Plants should not be made to suffer by treating them with chemicals against mites, caterpillars, moths, onion and carrot flies, aphids and slugs.
Wormwood, which occupies a leading position in the list of natural insecticides, will come to the rescue.
How to use wormwood
Wormwood solution is effective against insects that harm crops.
Wormwood leaves contain essential oils that repel many insects. The stems will become a living barrier if you plant wormwood around the perimeter of your plot.
Wormwood Solution Recipe
The solution is sprayed on plants in early spring.
We prepare the solution as follows:
- 1 kg of crushed plants are collected during flowering and brewed in a small amount of water for 15 minutes. Infuse overnight and dilute with 10 liters of water.
Application of the solution
At intervals of 7 days we carry out treatment against caterpillars, aphids, slugs and other pests.
For better adhesion, add 20 g of liquid soap to the solution.
The benefits of wormwood
Wormwood, white and black wormwood, mugwort – all these plants are called wormwood and are considered a weed. Although such a weed can be useful.
The plant has antiseptic, anti-inflammatory, and analgesic properties.
The benefits of wormwood have been noted:
- in medicine;
- for digestion;
- from diseases;
- in the garden.