Cabbage wilts and dries after transplanting into the ground: the cause may be the mole cricket
As is known, the most vulnerable part of cabbage seedlings is the roots. In order to properly “grasp” the ground, they need time.
An expert of the online publication Belnovosti, agronomist, and landscape designer Anastasia Kovrizhnykh explains that while the cabbage root system is in the stage of formation and rooting in a new “place of residence,” the plant is at risk of falling victim to underground inhabitants of the garden.
One of the worst enemies of cultivated plants is the mole cricket.
Both larvae and adults make numerous passages in the soil, trying to find food.
Since the mole cricket's prey includes not only other insects, but also plant parts, there is no doubt that it will definitely not miss cabbage roots.
Due to severe damage caused by the voracious pest, cabbage bushes begin to wither, dry out, and sometimes even fall over as if they had been cut off.
Many methods have been invented to combat the parasite - for example, some gardeners, when planting seedlings, wrap the earthen lump in burlap, while others water the seedlings with a solution obtained by adding a tablespoon of ammonia to 10 liters of water.
Another method is the use of industrial means. The biopreparation "Metarizin", which is based on an entomopathogenic fungus, has proven itself well in this matter.
