How to treat soil in a greenhouse from pests: effective, but without chemicals

13.03.2023 15:39
Updated: 29.03.2023 14:04

A greenhouse is a unique microclimate in a vegetable garden, where insects and other microorganisms live and reproduce.

Among them there are useful, pests and pathogenic representatives. And if you do not cultivate the soil, you will not be able to collect an impressive harvest.

Let's figure out whether it is possible to cultivate the soil in a greenhouse without harming the beneficial inhabitants of the garden soil.

There is one folk solution that allows you to disinfect the soil in a greenhouse without causing harm.

It is no secret that fungi and pathogens of other diseases in a greenhouse tolerate winter cold quite well.

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Pests that are attracted to early planted seedlings in the spring warmth overwinter in the greenhouse in the same way.

Before you treat the soil, you need to tidy up the greenhouse. Remove any remaining vegetation, weeds, etc. Then you need to tidy up the structure itself – the frame and walls.

After this, you can begin to fight the pests hiding in the soil.

For this case, prepare a garlic infusion. You will need 40 grams of crushed garlic per ten liters of water, and leave it for a day.

The smell of garlic repels many insect pests and even large rodents, such as mice and moles.

Author: Igor Zur Internet resource editor