Siderata, people's councils and chemicals - the main ways to combat wireworm

Get rid of wireworms on the site should be as soon as possible, if he has already made himself known. For four years, the larva of this beetle can remain in the ground. Potatoes usually suffer the most from it, but another crop may be damaged.

There are a large number of methods to combat this scourge. It is best to apply them comprehensively.

To eliminate the guise of a wireworm, it is easiest and safest to use siderates. Acidic soils preferred by this pest must be deoxidized. You can use lime, superphosphates, chalk and the like for this purpose. You can also plant sideratic plants, which include clover, mustard and some others. They can be an excellent prevention from the appearance of wireworm larvae. Adverse effects are exerted by toxic substances contained in the tissues of alkaloids. In addition to getting rid of pests, some plants can bring other benefits. Mustard, phacelia, lupine enrich it with useful substances.

The rules of agricultural technology will help protect the planting of potatoes from wireworms. In early autumn, the soil should be carefully dug up if pests are found in it. So it will be possible to destroy them. It is important to remove all weeds and crop residues from the area that were previously grown there. Crop rotation rules will help protect the crop from various pests. Before potatoes should be planted cabbage. After it - legumes, tomatoes, cucumbers or onions. Beets and carrots close the circle.

At the same time, siderats need to be planted, since they are able to scare the wireworm and save it from appearing.

After harvesting vegetables, the earth must be dug to the depth of the bayonet of a shovel. Far in the ground larvae fall in the fall. It is digging that helps to raise them outside, after which they will die from the cold. The soil is cleared of weeds and plant debris so that the wireworm does not receive food.

In the fight against pests, you can use chemicals, but they are toxic, so safety rules must be followed. Very effective is, for example, Bazudin. Thirty grams of this powder is enough to process twenty square meters of land.

You can also get rid of wireworms with the help of baits, which are made from infusions of herbs, peel of onions and similar volumes. Chemicals are introduced in the fall. Growing green manure and digging the soil are additional measures that will help to gain confidence in the effectiveness of protective measures against wireworms.