How to get rid of a currant leaflet

To deal with the currant leaflet, you need to start in the late autumn after harvesting, or early in the spring, until the leaves bloom. During the growing season, the use of chemicals is allowed no later than 25 days before harvest. During flowering, exclusively folk methods of struggle are used.

The appearance of the pest

Leafworms are butterflies, including about 1 thousand genera and more than 10 thousand species. Distributed around the world, hit the apple trees and other garden crops. Currant suffers from the attack of pests.

Butterfly or moth - an adult. Outwardly resembles a mole. Wingspan not more than 25 mm, folds horizontally. Coloring in gray-brown tones with stains on the front wings. The moth lives a short life, the main task is to lay eggs, give life to a new generation. Butterfly does not harm the plant, because it does not eat anything.

On a note!

The main enemy is the leaflet larva - caterpillar. The body is naked, the color is yellowish or greenish. The head is brown, almost red in color. 16 legs allow the pest to hold well on leaves, branches, crawl along the crown in any direction.

Caterpillars feed leaves with a huge appetite. About 2 mm in size are born, but already in 20 days of development they reach a length of 2 cm. The larva twists a leaf, tangles with a cobweb, forms a kind of house where it hides from enemies, sunlight. A photo of the currant leaflet is presented below.

One caterpillar will not cause much harm to currants, but given their massive birth and "brutal" appetite, the extent of the damage is easy to guess. Damaged leaves curl, blacken, fall off, flowers do not develop, fruits do not form. A young bush can simply dry out.

On a note!

In nature, there are leafworm larvae that feed on currant stems, even the root system, while in the upper soil layer. Inspect the affected bush with special care, despite the fact that in most cases it affects the fruit leaflet, which feeds on leaves.

Folk remedies

Fighting the currant leaflet will lead to the desired result, if you process the bush systematically, constantly monitor its condition. A small amount of pests can be removed with your hands, destroyed, and the affected foliage can be carefully picked. Caterpillars can be knocked down with ordinary cold water under pressure. Or they prepare special products that repel pests by smell, create unfavorable living conditions for caterpillars.

Soap solution

If the question arises, how to deal with the leaf currant on the currant with folk remedies, you can use household soap. Dissolve initially in warm water, add cold. Soap covers the leaves with a film, makes it difficult for the caterpillars to feed, and also helps the leaves recover from the attack of pests.

• Laundry soap is added to any solution to increase the effectiveness of folk remedies - it keeps the active ingredients on the leaves.
• Tar soap additionally protects the plant from diseases, helps to recover faster, repels leafworm butterflies with a specific smell.
• Green soap is a natural insecticide that kills caterpillars within 10 days.

Wood ash

If a leaflet appeared on currants, you can use wood ash, which is highly effective in combating many garden pests. The solution is sprayed with currants or watered. In the first case, the active components remain on the surface of the leaves, when in contact with the body of the caterpillar cause irritation. In the second - the active components of the ash fall into the juice of currant. This does not affect the taste of the berries, but the juice in the leaves becomes bitter, tasteless for the leafworm larvae.

To prepare a solution in water, dilute laundry soap, add ash. If the product will be used for irrigation, soap is not required, and the water should be hot. It is recommended to spray the bush once every 7 days, water it once in the late autumn, early spring, after digging the ground around the bush.

Pungent substances

You can get rid of the leaf currant on the currant using substances with a sharp, persistent odor. For spraying the bush using a solution with the addition of table vinegar, ammonia. Pour ammonia or vinegar, laundry soap into cold water. For 10 liters of water, 200 ml of table vinegar, 10 ml of ammonia alcohol are consumed. Processing the plant is allowed at any time during the growing season, but no more than once every 2 weeks.

Decoctions, tinctures

To process the currant from the leaflet can be a decoction or tincture. Prepared on the basis of plants, their seeds, fruits. The cooking process is extremely simple:

1. The selected active ingredient is poured with cold or hot water, insist from several hours to 3 days.
2. Filter, add soap.
3. Pour into a household spray bottle or a spray bottle. Decoction, tincture is used to spray the bush.

On a note!

The active ingredients used are calendula, garlic, onion husks, tobacco, cigarette butts, tansy, wormwood, elderberry, tomato tops. Currant should be treated twice for active control of caterpillars, butterfly butterflies, 1 time per week for prevention.

Professional remedies for currant leaf mills

Fighting pests with insecticides is much more convenient, faster. One minus is toxic substances that can penetrate the leaves, root system, and fruits. The period of complete elimination of the poison, according to the manufacturers, is about 25 days, in the soil - up to 60. This feature significantly increases the effectiveness of the drug, but also requires strict implementation of the instructions.

• It is forbidden to process the bush during or on the eve of flowering. From the poison, beneficial insects that pollinate flowers will suffer. With poor pollination, productivity will suffer.
• Currants should not be sprayed less than 25 days before harvest.
• To carry out the treatment of the bush should be in early spring before budding, or in the fall after picking berries.
• Reprocessing is carried out in case of urgent need, be sure to take into account all of the above recommendations.
• It is necessary to work with insecticides in personal protective equipment. Wash hands immediately with soap and water after work. The procedure is carried out early in the morning, late in the evening in dry weather.

Modern remedies for leaflets operate identically. Initially kill caterpillars by contact on apple trees and pears, currants and other berry bushes. Within 2 hours they penetrate the leaves, kill during nutrition. Mass death of pests is observed within a week.Active substances disrupt the nervous system, instantly paralyze.

Important!

The effectiveness of a chemical preparation is not affected by drought, heavy rains. The product does not affect the quality of berries, does not affect the vegetation of the bush. The currant garden can be saved from the pest if you timely respond to the problem.

Effective drugs Karbofos, Aktara, Actellik, Alatar, Fkfanon, Ditoks, Desant. You can buy a suitable product in a specialized store, order online. The average price of 100 rubles. Before use, you need to prepare a solution according to the instructions.