In the list of gardening work that every summer resident needs to do, you can find such an item as protecting plants from pests.
Speaking about potatoes, this crop is in danger not only because of the Colorado potato beetle, but also because of the wireworm, reminds the expert of the online publication BelNovosti, agronomist, landscape designer Anastasia Kovrizhnykh .
One of the effective, but for some reason not very common methods is to fight the parasite with the help of special plants.
It turns out that in order to protect potato beds from the parasite, it is enough to plant dahlias nearby.
Both wireworms and click beetles cannot stand the aroma emitted by these regal flowers. By the way, couch grass does not like such a neighborhood either.
In addition, legumes will also come to the rescue in such a situation.
Beans and peas will not only repel pests, but will also saturate the soil with nitrogen, which is useful for cultivated plants.
Finally, you can sow the garden with mustard in the fall. When the plants reach a height of 10 cm, cut off the shoots and dig up the area with them. All the same actions should be repeated in early spring.
