You can get rid of garden pests such as mole crickets, slugs and caterpillars with just one natural and even useful remedy.
Not all summer residents know about it, and therefore often throw it in the trash instead of using it in the country for good.
According to experienced gardeners, eggshells will help to cope with the problem.
It is capable of stopping the invasion of insect pests that can leave a summer resident without a harvest at any moment.
No one forbids the use of specialized chemicals for these purposes, but prudent gardeners are in no hurry to poison vegetables with their own hands along with parasites.
Folk remedies and natural ingredients come to the rescue in this regard.
How to use eggshells
It is usually used as a fertilizer – it is a real storehouse of calcium.
But at the same time, this additive allows you to get rid of mole crickets, caterpillars and slugs.
1. To combat the mole cricket, it is enough to mix crushed shells with vegetable oil, preferably unrefined. The insect likes the aroma of sunflower oil.
If you add this medicine to the holes when planting cultivated plants, then, having eaten too much of it, the mole cricket will quickly die.
A mixture of two parts shell and one part oil is considered effective.
2. Caterpillars and other uninvited guests from among the representatives of gastropod pests can be stopped before they reach the garden bed.
To do this, you just need to scatter large pieces of shell around the soil.
Gardeners assure that parasites will not be able to crawl through such a barrier without injuring their delicate bodies.
