Lilacs, marigolds and nasturtiums. These are plants that repel pests and help fight them. Do you want to grow a healthy and natural crop without using chemical and synthetic means? One of the ways is to grow these plants, and even better, they also bloom with the most beautiful flowers.
Meet these three flowers that will undoubtedly not only decorate your garden, but also be useful helpers in the fight against pests.
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Let’s begin with how plants defend themselves against pests. They can defend in two ways. The first way – they keep pests away with their scent. The plants give off a certain smell that insects dislike, so they do not come close or linger there for long. It is also possible that the scent released by the plant is so strong that it disorients all the pests, making it hard for them to find the vegetable they want. Pests are not eliminated, but are greatly reduced.
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Grave carpet plants – Geltonas KarutisThe second way – plants draw in «beneficial» insects that help the garden. For instance, ladybugs eat aphids and other tiny bugs, so it is beneficial to have more of them in the garden.
In both situations, it is helpful to grow flowers in the garden that release a scent. They attract insects with their blooms, and the scent can ward off pests. It is simply impossible to provide universal solutions: different plants draw different pests, and various plants work well to repel them. Nonetheless, there are flowers that were already planted by our ancestors and whose effects have been studied by scientists.
The role of these flowers is especially vital if you are gardening on the balcony. Fewer plant types and less competition from other plants can create better conditions for pests. Thus, flowers that fight pests are very important here.
SERENCHI ARE BRILLIANT PEST FIGHTERS
Marigolds, also known as marigolds and carnations, are annual flowers that need to be mentioned first. Ignore the skeptics who will tell you that this is grandma’s flower. Feel free to plant serenge in the garden: next to potatoes, cabbage, carrots, wherever you can think of.
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connection, launch and first impressionsSerenits are very easy to grow simply from seed. Once well established, they do not tolerate watering and flower continuously throughout the season.
Traditionally, we think of Serenits as orange, but now you can find them various varieties – from yellow to brick red, from small and large flowers to full-bodied.
In any case, serente flowers are bright, so they will beautify your garden.
And to avoid chaos and chaos, just do not choose many varieties, but buy a and cultivate serenades of the same color, repeated in different parts of the garden.
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The most common mistakes, why it is not possible to grow sproutsStrains that have a strong scent are the best pest deterrents, but in general the effect will be had even if you choose a less aromatic variety.
Vegetable serenades among the cabbagesbecause the smell repels cabbage whites. Plant with carrots – will help fight carrot flies. Furthermore, snakes also fight against nematodes, which means that their effects are also underground. It is advisable to plant serenely among the onions or after their harvest, because in this way the soil is disinfected.
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Another orange beauty – marigold. It may be less familiar, but it is no less important in the garden.
It is an easy-to-grow annual flower that begins blooming in June and produces beautiful orange daisy-like flowers.
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They are suitable for planting close strawberries, potatoes, garlic, cabbageabove all – a tomatoes. Marigolds have a specific smell, so they repel many pests: insects and nematodes.
Marigolds can also be not only orange, but also close to yellowish or red shades. So beautify your garden and get additional benefits.
In addition, medicinal marigolds can be used to prepare herbal teas, infusions and cosmetics. They have a bitter taste and have an anti-inflammatory effect. Collect the newly bloomed flowers and dry them.
Some varieties of marigolds are self-seeding.
NASTURTE – BRIGHT CLIMBING PLANT
And the third orange beauty – nasturtium. Its uniqueness is that nasturtiums can beautify not a small corner, but an entire wall.
Flat round leaves they should receive nothing but praise, they are especially beautiful after the rain, when the soft green color of the leaves stands out and the droplets shine beautifully on them. Those long-lasting droplets are one reason why little beetles love nasturtiums.
Rings they deserve special attention: from pale green to acid orange, from small to large, all types can be found in shops. Therefore nasturtiums, even if they are common in grandmothers’ nurseries, can also find a place on the facade of an industrial loft, next to concrete stairs and raised beds in tempered metal.
Sowing is more than simple, even a child will grasp the seeds with his little fingers, and no special attention is necessary. Additionally, nasturtiums tend to self-seed.
What are the benefits of nasturtium? It repels some pests and attracts others – that’s exactly what we want! Nasturtium does not like cabbage whiteflies and other pests that attack cabbage, radish and squash plants. If you plant nasturtiums near these plants, pests are less likely to attack them.
Nasturtium can be your evil ally: it seduces fever (especially the black ones), so plant it where there is a greater risk of aphids. For this reason, nasturtiums will be useful not only in the garden, but also near fruit trees and bushes, in the flower garden.
Snails will also appreciate the juicy leaves of the large nasturtium: place snail traps under the nasturtium leaves or simply swallow them from there.
Many pests enjoy the juiciness of nasturtium leaves and the shade they provide. But the insects that feed on these parasites also like it. So sedums are useful because they repel parasites, and nasturtium is also useful because it becomes a good breeding ground for parasites trap.
When nasturtium flowers bloom, you can easily collect seeds for next year, and you can also sow them yourself. Lilacs, marigolds and nasturtiums: we suggest inviting these three beauties to your fruit and vegetable farm to help fight pests and decorate the garden together.
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