How to deal with the whitefly on cabbage

Every summer resident is familiar with the situation when small white butterflies are suddenly found on cabbage beds, and upon closer inspection, the leaves are damaged. This is an alarming signal - your site has become a very harmful insect. Whitefly on cabbage multiplies rapidly and can even lead to the death of plants. Therefore, we must begin to fight it immediately.

Meet the whitefly!

Easy to learn whitefly.It is small, a little more aphids The size is a powdery milky white butterfly. The whitefly butterfly does not spoil the cabbage anymore, its life cycle ends, and it only lays eggs, which in one clutch can be up to 300 pieces! After some time, small, about 2-3 mm long larvae hatch from eggs.

The most dangerous for cabbage are voracious larvae that simply destroy the succulent leaves. AT larval feeding The pulp and juice of cabbage is included. It affects the plant and the fungus, which starts in white butterflies left by butterflies. Black spores are clearly visible to the naked eye and such a plant can no longer be eaten. Some species of white-winged butterfly are pests of indoor plantsand get rid of whitefly on home colors not so easy.

White fly

Preventive measures

The most effective and easiest method to deal with whitefly on cabbage is to observe preventive measures that simply will not allow this insect to settle in your garden. And in fact, if the living conditions on the neighbor's plot are better, the whitefly will settle there with pleasure, and your cabbage beds will remain intact.

• when planting, place the plants at a distance of at least 20-30 cm so that air circulates between them and illuminates the sunlight from all sides;
• if the plant is grown in greenhouse conditions - to ensure normal ventilation and fresh air, but the ventilation holes should be closed with a fine mesh grid - this will allow get rid of the whitefly in the greenhouse;
• shortly before planting, pre-irrigate the soil with an insect control agent;
• feed plants with fertilizers and introduce biostimulants into the soil;
• in greenhouses and greenhouses do not sprinkle cabbage, if there is already high humidity;
• Be sure to produce weeding several times after planting the plant - while the cabbage leaf is still small, the whitefly settles next door.

You must regularly inspect the beds and remember that the whitefly eggs are fixed on the back of the leaves. If small caterpillars are found on the cabbage, the leaves will be nibbled, whitish or black bloom scattered on them in places - an unexpected guest is already on your garden bed, you must immediately begin an active struggle and look for a way to get rid of the whitefly on the cabbage.

Whitefly on cabbage

Folk remedies

Measures to combat whitefly on cabbage can be used modern - with the help of spraying potent chemicals or folk. Here everyone makes the decision himself. If there are not too many pests on the beds, it is quite possible to fight them with folk remedies.

• Fly trap. They will help to quickly get rid of the adult whitefly and thereby prevent further insect reproduction. You can hang the usual Velcro or sticky blackfly trap, install incandescent bulbs and illuminate the beds at night, place the bottles half-filled with syrup in the narrow neck.
• Soap solution. Used to wash the leaves and make them unsuitable for the life of insects. This procedure takes a lot of time, because the leaves will have to be washed from both sides, and each leaf will be processed. But there is no risk to health, and you will be absolutely sure that all the whiteflies are destroyed.
• Spray equipment. The larvae are poisoned, but are completely harmless to humans.You can use garlic diluted with water, tincture of dry tobacco (can be shaken out of cigarettes), yarrow or dandelion roots. Garlic juice is used immediately, and the tincture should be at least 4-5 days. Spray the cabbage every 3 days until the whitefly disappears completely.

Whitefly fighting agents

The use of folk remedies is much more troublesome. It is much easier to pour cabbage with ready-made chemicals. But if you care about your own health and the environmental cleanliness of the site and the products growing on it, then you should make a choice in favor of natural remedies.

Chemicals

But if lifting a cabbage leaf, you released a swarm of whitefly from there, and the leaves themselves resemble green lace, you must use specially designed tools. Here are some popular whitefly remedies that are successfully used for watering or spraying cabbage:

• Aktara. Powerful crayfish and other pests, a real whitefly poison that can kill adult individuals and larvae. It must be diluted with water and watered cabbage. It is absorbed by the plant from the soil, enters the juice and poisons it.Naturally, it is impossible to eat such cabbage at least a month from the moment of processing. Suitable for whitefly on tomatoes, cabbage and other cultures.
• Aragventin. Another kind of powerful poison that allows you to quickly get rid of the whitefly. It is used for spraying cabbage, but it should be done very carefully, especially well-treated places of accumulation of larvae or eggs. The drug is able to stop their development.
• Golden sparkle. There are several varieties of this drug, so you can choose a convenient form for its use. Its biggest plus is a very low price with high efficiency. Alas, it is also poison and cabbage can not be eaten for 4 weeks.
  

  Whitefly preparations on cabbage
• Fufanon. A complex preparation that helps to get rid of whitefly and other harmful insects within a few hours. Only a few grams are diluted with water and cabbage leaves are sprinkled with this solution. Means should not be allowed to fall on the ground, as it stays in the soil for a long time and will poison cabbage and other plants.
• Actellic. Integrated supereffective drug to protect cabbage bedsfrom almost all types of pests. Its great advantage is the rapid period of disintegration and elimination - only 14 days. But when processing you need to be very careful and use personal protective equipment. If it comes into contact with skin, it can cause burns and, in the lungs, severe allergies.

Important!

With chemicals from garden pests need to be very careful. Most types of cabbage have the ability to adsorb them into leaves and accumulate there. Therefore, if the recommended dosage is exceeded, the plant may become unsafe even for humans. This must be remembered before making a decision than to water the cabbage from the whitefly, especially if it gets on the table to the child.

These are just a few of the most popular and effective products on the market, out of which are much larger and better if an experienced gardener helps you to make a choice. The application scheme for each tool is different, so before using it is necessary to carefully study the instructions.