Attracts black aphids and powdery mildew: why gardeners continue to grow calendula despite its shortcomings
Every gardener undoubtedly knows that calendula has medicinal properties.
Some owners of country plots grow the plant for this very reason, while others have heard about the ability of calendula to improve the soil.
Indeed, according to the expert of the online publication BelNovosti, scientist-agronomist, landscape designer Anastasia Kovrizhnykh , the flower can even be used as green manure.
But if the benefits are more or less clear, then not everyone knows about the disadvantages of calendula.
Perhaps the main disadvantage of marigolds is that they themselves can attract black aphids, as well as powdery mildew.
If this information is new to you and you are already seriously thinking about pulling out all the calendula shoots when spring comes, then we advise you to take a deep breath and relax.
The whole point is that aphids, as well as powdery mildew, which settle on calendula, are not at all dangerous for garden and vegetable crops.
On the contrary, the phytoncidal substances that calendula secretes protect plants from all sorts of diseases, as well as from pests such as spider mites.
Therefore, you can safely plant marigolds along the wall of the greenhouse or use them as mulching material.
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