Cursed drilling!
Why is it a good idea to plant onions and carrots side by side? Yes, You can get rid of the drill and carrot drill with this ideal combination. What, have you not heard of them yet?
While the aphids, caterpillars, powdery mildew and many other pests and diseases are constantly being spoken and growers still share the best ways to resist specific species, although drills are not a complete novelty, on the other hand, a few decades ago were really unknown in our country.
It spread through Europe in about 70 and 80s. It is believed that the pest may have been introduced to Poland in the late 1970s. However, it is not just our neighbors. The occurrence of drills is confirmed and common in the whole territory of the Czech Republic. Mrkvová or Cibulová drill is the greatest damage from July to September. Mrkvová drill is also attacked by parsley or pastor. Or Cibulová also attacks garlic, and even ornamental garlic. It is possible that it would not despise other bulbs.
Pests can also be resisted by planting crops that have repellent effects. You can also find out why onion and carrots are also in this post from the youtube channel EcoLocalfoodnetwork.
The most important is their scent
As the names of the pest are obvious at first glance, it is not one species that would attack different types of vegetables. You can use this just during planting. The onion is strongly aromatic, and while the onion drill is looking for it, the carrot drill is the smell of the onion disgusting.
On the other hand Carrot is a relatively aromatic vegetable and can also repel the drilling porousthat attacks the onion. For this reason, it is therefore recommended to grow these two vegetables together.
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Such a procedure is not really special in gardening. It is the so -called when the crops that are adjacent to each other protect each other or have various other advantages from their mutual presence. For example, it can also be a shadow, support or nutrients that can use other plants around.
Very often these are also repellent effects of herbs or very aromatic types of vegetables such as garlic or onion. The scents that repel pests, then protect the plants not only of themselves but also their immediate surroundings.
How to a mixed flower bed without chemistry
Therefore, there is an alternately onion and carrot lines. Among them should be a sufficiently large spacing, at least 20 to 30 cm, so that the vegetables have enough space to grow. However, they are not just these two plants that act repeated against drilling. Other repellent greenery, including Saturej, sage, wormwood or rosemary and marigold, is suitable for vegetable beds.
The flower beds can be provided with a fine white non -woven fabric. It transmits light and partly rain, but prevents pests from accessing plants. To work, it has been used since mid -June. However, it is more of a second generation of beetles that decimates vegetables, and it occurs in July to September.
Because Mrkvová’s drill is mainly active in spring in April to May and then in the summer in August and September, It is recommended for example in June when you avoid the first generation larvae.
The onion is recommended by April planting of early varieties, which grow rapidly and can be harvested before the pests attack them.
Do not neglect the alternation of crops. For detection of pests and partial disposal can help you glue plates or pheromone traps.
