The fight with mole cricket natural remedies
That in the garden was infested mole cricket, you can understand the loose earth, and winding rollers. They are particularly noticeable after rain. Also wilted plants and holes in the ground saying the presence of this pest.
In the spring before planting seedlings be sure to dig all the soil: especially in places where compost and different organic fertilizers. In the process collect all discovered larvae. Burn the found nests and larvae of the mole crickets. Remember that one missed the larva is able to reproduce up to 500 offspring.
In the summer season, fight the mole cricket on the plot with the help of regular beer. Take a glass half liter bottle and pour it in 100 grams of beer. The neck of the bottle gently tie with a gauze. Then bury a bottle of beer into the soil at a 45 degree angle. On top lightly sprinkle the vessel with the ground. Mole crickets will soon find the bait: they will gnaw through cheesecloth and hit the bottle. To get out of there pests will be problematic. After a week dig out the bottle, remove the crickets and burn. Similarly, you can catch insects on honey.
Note that the pest can not stand the smell of conifers. To fight stock up on needles of cedar, fir, pine. After planting bury the needles in the holes near the beds. If the mole cricket will appear after planting, sprinkle a bed of needles on top.
The pest also can not stand the smell of fish. If you bury the head, scales, insides rotten fish, the mole cricket will not go to this place.
The fight with mole cricket chemicals
If the fight with the help of natural remedies does not help, then think about the chemical methods of impact on mole cricket. The roots of the seedlings of cabbage, peppers, tomatoes, eggplant soak in the solution preparation aktara 25 WG or prestige 290 FS. Do this right before planting in the open ground when the air temperature is 18-23° C. thus Treated the roots of plants, the mole cricket will not touch.
To combat the mole cricket next to planting potatoes, tomatoes, cabbage dig grooves with a depth of 4 cm, and make them the drug of medvedok (300 grams per 1 sq. m). Then pour the chemicals in the ground and pour.
Phenoxy plus - another drug designed to combat mole crickets. It comes in the form of pellets. Make a hole in the dung and roll back the drug. Either place the granules in those places where the observed mole crickets. It is desirable to cover pellets from birds and Pets: even a small dose can be fatal. A couple of weeks the drug will dissolve in the ground from irrigation without damaging plants.
Kerosene is a very effective way of dealing with mole crickets. Just fill nests of mole crickets with a solution of kerosene. Ratio: 1 liter of water 100 ml of kerosene. Similarly, it is possible to use Laundry detergent.
