What to plant next to eggplants to prevent the Colorado potato beetle: tips for gardeners
Often the Colorado potato beetle harms not only potatoes, but also eggplants.
In this article, we will tell you how you can get rid of the pest in your garden.
How to get rid of the Colorado potato beetle on eggplants
A fairly effective way to combat the Colorado potato beetle is to sprinkle eggplants with corn flour. Sprinkling should be done on wet leaves in the morning or after rain.
Corn flour enters the insect's stomach along with the leaves, where it swells greatly and leads to the rapid death of the beetle.
In addition, you can plant plants next to the eggplants whose smell will repel the pest.
For example, the Colorado potato beetle cannot tolerate the smell of mustard.
Therefore, to combat the pest, you can plant this plant next to a bed of eggplants or spray it with a special solution.
It is also known that the Colorado potato beetle cannot tolerate the smell of coriander and bush beans.
Therefore, planting these crops next to vegetables can be an effective way to combat the pest.
The pest is also repelled by the smells of mint, calendula, nasturtium, tansy, marigold, onion and garlic.
Previously, we told you how to grow ginger.
