Why do you need a brick in a strawberry bed during berry ripening: the result is surprising
Summer residents are forced to be cunning in order to save their harvest from bad weather or ubiquitous pests.
We will describe one of these tricks in this article. It is very simple, and the result, according to gardeners who use this scheme, is surprising.
We will talk about an ordinary brick that summer residents leave in the strawberry bed while the berries are ripening.
Broken bricks will also do.
Why is this necessary?
Strawberries attract not only slugs and weevils. Ants are among the first to attack the bed.
Next, it is recommended to pour sugar syrup on the bricks. All the ants that live in the garden bed are guaranteed to sit on the "sweet" bricks.
You can do it differently, for example, use pest control products.
But it takes time for them to take effect.
Moreover, not every gardener will agree to carry out the treatment when the berries on the bushes are almost ripe.
And the sugar syrup on the bricks will act as a distraction, and summer residents will be able to collect ripe and unspoiled berries.
