One of the most voracious pests in the garden is a bear. From year to year, the site owner makes a lot of effort to get this insect out. And it only continues to destroy the long-awaited crop or planted plants. But is there really no effective method from the bear? Let's figure out how to remove the bear from the garden so that it does not cause such a perceptible damage anymore.
How to find a bear in the garden?
The bear is an insect up to five centimeters in length. The brown-brown pest has long mustaches, tentacles and bulging eyes, which many gardeners are horrified. Carrying out its activity in norms under the ground, the bear moves and gnaws the roots of the seedlings, root crops and bulbs. The pest menu is represented by potatoes, peppers, eggplants, cabbage, carrots and many other crops.
It is possible to detect this dangerous devourer by the appearance of small holes (holes) in the soil of the site, as well as loose hillocks, especially after the last rains. In addition, at night, when the silence of the bear sounds, similar to the chirrup of the grasshopper.
Home methods of combating the bear
If you find typical mink on the beds, fill them with water and a couple drops of sunflower oil. Usually, in a few minutes the insect will crawl out, and it can be destroyed. It is also recommended to use a soap solution, which is also poured into the hole. Soap can be used instead of soap. True, this method must be used carefully, because the chemicals are absorbed by the roots of the nearby plants.
The fight against the bear in the garden includes the production of special traps. There are many options. For example, in autumn the pest searches for a warm place for wintering. Manure or humus is an ideal place for this. After digging a hole up to half a meter deep, fill it with manure. In the middle of November, it is possible to eviscerate the trap in search of a bored sower of the crop.
Another variant of the trap should not be difficult for you, either. It is necessary to bury an empty jar or bottle in the ground, having covered its upper outer part with honey . From above the container is covered with a sheet of iron and straw or hay. The bear will crawl out onto the trap for the aroma of honey and its heat.
Chemical methods of fighting with the bear
From what helps from the bear in the garden, it is impossible not to mention chemicals that have an effective effect on the pest. Today, the markets and stores offer a wide selection. They include "Medotoks", "Thunder", "Phenoxin plus" and many others. Use these funds only in accordance with the attached instructions. Usually the drugs are made in the form of granules or powder, which must be filled in the holes of the bear. Dung them, the pest dies in the very near future. Often, gardening poured drugs in the holes, which planted seedlings of vegetables. This is an effective measure, but it must be remembered that some of the chemicals that are very unsafe for human health can be absorbed by plant roots.
How to protect a vegetable garden from a bear?
Without a doubt, it is much easier to prevent such a pest than to fight against its presence. First, do not leave in the fall on the site a pile of debris and manure, where the insect usually prefers to winter. Secondly, in the spring sow or plant in the garden around the perimeter of the marigold . It is known that the aroma emitted by them during flowering is not a favorite among pests and causes it to bypass areas with flowers. If neighbors of your site also complain about the presence of a bear, offer joint measures to combat it. And then all the activities carried out will be successful, because the wrecker will not return to your beds from neighboring dachas.