How to exterminate cruciferous flea beetles and caterpillars on cabbage: advice from an agronomist

13.01.2023 18:30

There are countless folk remedies that have been invented to combat cruciferous flea beetles and cabbage caterpillars.

However, not all of them are as effective as they say, as country bloggers say. Sometimes it is better to listen to the advice of professionals.

An expert of the online publication Belnovosti , agronomist and author of the blog Conscious Gardening Anastasia Kovrizhnykh told how to drive out pests and save the cabbage harvest.

If flea beetles and caterpillars are a nuisance year after year, it's time to use insecticides.

Gardening is gradually moving away from aggressive chemicals that harm not only pests, but also humans.

Cabbage
Photo: © Belnovosti

For example, biopreparations are gaining popularity. They are based on components obtained from natural resources.

Thus, the cruciferous flea and caterpillars will be destroyed by a product based on avermectin. This is an extract from a useful mold.

As for folk remedies, you can try them first. If there is no result, then it is worth reviewing the tactics and finding more effective methods.

Dmitry Bobrovich Author: Dmitry Bobrovich Internet resource editor