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When growing cucumbers, gardeners may encounter an unexpected problem - strange holes in the leaves. This often happens if cucumbers are planted in places where the gardener is rare and cannot keep track of what is happening in the garden.
Who makes holes in the cucumber leaf
The main suspects in these cases are slugs. They are very voracious and can destroy the leaves cleanly, so that nothing remains. The problem is that it is difficult to catch them for what they have done, since they harm mainly at night.
Slugs love moisture and warmth, if you create such conditions for them, they will breed very quickly and will frantically harm the plantings. Also, heavy rainfall contributes to their reproduction.
It is worth noting that slugs harm not only cucumbers, but also other crops, therefore, the fight against them must be carried out without fail, you cannot let everything take its course, otherwise you can be left with an empty garden.
How to deal with a pest: grandmother's ways
If slugs appear on the site, you can collect them by hand in jars filled with salt. By mulching the rows between the plantings of needles, you can ensure their protection, since slugs simply cannot crawl on such an uncomfortable surface. A cloth abundantly moistened with water and spread out on the ground is a good bait, in the morning it will be enough to collect unwanted guests and destroy.
How to deal with a pest: modern methods
Slaked lime as a soil cultivation shows excellent results in the fight against the eater of cucumber leaves. Ash or superphosphate crushed into dust has the same effect.
You can also spray the plants with a potassium salt solution. It will take 700 grams per bucket of water.
A mixture of lime and tobacco dust is also quite effective.
Pest prevention
The earth should be well lit and warm. For this, there must be a distance between the plants, even if the area is very small. Greed in this case will be expensive.
Watering plants should be done as needed, as high humidity is a paradise for slugs.
cucumber relay
Toads, frogs and lizards should become welcome guests on the site where there are these pests, they will gladly eat them.
You can also dig a ditch around the perimeter and fill it with lime, such a kind of ditch will protect the site from enemy raids. The main thing is to make sure that there are no slugs on the site before adopting such a cardinal protection method.
