Gardeners told how to fight aphids on lettuce: the most effective herbal infusions against the pest

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Lettuce leaves on the bed are often affected by lettuce aphids. How to deal with it, read the advice of gardeners in detail.

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You can see a salad aphid on a young lettuce leaf in the garden bed. This is a small insect that lives on black currants since spring, and flies to the lettuce bed in summer. The aphid settles in the stems and leaves of the plant. Lettuce discolors, twists and dries.

You can't expect a good harvest if you don't fight the pest. In order not to process the salad with chemicals, experienced gardeners fight the pest with the help of simple folk remedies.

200 g of bulbs are needed for 10 liters of water. It should be infused for 4 hours, strained and sprinkled on the salad bed. Dandelion tincture also helps against aphids. 400 g of dandelion leaves are infused in 10 liters of water and treated with salad.