Step 1
kale loopers and cabbage whiteflies and diamond - back moths are pests that affect collard putting surface . Flea beetles and harlequin bugs are two more . Several kinds of aphids , the cabbage aphid , turnip aphid , and the immature peach aphid can be found in collard patches . Gardeners often face for way to kill a pest population in one swoop , but do n’t overlook the efficacy of picking them off when you see them and pose them out of the garden .
Appearance
Pale aphids , sometimes translucent , clustering on the undersurface of leaves . you’re able to easily see flea beetles moving over the leaves and halt of collards . Some are black and some black with a yellow stripe . The harlequin bug bright like its namesake with icteric , orange and red markings . Cabbage loopers are gray and moth - like and cabbage whitefly diminutive and powdery white . Diamondback moth are small and grey - brown . When they shut the wings a diamond pattern can be discerned .
Step 2
Damage
Cabbage loopers , diamondback rattlesnake moth , and cabbage whitefly masticate on the leaves during the larval or worm degree . The adults dwell their eggs on the leave . The foliage might search ragged with little jam pervade the foliage . The pupae attach themselves to the leaves and feed . mallet feed not only on the leaves and other foliage but will eat the roots as well . Aphids love the tender new growth . They draw the underside of leaf , extract the sap until the leaves appear distorted . Harlequin bugs manducate the leaves until they wither .
Cultural Practices
Prevention of microbe scathe on collards starts with good cultural habit . Weed collard beds well and remove flora . Do n’t let weewee stand up in puddles near the plants . Make indisputable air can circulate around the plants . Keep the plant healthy , well nourished and watered so they are not accentuate . Unhealthy plants are prey to insect pests . examine interplanting other veggie with the greens . In this agency the insects that attack one kind of harvest will feel less to consume in that bottom . If you mix in non - brassicas , such as Solanum tuberosum , Beta vulgaris or celery , marigolds or flock , it may warn collards pests .
Eviction
Spray aphids off the collards with the hose . Spray horticultural oil on them that you make at home plate with soya bean rock oil and liquid dish - washing soap . Aphids also respond to a dusting with diatomaceous earth . man-made pesticides admit spinosad , and pymetrozine . Introduce good dirt ball such as greenish lacewings and lady bugs into the collard seam to eat the pest .
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