Cruciferous Flea: Effective Methods for Controlling the Radish Pest

So the summer season has begun. Many of the summer residents have already managed to plant the first seedlings. But, unfortunately, a summer cottage without parasites is simply impossible. They do a lot of harm to the crop. Representatives of the cruciferous culture suffer most from pests. In particular, the cruciferous flea can cause significant damage to the radish crop. Therefore, if you also grow this crop on your site, then you should know what kind of pest it is and how you need to fight it.

Cruciferous flea on radishes: pest photo

What is a cruciferous flea on a radish?

The cruciferous flea on radishes is a very small and very dangerous pest. In the wild, they can feed on cruciferous weeds such as rape and mustard. But as soon as the cruciferous flea gets to the summer cottage, then here it already chooses for itself the most delicious and important crops for summer residents: cabbage, horseradish, radishes, radishes. That is why this flea was named cruciferous, for its love for such crops. After the winter period, fleas usually begin to activate in the spring and begin to lay eggs intensively. While developing, they can also eat very young cultures that are just beginning to develop.

The flea looks like a small beetle with a dense, dark body. Has good jumping ability. Be prepared for this. Having appeared on the site, the flea begins by eating fresh green leaves of the above crops. When the flea has finished eating the leaves, it turns its attention to the root system. And already, unfortunately, after that the plant simply no longer survives. There is a little advice. The cruciferous flea is especially aggressive on dry and hot days. Therefore, it is best to pay attention to the above cultures on such days.

Cruciferous flea on radishes: pest photo

Cruciferous flea on radishes: how to get rid of and how to process it?

Very often you can find summer residents who are trying to fight cruciferous flea on radishes with the help of chemicals. But if we take exactly radish, then this is an early ripening garden culture (if we take it in comparison with others), therefore such a method of struggle is simply unacceptable for him. When chemical preparations cannot be applied, then you can use advice and folk methods that have been tested in practice. Among them:

• Ash-tobacco mixture. It can help protect a crop that is about to enter the growing season quite well. To do this, you just need to mix the indicated ingredients very well and sprinkle the soil of the garden with the mixture. This method is effective not only in the fight against fleas, but also serves as a preventive measure to protect the crop from fleas.
• Tobacco dust or ground black pepper... These ingredients can be used when young foliage appears. This procedure can be applied every week. There will be no harm.
• Spraying. This procedure will only help when you already have a flea in your garden. For spraying, a water-vinegar composition is well suited (1 liter of vinegar per 10 liters of water).

If you ask, it may be the reason for the appearance of a cruciferous flea on a radish, then it will not work out any obvious reasons. We can say that it appears in those areas where there is a lack of moisture. Therefore, it is best to water the radish frequently.