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  Garden care How to control the Delia Antiqua(onion fly)   This fly (Delia Antiqua) is called onion fly or onion maggot because it most often infests onion plants, but it will sometimes attack garlic and even bulb flowers. Signs of the onion or leek fly can usually be seen with the naked eye. If the onions on your garden suddenly grow slowly, if their leaf plumes begin to turn yellow, wilt, and dry, and if the onions give off an odor that is completely unlike onions, then it is definitely infested with Delia Antiqua (Onion fly) . If you dig up the affected plant onion bulbs, you can see patches that resemble decay and later the onions become so soft that they can neither be stored nor eaten. WHAT DOES DELIA ANTIQUA (ONION FLY) LOOK LIKE? This insect really looks like a small fly and is light gray in color. The fly is about 0.4inch (1cm) long and can be distinguished from males by the dark stripe on its abdomen: only males have this stripe. Female Delia Antiqua (Onion fly) ar...

  Why my onion leaves turning yellow Onions are a vegetable crop that literally grows in every vegetable garden, and sooner or later almost every gardener faces the problem of onion leaves turning yellow . There are many reasons for this phenomenon, but only one can be perceived quite calmly by gardeners - when the bulb matures, the feathers turn yellow and fall off. All other causes of yellowing onion shoots are unacceptable and must be understood and dealt with before harvest. But before we address those causes and start learning how to eliminate them, let's talk about how to protect your onions from leaf yellowing as reliably as possible. SIMPLE RULES TO PREVENT ONION LEAVES TURNING YELLOW Therefore, in order to keep Onion leaves in a healthy color before harvest, it is necessary to treat the plots correctly, to water them in time, to use modern means to control pests and diseases and to consider other rules of their cultivation. 1. Observe crop rotation system Remember that it...