How to get rid of cockchafer larvae in the soil?!
Good day, forum users!
I have a question:
My husband and I bought a plot of land in the suburbs; it hadn’t been cultivated for several years. We started digging up the soil, and it turned out that with almost every “dig” there was a hefty cockchafer larva! What to do, how to treat the soil?
Try contacting ECONETWORK. We addressed other issues and also on the gardening topic. They have to fight such things like... In general, at one time we planted beans in a hole when planting potatoes - it helped against wireworms and there were almost no beetles...
In general, you need to dig, dig and dig. During the digging process, select the larvae by hand. It's tedious, but effective. Or use insecticides: “Zemlin”, “Bazudin” and others. But in my opinion, it is better not to poison the soil with chemicals.
Alas, you can’t do without special chemistry. Even if you choose manually, you can still miss it and they will get divorced again. Plus, we must remember that it is the adults who cause more harm, since they lay eggs in the soil. Without chemical treatment, you will not repel adult beetles.
In the summer I just walk between the rows and inspect the potato bushes. I tear off the leaves with the eggs, collect the beetle itself and destroy it, and so on endlessly, because you won’t find everything at once, and you will only see the clutches when the breeze moves the leaves. But I have a small area.