Radish is an extremely healthy vegetable. It contains a lot of nutrients such as potassium, vitamin C, calcium and sodium. It is low-calorie, so we can successfully eat it on a diet. However, instead of buying radishes in the store, it is worth planting them in your home garden. How to grow them? And what to do when pests attack them?
How to grow radishes? Be careful, pests love it
it can be cultivated from early spring until late autumn. They can be planted in the garden, but also in pots, and the first harvest is ready after about 3-4 weeks. Radish grows best in a sunny position in well-drained soil. It requires regular, but not too abundant, watering.
Harvesting radishes Natalia Dorojkina/iStock
Even when we take care of our crops, it may happen that they are attacked by pests. Radishes are most vulnerable to naked ones, which bite the leaves. However, root-eating grubs and leaf-feeding flea beetles also like the plants the most serious threat is cabbage moth, otherwise known as a fly. This pest bites the vegetables and burrows tunnels into them. If your radish is turning yellow and wilting, it is a sign that it has been attacked.
How to protect radish from worms? Stick to these rules and you will reap a crisp harvest
If we want to avoid pests on radishes, it is worth following a few rules.
- Do not plant alfalfa or clover nearby, as these plants attract worms.
- Remember that radishes should not grow on the ground after cabbage, because both species of vegetables like the same pests.
- Let’s plant sage, rosemary, dill and garlic nearby to deter unwanted guests.
- It’s worth it around crops sprinkle the ground with wood ash or hot pepperand worms will certainly not be willing to lay eggs in this place.
Source: Gazeta
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