A summer resident's acquaintance with wireworms occurs unexpectedly, only after harvesting.
In most cases, until a summer resident starts peeling and cooking potatoes grown on his plot, he will not find out that wireworms have long since taken a fancy to his plot of land.
Anastasia Kovrizhnykh , an expert of the online publication "BelNovosti", an agronomist and landscape designer, told how to protect plantings from wireworms.
The pest poses a threat primarily to potatoes, but also attacks grapes.
To avoid using chemicals, gardeners are advised to take preventive measures.
Marigold
Many parasites do not like the specific smell of this flower, which summer residents willingly take advantage of.
Can be sown between potato rows, around greenhouses, in tomato and cucumber beds.
And at the end of the season, the plants can be chopped up and buried in the soil - this method will provide additional protection against wireworms and nematodes.
Phacelia
Phacelia is very popular among summer residents. But against wireworms it is recommended to use tansy-leaved phacelia.
In addition, growing this green manure crowds out weeds, loosens the soil, fertilizes and protects the soil from diseases, and at the same time repels wireworms and nematodes.
Legumes
Beans are usually planted along the perimeter of the potato bed, while peas are planted between the rows.
In any of these cases, gardeners do not have problems with wireworms.
Earlier we talked about whether it is possible to plant melons next to potatoes .
Expert: Anastasia Kovrizhnykh
