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How to Grow Raspberries Without Worms: This Super Remedy Will Help
22.01.2025 11:39
Many gardeners are afraid that the raspberries they grow will become wormy.
It’s a shame if there are worms in the collected berries: such a harvest can be considered completely spoiled.
Fortunately, there is a miracle cure that provides the fruit with ideal protection.
A powder that you probably have at home will come to the rescue. We are talking about... the most common baking soda.
But first, it’s worth talking about a preventative measure.
What to do in early spring
At the very beginning of the summer season (before the buds open), you need to treat the raspberry bushes with a three percent Bordeaux mixture.
How to spray raspberry bushes during flowering
At this time, the culture should be doused with drops of soda solution.
The product is prepared very simply: you need to fill a bucket with boiled water, add two tablespoons of sodium hydrogen carbonate and thoroughly mix the contents of the container.
Spraying raspberries with this liquid should be done weekly.
Don't worry: soda won't change the taste of the fruit. The berries won't be wormy.
Another remedy that will help get rid of worms in raspberries
Instead of soda solution, you can use mustard infusion.
Pour 100 grams of dry mustard into a deep container, add a little water and stir.
Pour in just enough liquid to create a mass that resembles sour cream in consistency.
Dissolve the prepared product in a bucket of water and leave the resulting liquid for exactly 24 hours: let it infuse.
The result will be an infusion that should be used to periodically spray raspberry bushes.
