A bear, a cabbage, or an earthen cancer is the name of the same insect, which is a pest that is difficult to remove from the garden. But nothing is impossible. In this article, we will tell you about the measures to combat the bear that should be conducted in the spring.
Spring is the best time of the year for removing this pest from its site. This is due to the fact that in May its number is growing strongly. After the temperature of the air warms up to + 15 ° C, the bear rises to the surface and lays eggs. Until the moment when the larvae hatch, it should be caught. The second reason is that before the summer, the bear has little to spare on the site, so she will willingly crawl into the traps set for her.
Traditional means of combating the bear
Destruction of the bear is necessary to begin long before the appearance of the harvest, because it can harm even planted seeds and young sprouts.
If you want to scare off the pest from the beds, then it is worth sowing Chernobryvtsy (marigolds ) along their perimeter. Medvedka does not like this smell, so she will bypass them. Also, for the same purpose, it is recommended to carry out fertilizing only with a dilute chicken droppings.
Catch the living in your garden bear cubs will help different pitfalls. Here are some ways to organize them:
- Take a glass bottle, pour in it 100 ml of beer and bury it in the ground at an angle to the very neck. Insects will attract the smell of the drink, so they will crawl in, but can not get out. Change traps cost every 7-10 days.
- You should prepare the wooden boards and put them on wet ground. The loving humidity of the bear will lay eggs there. You will only have to raise them regularly and remove the pests.
- We take fresh manure, mix it with small straw and fall asleep in the prepared wells. A piece of fertilizer can be simply expanded throughout the site. During the laying (in mid-May), the bear will crawl into them. Infected manure with the larvae located there must be collected and burned after 3 weeks.
If you could not get rid of the problem with the help of the listed measures, then it is worthwhile to turn to special chemical preparations.
Effective means of combating the bear
Against a bear, you can use:
- "Thunder";
- "Fenaksim";
- "Medtotox";
- "Grizzly".
But you can use them only by instructions, otherwise you can ruin the entire crop.