Is the cruciferous flea eating your strawberry leaves? I'm talking about the only way that helped me save Yagoda

Last year, I encountered an unusual pest on strawberries called the cruciferous flea. Why unusual, you ask?

The answer is simple: as a rule, this insect infects cabbage and other plants of the cruciferous family, and you can rarely see it on a strawberry plantation.

But, nevertheless, the fact remains. The cruciferous flea can also infect strawberries. Why is this happening and how to deal with this pest? Having passed this difficult path to destroy these pathogenic microorganisms, now I can easily answer all these questions.

I must say right away that I had to try a lot of tools, but only one of them turned out to be really effective. However, let's talk about everything in order.

Signs of damage to strawberries

You can suspect a cruciferous flea on a strawberry plantation by the state of the bushes, by their appearance. Long before the visible appearance of the pest, the strawberry leaves begin to wither, despite receiving an abundant amount of moisture.

This is due to the fact that parasites affect the root system of the plant, which causes disturbances in its functioning. Subsequently, gnawing marks and a kind of ulcer will appear on the leaves. In severe cases, destruction of the leaf plate is also possible.

What is the reason for the appearance of a pest on strawberries?

The appearance of a cruciferous flea on strawberries usually means that there are beds of cabbage, turnips, radishes and other cruciferous plants in the neighborhood.

Often the appearance of a pest says that siderates grow next to the strawberry plantation. The fact is that cruciferous fleas are very mobile and easily move from one culture to another.

Gluttonous pests will not refuse to feast on strawberry leaves. To preserve the harvest, you urgently need to get rid of unexpected guests.

Effective remedy

It is not necessary to use chemical agents in the fight against cruciferous fleas on strawberries, they will certainly affect the harvest, which can no longer be called environmentally friendly.

Therefore, I use a proven, effective folk remedy based on wood ash.

Recipe

Two glasses of wood ash must be dissolved in a ten-liter bucket of water, add tar soap shavings (40 grams) there.

Mix all the ingredients well and leave for a few hours to infuse. Spray the strawberry bushes generously with the prepared solution. By sticking to the drops of such a product, the pests will die en masse.

If cruciferous fleas have settled on your strawberry plantation, you must immediately take measures to save the crop. And in this you will be effectively helped by an infusion based on wood ash.