By adding a certain agent to the holes when planting potatoes, you can protect them from wireworms.
How to drive this pest out of a potato bed, was explained by the expert of the online publication Belnovosti, agronomist, landscape designer Anastasia Kovrizhnykh .
What to add to the holes when planting potatoes
Adding mustard powder to the holes will help scare away wireworms and improve the soil.
Pour a tablespoon of powder into the hole, sprinkle with soil, and place the tuber.
For greater effect, mustard powder is mixed with ground eggshells, onion peels and wood ash in a ratio of 1:2:2:1 (2 spoons per hole).
This mixture helps not only against wireworms, but also against the Colorado potato beetle.
Earlier, the expert told what fertilizers to use for feeding strawberries in the spring.
Expert: Anastasia Kovrizhnykh
