At the word phytophthora many truckers started a real panic and headache. This is a fungal disease - a real attack for the gardeners and the worst enemy of crops. Particularly dainty crops to late blight are the representatives of the nightshade family: potatoes and tomatoes.
The reasons for the emergence and development of such a hated us several Phytophthora. It:
- High humidity.
- Bad provetrivaemost due to thickened landings.
- Cool weather or cold foggy night.
Despite the fact that this is a fungal disease is quite widespread, it, in fact, can be easily prevented. Of course, if we can adjust the condensed with planting, the weather conditions, we can not affect. Regardless of our desires, Mother Nature herself manages, when to be a cold night, rain or sunny day.
Nevertheless, we can protect their land and greenhouses from this scourge.
How to protect plants from late blight
In this case it will serve us in good stead iodine. Yes, yes, the same bubble, which is available in the home medicine cabinet at each.
In order to prevent the occurrence and development of late blight in the greenhouse, will be enough to hang it in the open bottles of iodine. Per linear meter of greenhouse hung one vial of iodine. It will reliably protect your plants. At the same time did not forget that the greenhouse in any case it is necessary to ventilate and to keep it temperature.
Spraying of Phytophthora
Instead of hanging bubbles with iodine, spraying of plants can be used as a preventative solution from:
- 10 l of water;
- 1 liter of skim milk or whey;
- 15-20 drops of iodine.
In order to protect plants from late blight, the plants are sprayed with this solution every two weeks.
Iodine has a broad spectrum of destructive action on various bacteria and fungi. Therefore, it can be very successfully used for the prevention and protection of our cultivated plants.
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