Colorado potato beetle - the main pest of potato, tomato and other solanaceous crops in the Russian gardens. On large plantations with him fought with pesticides (Aktofit, Akhtar and others.). But for small plots or beds near the house such radical methods are not always acceptable. But to protect the landing of striped beetles can be and without the use of strong chemicals.
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People's ways of dealing
The easiest and proven - mechanical. Spring on young shoots potatoes appear only adults, overwintered individuals. Bright insects are easily detected, even a cursory examination, and are easy to assemble in a container that is then burned. At the same time you need to carefully inspect the underside of the leaves. There were collected insects lay their eggs, of which 2 weeks will be a lot of leaf-eating larvae. Determine the location of the masonry can be dried up or slight brownish stain on the upper side of the sheet: turning it, on the underside detected clutch yellow or orange small eggs. Infected leaves it is better to break off and burn.
If somewhere remained Undiscovered masonry, soon there will be red larvae on the plants that grow quickly, nibbling the tender top leaves, but sometimes eat up all tops. Larvae were collected and destroyed as adult beetles.
Besides effective but time-consuming way to fight the beetles recommend such proven methods:
- Pollination plantation mustard powder. The effect is based on the peculiar smell of ground substance. Arriving insects can not recognize the potato planting, and attack them less.
- Adding to the aisles of fresh sawdust. It acts only as a deterrent: strong scent of wood disorients insects.
- Corn flour, plaster or cement. Gardeners claim that dusting leaves these substances destroying beetles and larvae. Particles curable cement or flour swelling block digestive tract striped pests.
- Urea. Against Colorado potato beetle can be used and the urea solution (100 g in 10 liters water). Spraying the leaves is carried out in dry weather. Besides poisonous effect on pests, the drug has a beneficial effect on the plants themselves (foliar application).
other methods
Pest control is necessary to begin from the moment they appear on the sites, while Colorado beetles do not have time to occupy the plantation and lay their eggs. Effective will these preventive methods: In banks 0.5-0.7 l put on a few slices of potato tubers, and the edges of containers lubricate stand out juice. Bait traps to dig in the beds after potato planting (before germination to the surface of the bush) .Izbavlyaemsya of Colorado potato beetle. Overwintered beetles and stray in search of food zapolzut in the vessel where they can be destroyed. The traps are placed at the rate of 1 to 5 sq bank. m. In this way, it will be able to reduce the number of insects in the area.
- In autumn, after the harvest can lure beetles, lay on the ground the film, on which is placed a handful of leaves, crushed tubers and others. Preparing for winter potato leaf beetles in this period continue to actively feed and zapolzut trapped. Lure insects must be burnt. In the spring of "local" pests will be less.
- Daunting mixture get rid of the Colorado potato beetle, spring arrives from outside the area: mix 100 g of baking soda and compressed yeast, breed all 3 liters of water. Mash should spray the young bushes 1-3 times a week.
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