Good afternoon, my reader. Starting in early spring before the buds are pecked to the processing of berry shrubs, they clean the soil surface from organic residues. Branches and shoots with signs of overwintered pests and diseases are cut and burned. Sanitary pruning is carried out by removing broken, dried branches and frozen tops of the stems. After these procedures, they begin to irrigate the basic berry bushes in order to protect them from the appearance of pests and a possible outbreak of diseases.
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Early spring processing of raspberries
The selection of insecticides is carried out depending on the potential problem:
- From the raspberry beetle, stem fly, effective biological products are used, for example, "Aktellik", "Fitoverm", "Akarin".
- Bushes "Karbofos", "Fitoverm" will save from spider mites. Colloidal sulfur (1%) can be used.
A safe folk method helps well. It is necessary to prepare an infusion of 200 g of crushed marigold inflorescences, which are steamed with 10 liters of boiled water and kept for two days. They also take 200 g of chopped wormwood herb and insist in an identical volume of hot water for 2 hours. After decanting, both solutions are mixed and used to irrigate raspberry bushes.
- When a raspberry gall midge appears, you must immediately cut out all damaged branches and burn them. The soil is dug up, and then sprayed together with the bushes with "Fufanon", dissolving 15-20 ml of insecticide in a ten-liter bucket. One plant should use 200 ml of working solution.
- For anthracnose use "Propi Plus", "Agrolekar", "Chistoflor".
- "Euparen", "Tiovit Jet", "Tsineb" will help from gray rot. Bordeaux liquid (3%) has a high efficiency.
Early spring processing of grapes
Having cut off the grape bushes in the early spring period, they process all the cuts with paint made on the basis of drying oil with the introduction of boric acid powder and crushed chalk. Shoots are fixed on a trellis.
For preventive purposes, irrigation with Bordeaux liquid (1%), "Tsinebom", "Ridomil" is practiced. You can prepare a three percent solution of ferrous sulfate.
Early spring processing of currants
Until the buds are swollen, it is recommended to cover the tree trunks with mulch film or lay compost in a thick layer. This will not allow the overwintered larvae to get out to the top, which is why they die. Then they practice the processing:
- For kidney mites, which can be detected by swollen kidneys, use "Aliot".
- From aphids irrigate the crown with "Aktellik", "Aktara", "Aktofit". You can use "Confidor", "Karbofos". Effectively acts "Decis", "Engio" or soda ash (dissolved in a ten-liter bucket of settled water 1 tbsp. l. substances and introduce 30 g of grated laundry soap).
- From rust - a dangerous fungal disease - currant bushes are irrigated with copper sulfate (3%).
- Spraying with urea helps with powdery mildew (for a solution, take 50 g of fertilizer per 10 liters of water).
Garlic infusion will provide good prevention of various diseases. Spread in a bulk container 4-5 unpeeled heads of garlic, divided into cloves, pour in 10 liters of water and insist throughout the day. You can use colloidal sulfur (1%), raspberry potassium permanganate solution, fungicides "Topaz", "Skor".
Early spring processing of gooseberries
The selection of drugs depends on the type of disease or harmful insects, the appearance of which must be prevented:
- From aphids, 300 g of garlic is insisted for 24 hours in 10 liters of water.
- From powdery mildew, the trunk circle and crown are sprayed with a solution, for which 300 g of ferrous sulfate powder is dissolved in a ten-liter container of water.
- From the sawfly, scale insects, moths are poured into a container with 1 liter of water 0.5 tsp. l. kerosene. With stirring, pour 80 g of laundry soap crushed to a state of fine shavings.
In order to prevent the development of various diseases and pests, a bush with boiling water that has not yet hatched buds is poured from a watering can, using 3.5 liters per plant. The barrel circle is also spilled with hot liquid.
Early spring processing of viburnum
On planting viburnum in early spring, various preventive measures are used:
- From aphids use a solution of "Confidor" (0.15%), "Actellika" (0.2%). Use "FAS", dissolving 1 tablet in a ten-liter container.
- When egg-laying is found, the leaf beetle is cut out and burned the affected shoots. Shrubs are irrigated with "Fufanon" (0.1%), "Aktara" (0.08%), "Karbofos" (0.3%). Inta-Vir is successfully used (1 tablet is required per ten-liter container).
- For leaf spot use "Topaz", "Vectra", "Strobi" (0.2%). You can dissolve 40 g of grated soap and 100 g of copper sulfate powder in 10 liters of settled water.
- For powdery mildew, preventive measures aimed at combating leaf spot are suitable. They also practice pollination of viburnum bushes with sifted wood ash. You can make a solution from 3 kg of ash. Place it in a bulk container and add 10 liters of boiled water. After two days, the infusion is filtered and used for spraying the viburnum with an interval of 15 days.
Early spring processing of berry bushes belongs to the first stage of the whole complex of activities, aimed at preventing outbreaks of dangerous diseases or the appearance on plants of harmful insects.
Do you carry out early spring processing of berry bushes?
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