Bud mite is able to harm not only one bush currant, but also to neighboring plants. When the first signs of damage from the pest is necessary to get rid of.
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How to identify
Recognize bud mite easily on large kidneys, the size of which can reach large pea. This is due to the fact that embryonic escape simultaneously may be up to 8 thousand. insects. If kidney cut, it will be similar to the bursting of the cabbages. Hidden in the bud, insects safely tolerate the winter and spring to lay their eggs. For a full season each female mite produces up to 5 generations of insects, a time delay of up to 8 thousand. eggs. Killing 1 currant, insect moved to other vegetable crops and affects the entire area. With the bush on the bush pest is moved by the wind, birds and insects. But to your garden, you can bring it along with saplings currant or gooseberry.
It should be remembered that the bud mite is a vector of viruses such as terry. Prevent the destruction of currant bush can, if regularly with his biological or chemical agents.
How to deal
Prevention and control of pest includes the following:
- proper agricultural techniques;
- removal of the affected kidney;
- Autumn treatment currant.
First of all any horticultural crops is necessary to provide proper care. He is the timely removal of fallen leaves and soil purification beds of weeds. In addition, care involves making regular fertilizing and digging in the soil around the bushes.
Diseased kidney should be removed immediately from the bush, and with it the whole branch on which she was, as even a healthy-looking bud pests already could settle. All affected parts must be burned to prevent the spread of the insect on the site.
Spraying the bushes with special solutions from mites in autumn is considered the most effective. This treatment will destroy settled insects and prevent their reproduction in the spring.
For prevention of pests and their destruction currant bush are treated with special drugs, "Akarin", "Fitoverm" and others. But when the bush is severely damaged and biological products do not help, it is necessary to resort to chemical means. It should use efirsulfonatom, tedionom solution and suspension of colloidal sulfur (in a bucket of water diluted with 75 g suspension). Preparations were sprayed bushes a few times per season.
If the use of chemicals at the site is unacceptable, you can use the traditional methods. In the fight against mite proven themselves infusions of tobacco, potato leaves, garlic and onion peel.
To prepare an infusion of potato leaves, green parts of the plants was ground and pour water (3 kg topper 10 l water). The mixture is allowed to infuse for 7 hours and then filtered.
The resulting extract is treated with the spray blackcurrant bushes affected mite.
Not to bring the pest on his land, buy seedlings currant only need to have proven sellers. Each instance should be examined carefully, with particular attention to the kidneys.
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