Wireworms have firmly established themselves in the so-called TOP-5 of potato pests.
It is possible to exterminate this parasite, fortunately, manufacturers give summer residents such an opportunity. But which of the sensible gardeners will agree to voluntarily water their land with unknown things?
This is how alternative folk developments with the label “safe” or “environmentally friendly” appear.
We will tell you how experienced gardeners save themselves from wireworms.
Wireworms are the offspring of click beetles. The nimble larvae cause a lot of inconvenience to summer residents.
The click beetles themselves do not pose any threat to fruit and vegetable crops and coexist peacefully with humans.
But this is not a reason to give your potatoes over to be torn apart by wireworms.
Of all the available and harmless to soil microflora compositions, a handful of mustard is one.
It is recommended to mix mustard powder with soil and add this mixture into the hole when planting tubers.
The same composition is not tolerated by the larvae of the cockchafer, which are also not averse to eating potato seeds.
Finally, one more piece of advice. To get rid of wireworms, you need to start a merciless fight against couch grass. The weed is a native home for click beetle larvae, and it grows as intensively as the more useful, but no less aggressive horseradish.
