The danger of whiteflies
Belkalka causes significant damage to cucumbers, tomatoes, pepper, eggplant, salad, celery, zucchini, cabbage, strawberries, as well as decorative crops. Belkalka larvae suck cell juice, due to which the leaves begin to turn yellow, and the plants lag behind the timing in flowering, in the formation and maturation of fruits, their yield decreases. Damaged leaves are twisted and dry.
1. Say whitewood stream of water
Many gardeners try to fight the whiteflower without the use of chemicals. For example, with the help of a strong stream of water aimed at cabbage leaves from a hose or a spray.
The effectiveness of this method was convinced by the author of the Ukrainian Youtube channel about garden and field works “My cottage, garden, the city is all of the dovkol of them.”
“Do not go as soon as you have a whiteflower, buy chemistry. Do not spray your cabbage, especially if it has already started tie the heads. Chemistry comes out for a very long time,” the gardener shared his experience. “When there are few whiteflies, we took a sprayer or a watering can and washed the leaves from below.”
According to the gardener, you need to do this early in the morning, when Belokrylka has not yet begun to fly. Once under a stream of water, insects will begin to fall from cabbage right before our eyes. Once in the wet land, Belklka will no longer be able to fly and will die soon.
2. Tighten agriculture
In practice, this method was checked by the author of the Ukrainian YouTube channel “Visiting Tanya.” According to the gardener, she uses agricultural fiber to protect cabbage from pests, very tightly covering it with seedlings with seedlings. The blogger emphasized that under such a cabbage protection, a whole and intact, since not a single whiteflower is able to penetrate under the agricultural fiber.
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“My cabbage will be covered until the heads start to be tied – that is, until the fall. And such a pure cabbage. It’s not necessary to process it. This is the best way to protect the cabbage from whiteflies,” she shared with experience. “Therefore, I advise you – once buy agriculture, make homemade arcs, cover and leave it so, and do it, and you will never have a white wing. cabbage “.
3. Spread yellow Velcro
Experienced gardeners are also used to destroy yellow Velcro whiteflies, which are sold in specialized stores for gardeners. To use a sticky trap, it is enough to remove the protective paper from the adhesive layer and with the help of a hook or rope hang a trap on the plant or next to it, taking into account the direction of the wind.
The sticky tape itself is safe, since any harmful or toxic substances are not applied to it. Sticky traps are yellow, as it attracts pests. Sitting on the adhesive base of the tape, Belkolka will never be able to take off and subsequently dies.
