Ground fly - wrestling

Growing vegetables, berries, fruits by one's own hands is not just the right attitude to one's own health,a plentiful harvest of organic fruits. For many people, agriculture is also a kind of hobby, a pleasant and interesting holiday. The only thing that can grieve owners of summer cottages and kitchen gardens is the appearance of pests, for example, such as a ground fly, the fight against which causes a lot of trouble. Such an insect is of different species, which prefer to eat different cultures. About what they are and how to effectively deal with them, you will learn from this article.

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Species of earth fly

Depending on what plants this fry loves to eat, the following types of earth fly are distinguished:

• carrot;
• onion;
• cabbage.

Important! Each of them needs a special approach. So, if it's a carrot earth fly, fighting it will be different from floral or any other. On what effective methods exist for the destruction of these pests and how to properly apply these or other drugs in the fight against the earth fly, see below.

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Carrot ground fly - fight

Carrot fly is one of the worst enemies of this useful and tasty culture. What is characteristic is that in one year you can see only a few individuals in your area, and next - it will be a whole invasion of insects. What is the reason for such a clear difference in the population is still unknown.

Important! Such an insect has a black trunk of 5-7 mm in length and transparent wings. The carrot fly lays the larvae deep in the roots themselves, which, when harvested, are stored together with healthy vegetables. In spring, larvae wake up, gnaw their way out of the vegetable and begin to spoil your harvest and actively multiply. Given these factors, it is easy to understand that the earth fly is a malicious enemy, the fight against which must be quite brutal and effective.

How to identify a carrot fly?

Signs of the fact that your garden was attacked by an earth fly, the fight against which must be started immediately, are such changes in plants:

• leaves get a bronze hue, then red-violet, yellow;
• the plant withers and dies, while you have provided him with a full-fledged care;
• fruits are thoroughly eaten and have a bitter taste.

Important! Appear such pests on the site as early as the beginning of May. And over the summer period manages to postpone multiple eggs several times.

Carrot ground fly - wrestling, preparations

The modern chemical industry makes great strides in combating various types of pests. Earth fly - was no exception. If you prefer to quickly get rid of any unwanted "guests" in your garden and are ready to use special drugs for this, you will be able to:

• Ziper, CE;
• Decis Pro, WDG;
• Sharpei, ME
• Arrivo, CE;Vega, FE;
• Inta-Vir, GRP;
• Aklelik, CE;
• Phytoverm.

Important! Spraying should be performed only when the average daily temperature is not lower than 20C, only in the morning or in the evening. The concentration of each drug varies, so before using, carefully read the instructions from the manufacturer.

Popular measures to combat the carrot fly

If you decided to abandon the chemical preparations for combating the earth fly, take the following folk methods:

1. Spread dry mustard or tobacco dust between the beds.
2. Plant wormwood, yarrow, lay the tops of tomatoes.
3. Sprinkle the green top with one of the following solutions:
   • Garlic or onion tincture. To do this, you need 200 g of vegetable and 2 liters of warm water. Finely chopped garlic or onions with water, leave for 1 day, strain, mix with 8 liters of water. If desired, you can add a little liquid soap.
   • Coniferous tincture. Buy an extract of any needles in an amount of 200 g and dilute it with 10 liters of water.
   • Decoction of tomato leaves. To do this, you need about 4 kg of raw materials and 10 liters of water. Wipe the tops in the water for about half an hour after boiling and leave for 3 hours. The resulting broth is mixed before spraying with water in a 1: 3 ratio.

Preventing the appearance of earth carrot fly

In order not to entice these pests, grow carrots correctly, adhering to such rules:

1. Do not apply fresh manure to the beds.
2. Alternate beds of carrots and onions - the aroma of the second plant is extremely unpleasant for this fly.
3. Sow culture very early, so that shoots could grow stronger.
4. All thinned plants should be removed from the beds with growing carrots - the fragrance of such shoots is very attractive for females of this foe.
5. Use peat as a mulch.
6. Mildly water the soil, and in the period from the end of July to the middle of August, completely save your time and abandon this procedure.

Important! By sticking to these rules you will no longer be bothered by a carrot earth fly - fighting it will be successful!

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Ground onion fly - fighting methods

The onion fly aggravates gardeners not less than carrot, but it looks in ash gray tones, and in size - about 1 cm. It starts flying already in May and actively spreads its larvae under the upper flakesvegetable, on the ground next to the plants, between the leaves. Larvae gnaw their way inside and literally eat the inside of the bulb, turning at the same time into new large and adult flies.

How to identify the onion fly?

Carefully watch how the plants develop. If you notice the following signs, then your eats are eaten by the earth fly - the fight should be urgent:

• sprouts are more slowly developing;
• leaves get a yellow-gray tint;
• leaves dries and fades;
• bulbs are soft, rot, from them comes a fetid smell.

Onion earth fly - fight, drugs

If you prefer to get rid of pests with modern chemical products, you will need a tool called "Bazudin".It is used in the last 10 days of May.

How to use:

1. Mix 30g pellets with 0.5 l of sawdust.
2. Add some sand.
3. Distribute this mixture to a 20 m2 plot.

Folk measures for combating onion fly

No less effective, but at the same time sparing for your garden methods of combating earth fly of this type are:

1. Adhere to the rules of crop rotation - the alternation of planting crops from year to year.
2. Plant the onions and carrots side by side - there will be a double benefit, since a fly-loving carrot does not tolerate onion aroma, and vice versa.
3. Water the onion with salt solution, prepared in the proportion of 200g / 10l. This procedure should be followed when the feathers grow 8 cm in length.
4. Powder the plants during the summer of the pest with a mixture of wood ash( 200 g), ground pepper( 1 tsp), tobacco dust( 1 tsp).
5. Destroy the larvae with tobacco solution, spraying it on the ground and the plants themselves. For cooking you need 200g of tobacco dust or makhorka and 3 liters of hot water. After this mixture is infused for 3 days, add another 1 tablespoon.liquid soap and 1 tsp.ground pepper( black, red).

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Cabbage Earth Fly - Fight

The cabbage fly is a doubly unpleasant pest in the garden. If the individuals of the previous 2 species are very selective in their diet, then this insect eats not only red, white and cauliflower. He also does not disdain the radish, turnip, radish. She lays her larvae not only in May - there are later flies that develop their destructive activity only in July.

Important! White worms hatch from the eggs, which not only eat the lower part of the stem to grow, but also the roots of the plants. If you ignore such "guests" in the garden, the earth fly will destroy your entire crop.

Cabbage earth fly - fight, drugs

To destroy such an enemy, proceed as follows:

1. Plant all crops as early as possible.
2. Do high planting.
3. Sprinkle the beds with a frightening mixture: in equal proportions, wood ash and tobacco dust( standard for 100 g), ground pepper( 1 tsp).
4. Spray the tobacco solution - the same as in the fight with the onion fly fly.

Important! Effective chemical preparation for combating the earth fly - "Fosbetsid."It is dissolved in a proportion of 5 ml per 10 liters of water and used in an amount of 100 ml per 1 m2.Apply this tool in May or early June.

Take care of your plantings, love each culture and act quickly if you are attacked by pests. Using our tips to your harvest, nothing will be threatened and you will rejoice at the result of your labor in the form of large, juicy and tasty fruits!