Worms and ants spoil all radishes? I'm telling you the only way that really helped me

Bright pink, juicy, crunchy radish... It is not difficult to grow such a vegetable - its rules of agricultural technology are within the power of novice gardeners. But unfortunately, this crop is extremely vulnerable to pests - worms and ants.

Because of them, sometimes all the work is in vain! But fortunately, after reading botanical literature, I managed to find a method for solving this problem and I hope my experience will be useful to someone!

It all starts the day before in the fall - you need to dig up the area where it is planned to plant radishes in the spring, by 1-1.5 bayonets shovels - thanks to this technique, the layers of the earth, in which many pests are able to winter, will be thoroughly frozen.

In the spring, after the snow melts, I add three-year compost to the beds. And never fresher organic matter, like manure! The fact is that from such a top dressing the radish is formed bitter and crooked, plus - worms are attracted to it like a magnet.

As soon as tender shoots appear, they should be sprinkled with a little wood ash. The meaning of this procedure is twofold. Ash lowers the acidity of the soil, reducing the risk of mold and rot damage to ripening root crops. And also well scares off ants, of which, by the way, the varieties of red color are distinguished by the greatest gluttony.

If the plans for the summer seasonal menu include spicy herbs, namely rosemary, sage, mint, then it is advisable to plant them, including on radish beds. The fact is that the essential oils they release perfectly scare away all radish pests in general.

For full effectiveness, herbs are sown 1-2 weeks before sowing the vegetable. Regarding mint, it is worth adding that it tends to grow rapidly, so I plant it in open ground in a pot with a pre-cut bottom.

A few weeks before sowing, radish can be sown on its garden and marigolds - their floral aroma is also formidable for pests.

In conclusion, I want to add that if the site is very actively attacked by cabbage flies in the current season, I advise you to grow a new batch of radish under a light non-woven material through which the pest simply cannot penetrate the soil for laying "Eggs".

And radish, although surprising, is much less affected by worms if it is watered with warm water on time and abundantly.