Onion pests

Onions are a very useful and necessary garden crop, which is widely used in our lives and without which it is difficult to imagine a garden bed. Unfortunately, onions, like all other garden plants, are susceptible to various pests. In this article we will try to understand what onion pests the most popular in our beds and how to deal with them.

The most common pest of onions is onion fly. It is a small insect measuring about 7 mm. They usually appear in early May and lay their larvae next to the onion or even between its leaves. Plants affected by larvae quickly wither and the bulbs rot. A new generation of flies appears in early July and infects new crops. These insidious onion pests can be easily destroyed if the garden bed is pollinated with tobacco dust before their expected appearance.

The next common pest is onion stem nemethod. These are thread-like worms. They are so small that they can only be seen with a microscope. These onion pests affect the plant not only in the garden, but also during storage. Damaged bulbs rot or dry out. Such worms can only be combated with the help of chemicals, which cannot be used on green leaves.

Another common pest is considered tobacco thrips. This is a small brown insect with wings. It sucks the juice from the onion, thereby leading to its death. You can recognize the work of an insect by the white spots on the onion.They also fight it with the help of chemicals.

Unfortunately, almost all onion pests require the use of chemicals to combat them, so their appearance is always an extremely unpleasant surprise for the garden owner.