Tree resin (tar) contains a huge amount useful substances that help resist various diseases and pests. Birch tar is a unique natural gift that has long proven itself positively.
This natural remedy able to resist various pests. It will protect any plot of land no worse, and most likely better, than the most modern insecticidal preparations.
Colorado beetle
This particularly persistent pest destroys not only potatoes in its path, but also other vegetable crops – sweet pepper, eggplants. Spraying special solution will get rid of the beetle and will not harm the vegetable plantings.
The solution contains water (10 liters), birch tar (10 grams) and ordinary laundry soap (about 50 grams).
Onion fly
It's better to start with prevention. Before planting onions in the beds, they must be treated with tar. To do this, put the onions in a durable plastic bag, pour a little tar into it and mix thoroughly for half an hour. For one kilogram of onions you will need a tablespoon of birch tar.
Already planted onions, which have not been processed in advance, can be watered with a solution that includes water (ten liters), laundry soap (about 20 grams) and tar (1 tablespoon). It is recommended to carry out such watering twice with an interval of fifteen days.
Cabbage Butterfly
All types of cabbage suffer from this beautiful and delicate insect. Its larvae are capable of destroying the entire crop. It is necessary to fight the butterfly in time - before the larvae begin to lay. The smell of birch tar will keep this pest away from cabbage beds.
To combat cabbage you will need ordinary wooden pegs. small size, unnecessary pieces of fabric and tar. The fabric is soaked in tar and wrapped around each peg. The pegs prepared in this way must be evenly distributed over all the beds.
Wireworm
To rid root plants of this pest, it is necessary to treat the holes or directly the tubers (potatoes) before planting the seeds. Add 1 tablespoon of tar to a large ten-liter bucket of water, let it stand for 1 hour, and then spray the place where the seeds are planted. Potato tubers are completely dipped in the solution before planting.
codling moth
You can protect apple trees by spraying. Add 10 grams of tar and 30 grams of soap to a ten-liter bucket of water. This solution must be treated not only flowering trees, but also the soil around the trunk.
carrot fly
Twice during the summer (at the beginning and at the end) watering is carried out with a special solution prepared from water (10 liters), grated soap (about 20 grams) and birch tar (1 tablespoon).
Plum moth
To combat it, you will need to spray (at the end of spring) with a solution consisting of 10 grams of tar, 50 grams of soap and 10 liters of water.
Sprout fly
Mice
These rodents are capable of destroying not only root crops, but can also spoil fruit trees. It is recommended to mulch tree trunk circles sawdust, which were soaked in a water-tar solution (water - 10 liters, tar - 1 tablespoon).
Hares
The smell of birch resin will also repel these voracious rodents - pests. In the fall, it is necessary to treat each tree trunk with a specially prepared mixture.
Composition of the mixture: birch tar (50 grams), dry chalk (1 kg), mullein (1 large bucket) and water. The mixture should be medium thick.
Buy birch tar at any pharmacy chain and pests will bypass your garden and vegetable garden.
Tar is an oily liquid, viscous, with a very sharp and persistent odor. The product is also called tree resin.
Garden pests cannot tolerate its smell. While not poisonous, the resin can drive away many insects and rodents forever.
Birch tar in the garden against pests is used for spraying plants and cultivating the soil. Small vessels with tar-based liquid are hung on tree branches to repel harmful insects.
Interesting! For Finland, tar was the first exported product.
Characteristics and release form
Tar is obtained from birch bark by dry distillation. The process is called pyrolysis. At the end of the day, the product becomes very thick consistency, coal-black color and a strong, specific smell (tar is part of the very popular Vishnevsky ointment, the smell of which is familiar to almost everyone). Tar is sold in glass bottles of 20, 40, 80 mg. The main components of tar:
- phenol;
- resins;
- xylene;
- toluene and other substances.
Harmful insects
Spraying
Spraying is used to expel the Colorado potato beetle:
- The potato field is sprayed with the mixture (1 tablespoon of tar per 10 liters of water) twice - immediately after germination and before budding.
- On eggplants and peppers, spray the stems with the same composition before fruit sets.
