The potato harvest can be spoiled by the presence of a pest in the garden - wireworm.
Protect your potato beds from pests in an accessible and simple way that will help preserve the harvest.
How to plant potatoes correctly
Among the measures that will ensure a good potato harvest, soil fertilization can be singled out.
When planting potatoes, use this advice – and your root crop will be under reliable protection.
How to properly fight wireworms
Click beetle larvae generally prefer acidic soils and dampness. Mustard and legumes repel the pest.
With this information, you can make a mixture that will help in the fight against wireworms.
What is useful to put in potato holes
The best option would be a mixture of two ingredients. You will need to mix dolomite flour, preferably in powder form, and mustard cake.
The benefits of dolomite flour are as follows:
- The product has a rich mineral composition and is capable of reducing soil acidity.
Mustard cake solves several issues at once:
- acts as a fertilizer and protection against wireworms.
Fertilizer recipe
Mix 2 kg of dolomite flour and 1 kg of mustard cake. The finished product should be added 1 tablespoon to each hole.
The fertilizer will protect potato tubers from wireworm attacks and allow them to grow larger.
