawberry bushes after the first leaves and gooseberries appear. Some gardeners scald the bushes with warm water, about 40 - 50 degrees.

Thus, this method is very popular among experienced gardeners and gardeners. This method is explained by the fact that at high temperatures, the protein of pathogenic pests collapses, therefore, pests that hibernate in the bushes die.

Apple trees can be scalded in the same way. An experienced gardener decided to experiment. So, he processed 6 apple trees on the site with hot water in March, and left two unprocessed apple trees. As a result, a very large and rich harvest ripened on the scalded apple trees. In the same way, the gardener got rid of the aphids, which appeared a lot at the beginning of summer. After heating the water, he sprayed all the caterpillar spider's nests with it. However, the summer resident notes that the distance from the sprayer to the branch should be no more than half a meter, otherwise the effectiveness of this method becomes much lower.

Experts confirm the effectiveness of the method. They also note that this method is good not only as the destruction of pests, but also serves as a method of preventing the protection of fruit trees from diseases and pests. So, at the end of March, pour boiling water over the bushes of red and black currants, raspberries, and also gooseberries. You can tie a rope around the bush to make it more compact. Watering is necessary from a watering can, since it will be easier to moisten each branch of the bush with a small construction site, and this procedure also reduces the likelihood of powdery mildew on the bushes. Fewer pests are colonized on stems and leaves, and overwintering individuals die.

Garden pests and kerosene-soap spraying

In addition, when the air temperature has already warmed up to 5 degrees, the buds begin to swell, fruit trees and shrubs are recommended to be sprayed with a soap-kerosene solution. To do this, you need half a liter of warm water with 100 g of laundry soap dissolved in it. While stirring the solution, it is necessary to pour 80 g of kerosene into it, then add another half liter of water, and then mix the resulting mixture with nine liters of water. This solution must be sprayed on the leaves of trees and shrubs. Such a procedure will help protect the plant from early spring scoops, since the caterpillars that emerged from these eggs eat the fruit buds, and most of the other pests that hibernated on the trees, including leafworms, die.

Helper plants

In addition to the above methods, the plants themselves help each other to protect themselves from certain insects. They secrete phytoncides and thereby repel pests or slow down their growth and development. For example elderberry. This is a shrub that will protect currants and gooseberries from pests such as moth caterpillars. Elderberry can either be planted near the bushes of the plant, or you can place branches in the ground and wait for the leaves to bloom.In addition, insects do not tolerate the smell of mint, nasturtium, and calendula. If it grows between plantings, then not a single butterfly will fly up to your beds. Bird cherry is very useful in this regard. Bird cherry phytoncides will protect plants from many pests, as well as from molds. Medicinal black root protects the site from rodents, mice and rats. Its branches must be scalded with boiling water and hung on the site, or laid out in holes. The apple tree and raspberry bushes protect each other well, especially if they grow so close that the branches touch each other. Raspberries can protect the apple tree from scab, and the apple tree can help keep raspberries from getting sick with gray rot.

Mutual assistance of cultures

In general, there are a lot of plants in the garden that help each other get rid of intruders. For example marigolds. Marigolds protect roses, tulips, gladioli from nematodes. Potatoes help fight pests of beans, beans, aphids and mites. Also carrots and onions render a service to each other. Carrots will help get rid of onion flies, and onions will help get rid of carrot flies. And, of course, marigolds serve as a very effective defense against aphids, nematodes, raspberry flies and leaf-eating. Radish bushes will protect cucumbers and tomatoes from spider mites, and dill will save plantings from cruciferous fleas.

The aforementioned helper plants can be planted around trees, along plantings and paths, around garden beds or a potato field. Thus, there will be much fewer pests on the site, and the harvest will become richer, which is what we all are striving for.