What method can be called the most effective in the fight against onion fly: you only need salt

04.07.2023 14:21

Onion fly is a common scourge that every summer resident has to deal with sooner or later.

According to the expert of the online publication BelNovosti, scientist-agronomist, landscape designer Anastasia Kovrizhnykh , this insect is capable of leaving a gardener without a harvest of onions or garlic.

Fortunately, resourceful gardeners have come up with many ways to help them deal with this malicious parasite.

We will share one of these tools with you today, which can certainly compete for the title of the most effective.

To deal with onion fly, you will need to prepare a salt solution.

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For this you will need 10 liters of water and 1 glass of salt.

Moisten the soil where the onions and garlic grow thoroughly, then water the vegetables with the prepared solution, and after 2 hours visit the beds again with a watering can, this time filled with clean water.

Please note: when using this solution, you should be extremely careful so as not to harm the plantings.

For this reason, the saline solution can only be used once during the entire season.

Author: Elena Shimanovskaya Internet resource editor