Cruciferous flea beetle - a little jumping beetles black or green, with a convex back and a thick hind legs. Look these insects are quite harmless, but in reality, these flies are able to cause considerable damage to the gardeners, as the plants belonging to the family Cruciferae, a favorite delicacy of these pests in just a day they can completely ruin young seedlings.

Cruciferous flea - control measures

So, as soon as you notice data insects on cabbage, as mentioned above, immediately proceed to fight them. Well with the cruciferous flea beetle handle many folk remedies, for example, one of the most effective - a mixture of dust (normal traffic) and naphthalene. All you need to do is mix equal proportions of these ingredients, put the mixture in a gauze bag and pritrusit the soil around the plants. Well-proven mixtures of ash, tobacco dust and slaked lime.

With regard to folk recipes for spraying cabbages from flea beetles, the effective fly ash mixture. You need a liter of ash pour three liters of water, add some liquid soap (a teaspoon), mix and allow to stand for about three to five hours. Over time to spray the plants (it's better to do early in the morning). Must be done at least three times with five-day breaks.

Well scare away these pests and other infusions for spraying, for example, vinegar (Cup of 9% vinegar in a bucket of water), garlic (Cup minced garlic five liters of water).

Generally, if you do not want to know of problems with this pest as cruciferous flea, you just need to carry out preventive measures against these pests. For example, before planting the cabbage seedlings around the beds can be put fennel, potatoes, or cumin, and in the furrow laid branches of wormwood.