Summer residents, remember: here is a plant that will save your cucumber harvest from spider mites

09.11.2023 22:40

If spider mites appear on cucumbers, you need to take immediate action, otherwise you can lose the harvest.

How to save cucumbers from this pest, says the expert of the online publication Belnovosti, scientist-agronomist, landscape designer Anastasia Kovrizhnykh .

How to Protect Cucumbers from Spider Mites

There is a culture that signals the appearance of spider mites in a cucumber greenhouse.

This is an eggplant. The spider mite's actions are much more visible on eggplant leaves than on cucumbers.

If small white spots appear on the eggplant leaves (closer to the center of the leaf and veins), it is time to treat the cucumbers with Fitoverm.

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It is not necessary to plant the entire greenhouse with eggplants; it is enough to plant just one plant.

Timur Khomichev Author: Timur Khomichev Internet resource editor

Anastasia Kovrizhnykh Expert: Anastasia KovrizhnykhExpert / Belnovosti