How to get rid of butterflies and cabbage caterpillars
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How to deal with a butterfly cabbage, there are several proven ways. For the destruction of pests using traditional methods of struggle, professional preparations.Butterflies are caught or frightened, the caterpillars are destroyed. Protection of cabbage from this pest of the family white flowers - One of the most important issues for summer residents, gardeners, farmers.
Advantages, disadvantages of folk methods
Fighting cabbage at the dacha recommended folk remedies on cabbage and other plants. For the manufacture of effective drugs used plants, decoctions of flowers, spices, substances with a pungent smell, wood ash and much more.
The main advantage of the methods is safety for the environment, the person. Especially if it comes to the early varieties of cabbage. The decay period of the insecticidal substance is from 22 to 60 days. Ingestion of a poison in the body with a vegetable threatens to accumulate toxins. To feel the effect of poison is impossible immediately, but with the same tactics of treatment of cabbage with a poison, the risk of developing a stomach ulcer, cancer increases several times.
The cure for white cabbage soup is prepared from the "improvised" ingredients, which are always present in the household, first-aid kit, and in the kitchen. The process is simple, does not take much time. No need to use personal protective equipment in the form of a respirator, a suit. It is enough to protect your hands with rubber gloves.
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A significant disadvantage is that the entire warm season will have to repeat the processing of cabbage repeatedly to achieve the desired result. To save the cabbage from the already appeared cabbage, spraying the vegetable is carried out 2-3 times a week, depending on the chosen means. If you want to protect the cabbage - just once every 14 days.
Advantages, disadvantages of chemicals
The fight with cabbage soup begins in early spring, as the years and mating of butterflies take place in April. May-June appears first generation of tracks. It is not so numerous, but this amount is enough to destroy the young seedlings of cabbage, slow down the development of the head.
In the middle of summer, the next generation of cabbage caterpillars appears, butterflies flit over the beds much more actively. And already at the end of summer, at the beginning of autumn, the last generation of cabbage caterpillars, which will hibernate, is shown from eggs. To get rid of the cabbage butterfly, you need to constantly monitor the beds of cabbage, to take timely measures.
Significantly simplifies the process of modern effective insecticidal agent. Producers claim that if used correctly, the poison does not harm the person and the environment, is finally neutralized in the soil for 60 days, on the surface of the leaves for 22 days.
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The disadvantage of the chemical method is that it is possible to process the cabbage from harmful insects only once per season - in early spring when planting seedlings. In later varieties, repeated processing is allowed, but no later than 25 days before harvest.
Effective folk remedies
How to deal with caterpillars on cabbage according to popular recipes, everyone chooses for himself individually. To improve the efficiency it is recommended to combine several methods at once.
Wood ash
One of the most effective folk remedies for many garden pests. You can get rid of caterpillars on cabbage in several ways.
- From the larvae of the butterfly of the cabbage the solution from ash, laundry soap will help. Foaming ingredient of natural origin is added to increase the efficiency of wood ash - it keeps particles on the surface of the sheet.Ingredients are added to the water, mixed, poured into a garden spray bottle or spray bottle. Spray the cabbage leaves thoroughly on all sides. The procedure should be carried out early in the morning or in the evening. Repeat after 3 days, provided there is no rain.
- Ashes are added to water, watered cabbage. The active ingredients in this way penetrate the juice of the plant, give it bitterness. The caterpillars stop feeding, crawl to neighboring sites, or die.
- On the garden bed around cabbage shreds the paths of wood ash. This procedure is recommended to be done even before the butterflies begin to flutter above the plant.
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The hurt of a cabbage butterfly can be enormous - from the destruction of seedlings to the damage of ready-made, formed heads.
Plants with strong odor
Fighting cabbage soup with folk remedies is not without plants. Their goal is to scare away moths, not to give an opportunity to lay eggs, and also to “spoil the appetite” for the caterpillars.
- Around the beds or between the rows to plant calendula, marigold, onions, garlic. The persistent smell frightens away butterflies, it is not necessary to fight with caterpillars.
- From tobacco, garlic, wormwood, tansy, celandine prepare the infusion. Ingredients can be mixed with each other or taken separately. Fill with water, allow to insist day. Filter, add laundry soap. Used for spraying. The procedure is repeated every 3 days.
- Effective from cabbage butterflies and caterpillars of valerian, essential oil of lavender, citrus, citronella. Aromatic substance is added to water - per 1 liter of 10 drops. Sprayed cabbage.
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In the midst of summer inhabit cabbage butterfly on strawberries, actively feed on nectar. Live about 20 days. During this time, each female has time to lay 1500 eggs. For efficient track fighting It is necessary to pay attention to the neighboring cultures, not to disregard them. And before planting seedlings in early spring, you need to abundantly wash with a stream of water trees, household extensions bordering the garden. It is there that pests overwinter.
Improvised means
To get rid of the larvae and moths in the beds you can with the help of baking soda, table vinegar, ammonia, salt, soap, and spices - mustard, red pepper, black, cinnamon, cloves.Mix any ingredients, add soap, spray plants. Powder spice make the tracks between the rows, around the beds.
How to deal with butterfly cabbage with folk remedies is very simple. You just need to be patient, because the result may not be immediately noticeable. It is recommended to reduce the number of caterpillars collect their hands, destroy. Butterflies catch using traps from plastic bottles, where they put the sweet jam, honey, sugar syrup.
Chemicals
Pitched cabbage soup should be in compliance with the instructions, using personal protective equipment. Processing is carried out early in the morning, in the evening. Do not exceed the dosage, spray the plant twice a month. It is forbidden to process already formed cabbages of early cabbage.
Effective means:
- Aktara;
- Actellic;
- Karbofos;
- Decis.
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The preparations have a wide spectrum of action, they destroy the caterpillars by contact, during feeding. The action lasts up to 25 days. Efficiency is not affected by heavy rains, drought. The average price of the drug is 100 rubles.
In addition to insecticides, biopreparations are used that kill caterpillars within 5-7 days. Treat the plant should be 1 time in 2 weeks. Vegetable can be consumed after thorough washing with cold water. The best drugs from this group are Fitoverm, Bitoxibacillin, Spark bio. The cost of biological products an average of 200 rubles.