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Protect cabbage from cutworms and caterpillars: clever methods
17.01.2023 12:07
Updated: 15.02.2024 13:28
Cabbage moth and caterpillars are the main enemies of white cabbage and its relatives.
In addition to chemical, biological and folk remedies for fighting insects, there are also interesting folk tricks. Here's how to protect cruciferous plants from pest invasion.
1. Manual collection
It's not very pleasant, but what can you do? When you want to grow a crop, you have to catch the unpleasant insects and collect them in jars.
True, the plants will have to be inspected at least twice a week.
2. Grid
You can stretch a net or other cover over the bed, through which the butterfly would not be able to land on the cabbage to lay eggs.
3. Vegetable variety
Plant purple and red varieties in the cabbage bed. This will make the insects visible to the birds and they will destroy them faster.
Along with this, you can plant thyme and dill, oregano and lavender, onions and garlic, and calendula among the flowers. All these plants repel the cabbage moth.
And the last thing to do in this case is to dust the cabbage with ash.
