Pesticides - are chemical agents used gardeners and farmers on their plots for the destruction of all pests, weeds and most of the various infections that sometimes appear on the plants. Working with pesticides to be very careful - not knowing when and which ones need to be applied, it can lead to serious consequences for crops.
Here are the main mistakes that people make when your site these materials processing:
1) incorrect dosage. Many people believe that the more pesticides used, the more harmful organisms are killed, and therefore, the better. However, pesticides can cause considerable damage not only the weeds, but also to crops, as well as the whole environment. The required dosage is calculated from the said fraction in% active substance. Usually this information is listed on the label.
2) misapplication of. Most often this is due to ignorance of what pesticides are. The most common in suburban areas - it herbicides, destroying weeds. They are divided into four groups:
- herbicides, the use of which is aimed at soil sterilization (in other words, they treated the land will not grow anything)
- herbicides, which kill only the weeds;
- herbicides destroy all plants;
- those chemicals that kill the plant only in contact with him.
If the grower does not know exactly which pesticides it uses, instead of, for example, the destruction of weeds, it can, without knowing how to make the soil after treatment unsuitable for planting.
3) Processing the same pesticides every year. If a gardener or a gardener constantly in pest control uses the same insecticides (so-called pesticides against insects), that they very quickly get used to the chemicals, their body adapts and does not dies.
Experts advise every year to use different pesticides that insects do not have time to adapt to a particular chemical.
4) Too long storage. Pesticides are advised to use soon after the time of purchase. For prolonged storage the active ingredient in them can be destroyed, and the pesticide is simply cease to operate. A situation may occur that in pesticides over time, will change the structure, and they will become dangerous not only weeds and pests, but also for all plants, causing them to various diseases and burns.
5) Mixing. Mix different pesticides as intended (eg, herbicides with insecticides) is not desirable: it can lead to burns on the crop plants, and to their death. If you want to treat the plants and those and others, do it with ten o'clock interval.
6) Processing of environmental damage. Some pesticides can harm not only insect pests but also beneficial insects in the area, such as bees or other animals (fish in the near reservoir). To avoid this, before processing gardeners learn how to use chemicals and carry out this treatment in calm weather.