Removing codling moth. Despite the fact that there will be difficulties with pollination, this insect can only be fought during flowering, that is, the tree crown is sprayed with a mixture of tar and water (10 g per 10 liters of water).
Gooseberry pest control:
Gooseberry sawfly. Treatment is carried out up to 4 times during the growing season. The solution differs slightly in dosage and components. It is prepared from half a piece (100 g) of grated laundry soap, 2 tbsp. spoons of tar, 1 teaspoon of ash and 1 liter of boiling water. After the soap is completely dissolved, the concentrate is diluted with 5 liters hot water. The composition is ready for use.
Gooseberry moth. The pest poses a danger to gooseberries and all types of currants. The composition of the solution is basic, although the amount of tar can be doubled. Spraying is carried out before flowering.
Gooseberry moth
Berries also have their own pests, for example, raspberry-strawberry weevil. It is also called a flower beetle. To preserve flowers, bushes should be treated before flowering with a regular tar solution.
Stone fruits are often the target of attack:
Cherry sawfly. Spraying is carried out several times, starting in early spring, with a break of a week. The dosage of the solution is basic.
Plum moth. Treating the trees immediately after the buds drop, before the ovaries form, will help remove the pest. Traditional mixture.
The most insidious of the nightshade pests (also indoor flowers) - This spider mite. A special composition is prepared for it:
- boiled water - 1 l;
- granulated sugar - 2 tsp;
- gasoline - 2 tbsp. l.;
- tar - 1 tsp;
- soap - 1 tsp. + shower gel - 1 tsp.
All of the listed ingredients should be mixed with water one at a time and shake well again before processing. The success of the treatment depends on complete coverage of the crown.
Much harm garden plantings bring aphids and ants. These insects work in tandem. By coating the trunks of fruit trees with tar, you can get rid of both. You can also spray the plantings with a solution, to prepare which half a piece of tar soap is dissolved in a bucket of water and tar (5 tbsp) is added.
Traps
Gardeners advise protecting yourself from rodents and several in unusual ways. Calling them a trap is probably not very correct. Although, if these compounds get into the pest’s stomach, it is unlikely to benefit it.
With the arrival of the first spring days revival begins on land plots. For lovers gardening work You have to not only plant the seedlings, but also not allow insect pests to destroy them. Particularly great difficulties may arise in. After all, garden pests not only feed on plant sap and build nests in their roots, but are also carriers of aphids - the most dangerous enemy of green spaces. But getting rid of pests is very difficult, since only working individuals come to the surface of the anthill. The main reproducer of the genus practically never leaves the nest. Birch tar from ants in the garden is one of the natural organic remedies that will help cope with this problem.
Features of the product
Birch tar is a dark, oily liquid of viscous consistency that has a rather pungent, specific odor. This product is made by processing birch bark, which is heated strongly in a hermetically sealed container. As a result of the oxidation reaction, tar is released, which was found today wide application in the garden and vegetable garden.
Made from birch tar tar soap. It also has anti-inflammatory and bactericidal effects. They use tar soap against ants, codling moths, carrot fly and other insect pests.
How to use
Many summer residents, when they see one on their property, sound the alarm, and for good reason. Where these insects are present, there will certainly be another pest - aphids. After all, they live in a close, mutually beneficial union. An attack by these small insects can cause serious damage. green spaces. Therefore, tar against ants and aphids is one of the most popular means of pest control.
- Quite often, birch tar is used to control ants on trees. To do this, wide bandages or pieces of gauze soaked in the product are wrapped around the trunk of an apple tree or other fruit tree. This option protects the wood from pests throughout the season.
- You can also apply tar to the tree trunk with a brush at a height of 3-5 cm from the ground. The width of the tar layer should not exceed 5 cm.
- Spraying with tar solution will help protect the bushes. To prepare it, you need to dissolve 0.5 pieces of tar soap in a 10-liter bucket of water. Then you need to add 5 tbsp to the resulting mixture. l. tar. The resulting soap solution is sprayed onto the bushes using a spray bottle. It is advisable to carry out this procedure in the late afternoon.
