The small, yellow-striped flea beetle can cause considerable damage, especially to cabbage plants. To fight the flea we have 3 tips ready.
Cabbage plants and radishes, radishes and turnips in particular are often exposed to a parasite in their own garden, the flea. This is lively and can cause a lot of damage despite its small size of 1.5 mm to 3 mm.
The flea beetle (Psylliodes) is easily recognizable by its dark or yellow-striped coloration. The flea prefers warm and dry places. to fight the earth flea
primarily means…- … watering or mulching the soil regularly so that there is constant moisture, which the beetroot does not appreciate at all.
- If you also plant a mixed culture of lettuce, lettuce and spinach, you take away the comfort of the flea in your own bed.
- If the flea does not have enough of these measures and continues to spread in the bed, then a weekly spraying with wormwood or tansy broth can make the flea's living environment uncomfortable and drive it out of the beds.