What flower should be planted in a greenhouse to prevent whitefly from appearing here: a smart solution
Since the modern whitefly is resistant to chemicals that are designed to combat the pest, it is not so easy to cope with it.
Belnovosti online publication expert, agronomist and landscape designer Anastasia Kovrizhnykh told what experienced summer residents do to protect their plantings from such a disaster.
It is believed that a plant such as ageratum can neutralize the parasite.
Its bright flowers attract small butterflies whose wings are covered with pollen.
However, the insidiousness of large inflorescences is that the ageratum juice neutralizes the whitefly and it loses the ability to reproduce.
According to experienced gardeners, one plant is enough for 10 square meters of greenhouse.
Another positive quality that ageratum has is its ability to easily propagate by cuttings.
By the way, the flower is also cultivated as one of the best border plants, and knowledgeable gardeners harvest its above-ground part as medicinal raw materials.
