Why do cunning summer residents save garlic peelings all winter: they will come in handy in the spring

23.12.2024 09:39

Inexperienced summer residents simply relax during the winter period.

But experienced gardeners collect garlic peelings throughout the cold season.

After all, the skin of a spicy vegetable is a great garden remedy.

This mass is a safe and very effective “drug” against pests.

Therefore, follow the example of experienced gardeners and start collecting garlic peels: they will certainly come in handy in the next gardening season.

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How to use garlic peel in the garden

This mass will be needed at the end of April or in May during potato planting.

You need to put a little garlic peel into each hole.

The result will be protection of potatoes from one very dangerous pest. We are talking about wireworm.

The fact is that the compounds contained in the garlic shell repel the larvae of click beetles.

Onion peels have a similar property. Therefore, they should also be collected in winter.

Now you know how to protect potatoes from a serious pest without resorting to the use of dangerous “chemicals”.

Garlic and onion peels are natural products that will only benefit your garden crops.

Kurchev Anton Author: Kurchev Anton Deputy Editor-in-Chief