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How Mustard Powder Can Help a Gardener: Tips for Organic Farmers
18.11.2024 06:50
Due to the fact that mustard, to put it mildly, is not held in high esteem among the many garden pests, savvy gardeners are stocking up on mustard powder before the new season.
This tool should definitely be in the arsenal of those who are against pesticides and want to collect only organic vegetables and fruits from their plot.
Fighting slugs
No slug can resist mustard. As soon as you notice the first signs of this pest in your beds, sprinkle mustard powder between the plants.
Against cabbage aphids
To prepare an infusion that can deal with this parasite, dissolve 100 g of mustard powder in a 10-liter bucket of water and wait a couple of days.
After this, strain the infusion, dilute it with water in a 50 to 50 ratio, and add 40 g of soap to each bucket.
Destruction of other insects
The infusion prepared according to the above recipe can also be used to combat moths, sawflies, bugs, thrips, aphids, codling moths and other leaf-eating caterpillars.
Spraying of trees is carried out 15-20 days after flowering, while berry bushes are recommended to be treated at the beginning of summer.
