Caterpillars love to feast on cabbage leaves. Therefore, a summer resident who notices a pest should act without delay.
There are many ways to combat insect larvae. Popular ones are products prepared on the basis of table salt, vinegar, and ammonia.
However, you need to act carefully. It is important that the prepared solutions not only help to cope with the pest, but also do not cause any harm to the garden crop.
A gardener who does not want to take risks should consider one interesting and absolutely safe for plants way to combat caterpillars.
What's the trick?
Pine needles demonstrate incredible effectiveness in the fight against cabbage pests.
You need to collect as many spruce and pine needles as possible, and then grind the collected mass using a meat grinder.
The resulting solution should be sprinkled on the soil on which the vulnerable garden crop grows.
It is also desirable that some needles fall on the plant itself. However, it is advisable to limit it to the lower leaves.
If the procedure is carried out correctly, the caterpillars will no longer pose a danger to the cabbage.
