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How to plant plants so that slugs and snails do not appear on the site: an important rule that even experienced gardeners violate
29.11.2024 15:15
Slugs and snails are creatures that pose a huge danger to many garden and horticultural crops.
The appearance of these pests in a country house is fraught with partial or complete loss of the harvest of cabbage, potatoes, cucumbers, tomatoes, strawberries, etc.
An expert of the online publication "BelNovosti", agronomist and landscape designer Anastasia Kovrizhnykh emphasizes: the culprit of the appearance of uninvited "guests" in the garden and vegetable garden may be the summer resident himself.
If the latter planted certain plants incorrectly, then he should not be surprised by the abundance of gastropods on his country plot.
How to Plant Plants to Protect Them from Slugs and Snails
There is a simple rule. It sounds like this: "You can't place plants too close together."
If the gardener leaves almost no gaps when planting crops, then ideal conditions for gastropods will appear.
This way, pests will immediately notice the shaded area and start hiding there.
Therefore, do not plant too densely. Otherwise, you will have to fight a large number of slugs and snails.
There is another important recommendation: periodically thin out the seedlings.
What to do if pests have already appeared
In this case, unburned wood remains will come to the aid of the summer resident.
Simply sprinkle the paths with ash. The ash will change the soil cover: it will become too hard for gastropods.
For reference
Slug is a common name for a number of terrestrial gastropods that have undergone a reduction or complete loss of their shell during evolution.
