Many gardeners face the problem of onion fly in their plots.
This pest lays eggs on onion beds, and these eggs hatch into larvae that feed on the plant heads from the inside.
This results in the onion becoming wilted, turning yellow, and the bulbs becoming unfit for consumption.
To get rid of onion flies and their larvae, you can use a natural and effective method – ash.
Onion Fly Powder Recipe
Be sure to use a simple, safe and natural remedy that will help onion plantings resist the invasion of onion fly.
The product is very easy to prepare, all you need to do is combine wood ash, soda and tobacco dust.
All components must be thoroughly mixed in a plastic bucket and used as fertilizer and protection against onion flies, and you need to take 1 kg of ash powder, 5 tablespoons of soda, a kilogram pack of tobacco dust.
The benefits of wood ash, soda and tobacco dust
Wood ash helps plants get nutrition and protect themselves from many pests, including onion fly.
Baking soda controls certain pests such as weevils, slugs, wireworms, aphids and onion flies.
Tobacco dust contains nicotine, which helps control many garden pests.
It is important to sprinkle the bed with such powder early, perhaps immediately after planting, so that the onion fly does not have time to lay eggs.
For onion beds, two or three treatments in May and June are sufficient.
