Using birch tar from onion fly

With the onset of spring, gardeners have a lot of worries, and one of the pressing ones is how to protect the grown products from pests in order to get a good harvest later. Each gardener chooses his own effective methods of dealing with different insects in his plantings. At this time, the use of birch tar from an onion fly will be quite relevant. You just need to know how to properly dilute the product and process it so that the protection is more effective.

Birch tar can be purchased at the pharmacy and is sold in small glass containers. Against onion flies, it is used in its pure form or diluted with water. It all depends on the method of application. And they are different:

• processing of bulbs before planting;
• watering and spraying throughout the season;
• making mulch using tar.

This drug works well not only on this pest, but also on many others. Therefore, when treating an area with plantings, you can be sure that it will benefit the plants.

Birch tar is obtained in the form of a solution that has a specific odor and a slightly oily texture. Many summer residents replace it with tar soap, and sometimes add other agents to the solution.

The recipe for pest control is very simple.

• If watering is expected, then you should take one spoon of tar and dilute in ten liters of water. The proportions can be slightly altered if, for example, the onion fly has already strongly affected the plants.
• You can prepare a solution of tar soap. To do this, grate the soap and dissolve in ten liters of water.
• If you have to process the bulbs themselves just before planting, you need to dilute a fly in the ointment in one liter of water.

There are different processing methods. And all the procedures begin just before landing. To do this, dilute a tablespoon of tar in a liter of water. In this solution, you need to soak the bulbs and leave for about an hour. After the time has elapsed, the planting material is taken out and planted in the prepared soil. Before planting, a weakly concentrated solution can be poured into the holes, and then the bulbs can be placed in the holes and covered with earth. In the future, you should water the plants with a solution (on a ten-liter watering can - a tablespoon of tar).

Before planting, you can process the material in another way.

After this procedure, the material is ready for planting.

As for watering and spraying, they can be carried out throughout the season. It is better to carry out preventive measures than to fight the infestation of flies later.

Gardeners recommend starting preventive measures from early spring (especially in the southern regions), since already in April these insects wake up and begin to be active.

In addition to watering and pre-planting, there are several more effective methods.

In between watering, the beds from pests can be protected by strips of fabric soaked in tar.To do this, you need to cut the material into long strips of the required width, soak it well with a concentrated solution of birch tar, and then spread it between the beds.

Another good and effective way to deal with onion flies is to prepare a special mulch that will have triple benefits:

• protection against pests;
• less intensive weed growth;
• preservation of moisture in the soil for a longer time.

Mulch is prepared in a certain way.

• You need to take ten liters of water and dilute about five spoons of tar there. The solution must be fairly concentrated for the effect to last longer.
• Then you need to take sawdust, which is best used as mulch in this case, and soak it well with the prepared solution.
• After that, the mulch is laid out on the beds.

After a while, the smell of tar will still disappear. Therefore, it is also possible to water the plants during the whole season.

How to use birch tar, see below.