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It is important to understand what a bear is – a dangerous pest in your garden, and how to deal with it. You can often see the first signs of the appearance of a bear on your site by small holes in the ground. If, after digging them out, you see small larvae shaped like eggs, know that this is a bear. Below will be described how to deal with it successfully so that it does not seriously spoil your future harvest. Since this insect is very dangerous, experienced summer residents and gardeners try to get rid of it as soon as possible, as soon as the first signs of interference become visible. They will also be described below.
What is a bear
The insect bear also has other names known to the people. She is a land cancer, and a cabbage, and a spinning top. But whatever you call it, it remains so nasty and harmful to the crop. Medvedki prefer to live and eat in moist soil. They will especially appreciate the humus and manure, with which some fertilize the earth for greater fertility. This insect can grow up to six to seven centimeters in length.
In addition, it has a fairly strong shell and small wings. for more efficient digging, nature endowed the cabbage with powerful jaws and well-developed front paws. They can dig deep passages that can reach one hundred and twenty centimeters in length. At the end of such a tunnel, as a rule, there is a small depression designed to wait out the winter.
In addition to vertical passages, bears also dig horizontal tunnels that pass through the roots of plants. They feed in this way and destroy many crops. The main food sources for such an insect are potatoes, onions, tomatoes, peppers, cabbage. She also does not disdain some colors too. On average, an ordinary bear can spoil the roots of ten to fifteen plants a day. And this is only the harm from one individual of the insect.
In general, bears are very adaptable. They understand very well when danger comes with the advent of cold. Then they burrow into their deep holes until better times.
Pest control folk methods
As soon as you notice the first signs of the appearance of a bear in your area, you need to immediately get rid of it. To begin with, in order to calculate the presence of this pest on your land, you need to plow the entire garden or only the necessary areas in early spring. The depth should be at least fifteen centimeters. In autumn, it will also be useful to plow the entire garden, only the depth will be greater than in spring. In this simple way, you can destroy all the tunnels dug by the cabbage, and possibly destroy the larvae.
Thanks to proven folk methods, you will learn how to get a bear out of the garden. The most effective and popular methods:
- extermination of the bears separately when you find them in the garden. For bait, you can use improvised products: compote, honey, spoiled jam. Just leave a few cans with the contents on the territory of your summer cottage or garden, and in the morning you can find pests that have got into them;
- you can try to poison insects. Choose the most suitable option for you (washing powder, kerosene solution, poisonous chlorophos), dilute with water and pour the bear into the holes;
- if it is more convenient for you to deal with the pest in early spring, then you can try the following option. Empty beds are covered with sheets of plywood, boards. It becomes a real bait because the cabbages climb there to bask. Later, you destroy all creeping insects. You can sprinkle the docks with kerosene and spread between the beds with plants. This will scare away other bears;
- if it is more convenient for you to deal with the pest in the fall, you can dig a small hole, line it with polyethylene and pour a little manure into it. As a rule, bears love such hot places for wintering. In the spring they can be destroyed all at once;
- there is another way with digging holes. You can dig small holes throughout the site. The main thing is to do it somewhere in the beginning, in the middle of May. Bears will climb into them in order to lay more of their larvae for posterity. Thus, you can again get rid of both adults and larvae by simply burning the holes;
- throughout the year you can collect eggshells. It won’t be difficult. Then you need to take, grind it. And having mixed a little with vegetable oil, they pour pests into the mink. You can also sprinkle seedlings with such a mixture in the spring so that the cabbage plant cannot touch future plants. She does not like the sharp corners of the shell.
The fight against the bear will generally be superfluous and not needed if you plant a plant such as marigolds around the entire garden or garden. It will be both pleasing to the eye and repel harmful insects. In addition, the bear does not like loud noise. It will be good if there is a windmill on your or on a neighboring site. The pungent smells of garlic, calendula, for example, can scare away the cabbage.
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Chemical processing
If for some reason it was not possible to get rid of the pest with the help of folk remedies, then you can learn more about how to deal with the chemical treatment of the bear. But they should be used only in hopeless situations, when other methods do not help for more than three years. Since chemicals are harmful and poisonous, they must be handled with extreme caution, strictly according to the instructions. Do not forget about precautions.
Such drugs of strong and reliable action include “Thunder” and “Phenoxin Plus”. They are sold in specialized stores in the form of granules. Used as bait for insects. They have edible properties for them, so the bears love to eat them.
Instructions are attached to each package of the drug. But there is a general instruction that describes how to get rid of the bear. The aforementioned poison pellets must be placed in those places where, in your opinion, the bear is found. They can also be placed in their minks: three or four pieces per tunnel. So that other animals and insects do not eat the granules, they must be sprinkled with a small amount of earth. Other effective drugs include Grizzly, Bankol, Medvegon and Medvetoks. But they are all equally toxic, as they are pesticides.
How to protect plants
There are many other ways to deal with a bear, and, thereby, protect plants from this scourge. Before digging deep into a piece of land in the fall, it is worth pouring soapy water over it, which could remain after a haircut or washing dishes. This will scare away the bear.
As soon as you find the nest, the refuge of this parasite, urgently destroy it, do not hesitate. Because there is a XNUMX% guarantee that Medvedka will return there. You can help your plants and water. Many experienced gardeners pour boiling water over bear minks. You can also stick a hose with water as deep as possible into the pest tunnel and turn on the pressure at full power. This jet will simply wash all the cabbages.
Many people know the fact that bears, as a rule, dig their passages and tunnels at a depth of two to three centimeters in order to be closer to the roots of plants and feed on them. If the roots are protected with a film, the pest will bypass it, since it will not find anything edible in it. Thus, seedlings and plants will be protected, nothing will interfere with them in order to grow and develop correctly, even despite the bear.
Such film rings are a very convenient and practical device in pest control. In the fall, you can safely remove it. Since the film does not deteriorate, it can be cleaned and disinfected. After the actions taken, you can use it next year or another time when insects appear. The main advantage of such film protection is that there is no need to use chemicals. Thus, plants grow up environmentally friendly.
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