Avoidance of Pests (Onion) 🧅

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1. Onions must be cultivated in a well-drained and aerated soil.
2 If this way the soil and the plant will have good exposure to the sun.
Hence, it helps in preventing the attack from pests.
3. One other way to prevent pests is turning the soil.
4. Good sanitation is the best preventive method to control onion maggots;
the affected onion bulbs should be removed.
5. Commercial onion growers use mild granular insecticides and organic,
insecticide sprays to control onion maggots. Floating row covers around
the plants can protect insects from laying eggs.