Using chemicals to combat the Colorado potato beetle can harm the potatoes.
Therefore, it is better to use natural remedies. The most effective of them are described by the expert of the online publication "Belnovosti", scientist-agronomist, landscape designer Anastasia Kovrizhnykh .
How to get rid of the Colorado potato beetle
Firstly, you can get rid of this pest by planting wormwood around the perimeter of the potato bed.
You can also make an infusion from wormwood for spraying potatoes.
Take 400 grams of wormwood, 100 grams of garlic feathers and 8 pods of fresh chili peppers, chop, pour a bucket of hot water, leave for 12 hours, strain, and you can spray the potatoes.
Spraying with a tar solution also helps quite well. You need two tablespoons of tar per bucket of water.
Expert: Anastasia Kovrizhnykh
