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- Sorrel aphid
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- Home Wrestling Techniques
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- Professional drugs
Sorrel aphids are ubiquitous. A small insect establishes colonies of several thousand individuals. For the entire warm season gives up to 20 generations. It feeds on plant juices, causing leaf deformation, loss of vitality of the culture. How to deal with aphids on sorrel is one of the most common questions among gardeners and gardeners.
Who have to deal with
To defeat the enemy, you need to collect more information about him. Sorrel aphid is a small insect with a body length of not more than 2.5 mm. From spring to early August, a young female generation is born. Fertilization is not required to prolong the genus.
Aphid lives on sorrel, rhubarb, forming numerous colonies. Larvae begin to parasitize immediately after birth. At the end of summer, winged females and males appear, which lay eggs after the end of the mating season. In this state, the aphids will winter.
He prefers to lay eggs on aphids from the buckwheat family. In the spring of them, larvae appear, which develop rapidly. After 2 weeks, a new generation of aphids appears.
On a note!
You can notice the presence of aphids on sorrel by the appearance of the plant. Leaves coarsen, turn yellow, spots appear. When carefully examined on the stems, black dots are visible on the back of the leaves - this is the aphid. If you leave it as it is, the pest colony will grow rapidly. The plant weakens, gets sick, dies.
Methods of struggle
You can get rid of aphids on sorrel folk remedies and professional drugs. When choosing a method, the infection period and the number of insects should be taken into account. Safety must always come first.
Important!
Do not use insecticides with a duration of up to 20 days. Before harvest, the poison must completely dissolve. In the case of sorrel, this is problematic. Since the crop is harvested every 1-2 weeks.
Folk methods
How to treat sorrel from aphids, everyone asks at the sight of a large colony of pests in the crop. It is not necessary to run to the store for an effective drug, you can cook it yourself. The amount of the required solution is calculated based on the size of the beds with sorrel. Recipes are based on 1 liter of water:
- Dissolve in cool water for 1 tbsp. spoon soda, salt, add laundry soap so that the product becomes viscous. To process a plant from a bottle with a spray, paying special attention to the stems, the lower part of the leaves. Repeat the procedure after 3 days.
- You can fight with oxal aphids garlic. Arrows are scattered on the beds, a solution is prepared from the cloves. Chop the garlic to make 1 cup. Add water. Leave to infuse for a day. Add laundry soap. The plant should be treated early in the morning or late in the evening. The procedure is repeated after 3-5 days.
- Dilute wood in cool water ash. Concentration does not play a special role. Add a soap base. Spray the plant with a solution. Sprinkle dry ash between the rows. To kill pests, one procedure is enough. Instead of ash, you can use tobacco dust.
To fight folk remedies with aphids on sorrel is allowed in any period of the growing season. Before using greens for food, it is enough to wash the leaves well under running water.
Professional drugs
Recommended use professional drugs with severe infection of the land plot of aphids, large areas of beds with sorrel. Use biological products based on the vital products of fungi, bacteria, and other microorganisms.
On a note!
The action of the drug begins immediately, but the effect can be seen within a week. Poisoning components accumulate in the body of insects gradually. Cause muscle paralysis, death.
The following remedies are popular:
Aphids should be treated in dry, calm weather. Rains reduce the effectiveness of the drug, the protective effect lasts about 14 days. After processing, greens can be used in food after 5 days.
The most effective drugs for aphids on sorrel are Strela, Fitoverm. To prepare the solution, it is necessary to dissolve the concentrate in cool water. This must be done immediately before processing the crop.
It is necessary to think about protecting the sorrel from aphids in advance, without waiting for the active action of the aphids. It is necessary to remove weeds in a timely manner, dig the soil twice a season, spray the plant with biological products or solutions according to popular recipes once every 14 days for prevention.
