This is how it keeps the pests away

Aromatic protective barrier keeps snails at a distance

The high content of essential oils qualifies sage to be a popular one Aromatic and medicinal plant. What the human connoisseur likes in terms of taste and aroma holds up Nudibranchs remote. Plagued hobby gardeners use the up to 90 centimeter high subshrubs as a protective wall for their useful and ornamental plants by using sage as Borderplants.

Ideally, pull the young plants through from the end of March sowing on the windowsill. At a temperature of 18 to 22 degrees, germination begins within 7-21 days. The young sage are planted out from mid-May at a distance of 30 centimeters. Alternatively, sow the Sage seeds straight out into the bed as soon as temperatures exceed 10 degrees Celsius from the beginning of May.

Clever mulching intensifies the deterrent

Because of its Mediterranean origin, sage prefers a calcareous, well-drained one

floor. A mulch layer of pointed Grit(€ 49.99 at Amazon *) is therefore very welcome to the herb bush. At the same time, the sharp material acts as a barrier against insatiable snails. Alternatively, a layer of mulch stops from coarse Sawdust the creeping pests. The much-vaunted coffee grounds are unsuitable as a barrier strip under sage because they lower the pH value.

Sage protects these plants from being eaten by snails

As a direct neighbor of the plants, sage envelops the garden plants preferred by snails in a protective scented cloud. Thus, the Mediterranean herbal plant acts as a botanical bodyguard when the slimy invasion approaches at night. In mixed culture with the following ornamental and useful plants, sage meets at the sunny Location this task with flying colors:

• Field and leaf lettuce
• fennel
• Bluebells
• Mug mallow
• Chrysanthemums
• Sedum plant

Tips & Tricks

Sage is not only a deterrent against snails. It could be convincingly proven that roses with an underplant of sage are much less likely to be attacked by aphids.

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