How to treat raspberries from aphids and ants so that the berries are not spoiled and the harvest can be collected in buckets

10.03.2023 11:54

Updated: 14.04.2023 14:24

The danger of aphids for the garden is obvious - the pest feeds on raspberry juice, spoils young shoots, buds, leaves, spreads viral diseases, attracts other insects.

If you don’t fight the scourge, you can forget about the raspberry harvest forever.

Gardeners sometimes do not know which method of control is the most reliable, because along with aphids, ants also dominate the garden, spreading aphids throughout the area.

There are both traditional methods of control - chemical means, and folk methods. Let's focus on the latter and consider what is safe to use to protect raspberries, not to harm the berries and not to worry about the crop being crushed.

Celandine herb

Pour 5 liters of boiling water over half a bucket of fresh grass and leave it to brew for a day. Strain the solution and treat the plantings using a container with a sprayer. The benefits are obvious: the solution is safe, nutritious and will drive away aphids.

Whey

Mix a liter of whey and 2 liters of water. Put the mixture in a sprayer and spray the raspberry patch. The benefit of this treatment is that there will be no fungal diseases.

Wood ash

Dissolve 50 g of crushed or liquid laundry soap in two liters of warm water, add 1 glass of wood ash and let it sit for 2-3 hours. Strain and use to treat raspberries from insects.

Garlic cloves

Add a glass of crushed garlic to a bucket of water and let it sit for a few days. Treat raspberry bushes. The method is proven and environmentally friendly.