- If so, you can use this recipe. Pressed sawdust is generously moistened with birch tar and poured with boiling water. Then you need to wait until the wood chips swell. The resulting tar substrate is laid out on ant nests or between beds of already planted seedlings.
- The use of tar also involves washing the leaves of the plant. To do this, grated tar soap (50 g) is dissolved in a liter of hot water. The mixture is stirred periodically. After all the soap flakes have dissolved, add 5 ml of tar and 20 liters of water to the mass. The trunks, branches and leaves of plants are treated with this solution every month. For convenience, you can use a spray bottle.
Those who have already used this method of fighting insects leave positive reviews about birch tar.
Birch tar is an excellent remedy for ants. After just a couple of days, the insects were blown away by the wind.
Alexander, Donetsk
You can buy birch tar at any pharmacy kiosk. A 40 ml bottle costs between 50-150 rubles (depending on the manufacturer and region).
Birch tar is used against ants in the garden in different ways. Tar soap is also actively used against aphids, which attracts ants to areas. The use of tar-based preparations is allowed during any period of the plant growing season. The frequency of events throughout the warm season depends on the chosen method.
Action of the product
Birch tar from ants in the garden and garden repels pests with a persistent pungent odor that can persist for quite a long time. In addition to ants, the aroma repels aphids, mole crickets, mosquitoes, midges, mice, and other “uninvited” guests.
The repellent effect lasts as long as the smell is present. As it disappears, repeat the treatment again. Application in the garden and vegetable garden is to periodically treat crops against, as well as to prevent their occurrence.
Note!
Tar is obtained from birch - old stumps on which resin has managed to stand out. There is nothing complicated in the process of obtaining the substance, but the process is long. The use of birch products is not limited to pest control, but is widely used in medicine and cosmetology.
Applications in the garden
Birch tar from ants on trees prevents the spread of aphids, which protects leaves and flowers from damage. You need to start pest control early spring before the leaves appear. With special care.
- In undiluted form, apply a thick layer of the product with a brush onto the tree trunk to a height of 1 m from the soil. Birch tar repels insects with its pungent odor, and also prevents the movement of those individuals that are not afraid of the unpleasant aroma.
- The drug is slightly diluted hot water to form a liquid mass. 10 ml of product per 5 liters of water. Soak rags and tie them around the trunks at a distance of 20 cm from the soil surface. The belt itself must be at least 25 cm.
- Tar soap against ants is used to spray trees. You need to grate 50 g of soap on a coarse grater, dilute it in a small amount of hot water, add 10 liters of liquid. Pour the soap solution into a garden or household spray bottle and treat the leaves and trunks. Repeat to combat insects every week, for preventive purposes 1 time in 14 days. Instead of spraying, it is practiced to wash the leaves when there is a heavy infestation of aphids.
Birch tar is harmless to garden crops at any stage of development. Promotes healing of damaged areas, helps resist diseases.
Use in the garden
Birch tar against ants and aphids is used when planting crops, during their growth, and fruit ripening.
- The product is diluted in water, the roots of the seedlings are immersed for a few seconds, and then planted in the soil.
- Spray the plant leaves with a solution of tar soap every week.
- Coat wooden pegs with tar and drive them into the soil throughout the garden.
- The saturated solution is watered between the rows, as well as the discovered ones.
Regular use of the product will drive away all pests and increase crop yields. For prevention, it is enough to dig stakes soaked in the product around the perimeter of the garden, and then periodically update the smell with a fresh layer of birch tar from ants.
The desire of people to eat not just fruits and vegetables grown on their own land, but also environmentally friendly fruits and vegetables, has led to the fact that gardeners began to disappear from the medicine cabinets of chemicals, and appear natural, and often quite unexpected. So the hero of our article today - birch tar - is very effective in the garden, although few people know about it.
Birch tar: use in the garden
Tar repels pests with its pungent odor. Scientific language, has repellent (repelling insects), but not insecticidal (killing insects) abilities. If you read somewhere that tar “kills insects”, don’t believe it. Tar doesn't kill anyone, it just stinks, so insects won't want to lay eggs on smelly plants, or they'll move away from it.
