The Colorado potato beetle is one of the most voracious pests in the garden. Fighting it is not necessary with the help of chemicals, because then they get into the potatoes that we eat. On the natural ways to destroy these insects, read on. Solutions for spraying Infusions and decoctions that are able to protect and destroy the beetle (we take water in an amount of 10 liters, unless otherwise indicated): birch tar: 100 g are mixed in a bucket, the treatment is carried out three times within seven days; Walnut is used as a mixture: 1 kg of fresh (or 300 g dried) leaves and shells are poured with boiling water, infused for a week, then the infusion is filtered; celandine: add dried (or fresh) stems and leaves to the tank, add water, boil for a quarter of an hour, dilute the resulting concentrate before use (0.5 l per 10 l of liquid); Poplar: we load its leaves into a container (up to half), bring to a boil, boil for 15 minutes after boiling, bring the volume to 10 liters and leave to stand for up to three days; garlic: 200 g of heads and arrows are ground, insist from 24 hours to 4 days (the longer, the stronger the infusion); hot pepper - 100 g cooked 2 hours; Onion peel: 300 g diluted in hot water (70 ᵒ C), press down with a lot of weight, the infusion is prepared 24 hours; dandelion: 200 g boil for 15 minutes, cool and filter, take 0.5 liters of decoction to 10 liters of water.
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