Pests of currant and ways to combat them

Large, juicy currant berries are loved not only by gardeners. A lot of unfriendly-minded insects strive to leave the owners of the beds without harvest. Moreover, not only the animals that specialize in it attack the fruit bushes, but also multiyear arthropods. The first include such currant pests as aphids, bugs, kidney mites, gall midges, currant currant glass, etc. The second group includes leaf rollers, coccid, weevils, moths.

One of the most dangerous for fruit bushes is a pear bug. Adult individuals can successfully overwinter in the bark of trees. At all stages of development, these insects inflict damage on plants, sucking out the juice from their leaves. From the impact of pests, the leaves lose color and may begin to fall off. As a consequence of the activity of bedbugs, no fruit buds are formed on the bushes. Dangerous pests of currants are laid on the leaves, on their lower side, eggs. The larva reaches its maturity within thirty days, while its molt passes five times.

Fruit shrub can suffer from a cormorant bud. To save the plant, it is recommended to tear off damaged kidneys and burn them. They can develop pest larvae. Can visit your garden and large currant aphids. The insects lay their eggs on the shoots. The larvae appear in the spring and begin to suck the juices from the shoots and leaves. Determine that the plant is damaged aphids, you can by appearing on the foliage bloating greenish or yellow.

To fight pest control currents was the most effective, you need to pay attention to the condition of the plant. If fruit bushes were attacked by insects, you should resort to the help of special medications. Before carrying out a chemical attack, it is necessary to study the instructions to the product. It indicates the method of application and dosage. You can use a 0.6% emulsion of 10% emulsifying concentrate "Carbofos". Store a long time solution is not recommended. It is better to cook it immediately before use, in the garden. If you want the pests of the currant not to escape their fate, it is necessary to conduct the treatment of plants in windless weather. Better in the morning hours, from seven to ten, or in the evening hours - from seventeen to twenty-two.

When working with chemicals, safety measures must be followed. To do this, you must always wear gloves, a special robe, gauze bandage and glasses. The most convenient tool for chemical treatment of plants is a sprayer. It will allow to apply the solution on the top and bottom side of the leaves. This operation will allow you to be sure that the pests of the black currant will no longer visit your garden. But, having finished work with chemical preparations, it is necessary to adhere to the following rules. The clothes in which the treatment was done should be thoroughly washed, washed and washed with soap and water. The used water and the remnants of the solution should not be drained near wells and ponds. That plants did not visit the pest of currant, their treatment with the use of chemicals should be stopped thirty days before the beginning of fruiting.