There is one more problem: gardeners themselves came up with the idea of using tar against pests in the garden. You will not find any reliable instructions on how to treat potatoes, or strawberries, or trees with insect tar, and there is no one to ask them from. Someone pours 100 ml onto a three-meter bed, someone adds two fly of tar per liter of water for spraying, and someone claims that 1 spoon per bucket is enough. That is, everything is subjective, everything is personal experience. Therefore, you will have to experiment a little and question all the information about the use of tar in gardening. By the way, tar is used not only to repel pests from plants, but also from livestock (cows are coated with it).
And one last point. Birch tar in the garden against pests should almost always be diluted in water. However, it does not dissolve in water, but forms a film on the surface of the water. Spraying such an emulsion is inconvenient and ineffective, so before mixing the tar with water, it is mixed separately with laundry soap(per tablespoon of tar - 40-50 grams of soap). In addition, soap helps the solution stick to the leaves and stems of the plant. You don’t have to dissolve the tar with soap, but in this case, use a broom for processing or do it in the lid plastic bottle holes for irrigation. A regular spray bottle will quickly become clogged with oily tar.
Birch tar against pests different types vegetable and horticultural crops
Treatment of potatoes with tar
Against the Colorado potato beetle: add a tablespoon of tar to a bucket of water and spray the potato seedlings.
Treatment of potatoes with tar before planting: potatoes are dipped in a container with the mentioned tar solution. If possible, water the holes/furrows with the same solution before planting the tubers to protect them from wireworms.
Treating strawberries with tar
Strawberry pests will not settle on the plant if, before the buds appear, they are treated with a tar solution with a concentration of 20 g per bucket of water.
Treating onions and garlic with tar
The onion fly cannot tolerate the smell of tar, so even before planting, the sets are soaked in a tar solution for a couple of hours (10 g per liter of water). Spraying and watering with a tar solution (20 g per bucket of water) two or three times (with a 10-15 day interval) during the flies’ oviposition will help to expel the onion fly from the garden bed.
Treating cabbage with tar
Cabbage fly, cabbage butterfly and cruciferous flea beetles will not annoy cruciferous plants if the plants, starting from the seedling stage, are watered several times with a tar solution with a concentration of 10 g per bucket of water.
Treatment of carrots and beets with tar
Treatment with tar against pests of carrots and beets - carrot fly, psyllid, wireworm, beet aphid, fly and flea beetle - is carried out with the same emulsion: 10 g per bucket of water.
Treating berry bushes with tar
Berry bushes treated with tar against pests before and after flowering. The solution helps get rid of currant and gooseberry sawfly, aphids, moth, raspberry-strawberry weevil, spider mite. Concentration - 2 tbsp per bucket of water. You can also hang small open bottles filled with tar to repel pests.
Treating trees with birch tar
Plum and apple moths, gray pear weevil, cherry sawfly, sea buckthorn fly, hawthorn, bird cherry weevil, and aphids on trees do not like tar. Treating the garden with tar is carried out during the blooming of young leaves at the rate of 1 tbsp per bucket of water. As with shrubs, you can hang containers of tar on trees.
Tar in gardening and gardening: how else can it be used?
Make tar mulch. To do this, sawdust is soaked in the prepared solution (10 g of tar per bucket of water). Mulch can be spread over trunk circles trees, under bushes, in cabbage, carrot, strawberry and other beds - pests will bypass them.
Prepare a coating for trees that will protect them from rodents in winter. Take half a bucket of mullein and clay, add 1 kg of lime and 40-50 grams of tar, add water to a paste and coat the tree trunks.
The smell of tar is strong and unpleasant, but it dissipates very quickly (to the human sense of smell). But if you still do not want your plants to come into direct contact with tar, you can coat long cloth belts with it and tie them to pegs stuck in the ground around the plantings.
Thus, tar in the garden is the first assistant. Like ammonia, it effectively repels pests, and treating plants with tar is absolutely environmental event. By the way, instead of tar, you can use tar soap - it also does a good job as a repellent (10-20 g of tar can be replaced with 30-50 grams of tar soap).
