Plant protection
Generally, no chemicals are required to protect plants. Herbs in most of their not fully cultivated and able to independently resist diseases and pests. This natural feature of plants should be maintained during the arrangement of the garden. Prevention begins with the correct choice of a planting site for each plant, providing the plant with an area sufficient for its development, selecting neighbors along the bed, depending on the plant species. Otherwise, the protection of plants is carried out through the implementation of biotechnical measures.
If mint or melissa becomes ill, for example, powdery mildew or rust, they must be severely cut off so that new sprouts no longer ache. The network helps to protect against insect pests( cabbage whiting, vegetable flies or aphids).Snails and caterpillars are picked from the plants by hand, for slugs you can make a bait, leaving on the bed their favorite delicacy, and then collect. To combat the moles establish vibrating turntables, moves and burrows of rodents can be destroyed by digging and pouring water. Of course, it is possible to use other natural resources, harmless to humans and domestic animals, to control pests and diseases of plants, - a horsetail infusion, which helps in the fight against fungal diseases, nettles - against leaf aphids, wormwood - against earthen fleas. But keep in mind that the damaging effect of these infusions is limited, their goal is to activate the protective forces of the cultural plant. No subsequent lag in growth, no side effects when applying herbal infusions are not observed.
Do not forget about the natural enemies of many pests and, if possible, create favorable conditions for them. Ladybugs, riders, murmurers and ordinary earwigs destroy aphids, mites, forest bugs and other harmful insects. To useful insects lived in your garden, they must attract the abundance of different plants. Riders, for example, laying eggs in the bodies of caterpillars, feed on nectar of umbellate plants: valerian, coriander, caraway, dill and fennel.