Medvedka: methods of pest control

Every dacha and vegetable gardener knows a bear. The methods of struggle are aimed at protecting the crop from eating this harmful creature. The insect of the squad lives in the ground deep in the earth, breaking through numerous tunnels and tunnels. As a feed, she chooses cultural roots, seeds, flower bulbs. Also, the bear feeds on earthworms, small insects. The damage caused by these arthropods is quite noticeable, especially when living a whole population on your site. Therefore, it is necessary to organize a targeted fight against the pest.

Mechanical methods

In the areas where the bear has settled, methods of struggle are conducted in two directions - chemical and mechanical way. First of all, it is necessary to destroy the underground passages in which the insect dwells, and destroy the laid eggs. All these manipulations are carried out by loosening the soil constantly - and before preparing the garden for winter, and before sowing seeds, and throughout the summer period. Digging and loosening the ground is necessary to a depth of at least 15 centimeters. Considering that the arthropod is preferring to wet soft ground, after each watering it is necessary to loosen the plot without fail.

Chemical methods

To make the vegetable garden completely abandoned, the methods of struggle are strengthened with chemical preparations. Among the chemicals used in the country-garden "front", especially unloved by medications such drugs as "Carbophos", "Medvedtoks", "Thunder", "Fenaksin." With the help of them, you can achieve an effective result, while not harming the crop plants. But be careful not to overdo it with chemicals. Observe the instructions on the packaging. Excess of the allowed norm can lead to undesirable consequences for your health, as the plants absorb all the chemicals well.

Traps

Equally effective are the popular methods of combating the bear. At the beginning of the season, you need to prepare a trap for the insect. For this, digging small pits (about half a meter deep) and filling them with the beloved dung of manure. The fresher he is, the better. After placing the bait, the hole is covered with straw. After a month, the contents of the fossa should be burned. So all the new, newly hatched pests will burn.

After the harvest is over, traps are also made. But now the bottom and the walls of the pits are laid out with polyethylene, into which the manure is loaded in a semipermanent state. Such pits the insect chooses for wintering. In winter cold, the film with manure and captured arthropods is pulled out of the hole and left the pests to freeze in the frost. No matter how tricky the bear was, the methods of fighting With it you can always pick up.

Baits

In the summer, you can apply the method of expelling a representative of the squad of the Spiny-winged from his underground dwelling. To do this, you need to prepare a strong soap solution at a rate of 10 grams of hozmyl, 50 g of any washing powder for 10 liters of water. You should pour about half a liter of liquid into the mink and catch the insect at the outlet. Also in the summer make delicious bait from steamed wheat with the addition of hexochlorane. Such a hotel should be buried deeper into the ground, at the level of the pest's underground passages. Also, there are effective methods of combating the bear with the help of sound repellers.