How to Fight Raspberry Beetle: Effective Methods to Save the Crop
The raspberry beetle is a real scourge for summer residents and gardeners.
Moreover, the presence of the pest is most often detected at the harvest stage.
Let's figure out how to fight the scourge and save the harvest before it's too late.
Methods of combating raspberry beetle
The first thing you need to do is thin out the raspberry patch, since digging up the soil between the rows and loosening the ground helps get rid of pupated larvae and young beetles.
Also, during the season, it is necessary to carefully get rid of the weeds that grow around the raspberry patch, since it is on them that pests settle first.
Treating the plant with mustard powder is also effective. 100 grams of the product dissolved in 10 liters of water is enough to prevent the beetles from even being interested in your berries.
This solution should be sprayed on the raspberry bush during the budding period.
If there is no mustard powder, you can treat the bushes with a soda solution. Dissolve 10 tablespoons of powder in 10 liters of water and treat the bushes before flowering.
