The primary task of each gardener is to get a rich crop on a personal plot. But getting such a crop is very problematic. There will always be pests on the way, who really like to destroy the crop. Such insects include a cabbage fly.
How to deal with a cabbage fly
Often, lovers of growing vegetables notice that white cabbage began to fade. The search for reasons begins. Most often explain this by the lack of moisture in the soil. Abundant watering of cabbage begins. But a miracle does not happen, water does not help. The cabbage is caused by the cabbage. For the vegetable, this pest is very dangerous.
You do not need to be afraid of an adult fly. The harm is caused by cabbage only her larvae. And funds to destroy them exist. Moreover, not only chemical. There are two types of these insects: a spring fly and summer fly. There is no difference between them. Just a summer fly in the winter does not fly away anywhere. On earth it remains until spring, and in the spring gives offspring. It is called a flywheel.
Ways to combat a whim of cabbage
You can destroy the cabbage pest in different ways. But the simplest is the processing of cabbage to oremicates. There are a lot of drugs on sale. They are sold in specialized business stores. But you can do without chemicals. You can destroy the enemy with the help of natural components.
Experienced gardeners treat the cabbage dust tobacco or naphthalin. Others even use traps treated with glue. Each vegetable forks is covered with newspaper paper. Having cut out a circle with a diameter of 15 cm from the newspaper, a cut is made in the middle and then cut the circle in diameter. This design is placed under the stalk of plants directly on the garden. I can’t crawl on the leaves, but will remain on paper. They will die quickly and do not harm the fruits.
How to deal with a cabbage fly
It is possible to remove the upper soil layer before hilling. A layer of land from another bed should be put on this place, where onion or garlic previously grew.
But, as it turns out, the best means of combating a cabbage fly is prevention. Remove from a site of stumps after cutting the fetus. This will prevent the appearance of a spring fly. The territory where cabbage grew should periodically plow. So you can remove the larvae that have managed to pupate. And do not forget about the crop rotation of vegetables.
The cabbage fly differs from the usual smallest size and lighter color. Larvae appear during the start of flowering lilacs. The female lays up to 150 eggs on the root part of the fork or a radical one under the soil lumps. After 10 days, larvae appear. It is they who do the cabbage harm.
