How to deal with tick on strawberries?

Most gardeners plant strawberries on their summer cottages.However, this berry is often exposed to various diseases and the effects of pests. Today we will talk about how to deal with tick on Victoria.

There are several signs by which one can understand that the strawberry seedlings were damaged by this particular parasite. If a tick has settled on your strawberry, then the leaf blades of the plant will be seriously affected first. White and yellow small spots will appear on them. It is rather difficult to recognize the pest itself, because it differs in too small body size.

In the final stages, a spider web is formed on the affected plants. Bushes just do not have time to properly mature and give a full harvest. Strawberries and strawberries are most often affected by this pest, therefore experienced gardeners strongly recommend planting tick-resistant varieties in their plots.

Remember that because of this parasite, the intensity of photosynthesis can be significantly reduced. As a result, the immunity of all plants in your plot of land may be reduced.

Ticks most often attract the undersides of young and healthy leaflets on plants. After all, it is on them thin juicy skin that can be easily bite.

But there are several main causes of mite on strawberry bushes:

• too humid and warm climatic conditions for growing strawberries;
• planting already infected strawberry seedlings;
• mite larvae spread with clothes or gardeners' shoes.

Mite can cause great harm to strawberry and strawberry bushes. Due to the activity of this parasite, plant development stops abruptly. In addition, if this pest has settled on your plot, it will spoil the harvest not only this season, but also the next one, therefore this insect is most dangerous for remontant varieties.

Because of the tick, you can lose almost the entire crop of berries. After all, it harms not only the leaves and stalks, but also the fruits themselves. They dry quickly, not even enough time to mature.

The parasite significantly reduces the frost resistance of strawberry bushes. Therefore, strawberries in the winter season can simply not withstand too low temperatures and die.

Get rid of the tick on strawberries can be different methods. Gardeners often use folk remedies for this purpose.

• Infusion with tomato leaves. To prepare such a decoction, you need to pour one kilogram of tops of water (10 liters) and insist so for several hours. After that, the liquid is boiled for three hours, filtered, diluted with water. It is also recommended to add there a little laundry soap (40 grams).
• Broth bitter red pepper. To make it, you need to put the pepper in a deep dish (100 grams) and completely fill with hot water, let it brew for several hours. Leaves and stems damaged by a tick are carefully washed with the resulting decoction.
• Onion decoction. Husks of onions (200 grams) insist in boiling water for at least five days. Such liquid is thoroughly washed with diseased leaf blades. Spray this broth strawberries should be only in early spring. After the procedure, the plants are briefly covered with a special film. Spraying can be carried out during fruiting.
• Infusion with dandelion. To cook it, you need to take dandelion stalks and chop them. The resulting mass is poured with water (10 liters). Liquid insist about four hours. After that, it is filtered and treated damaged plants.
• Broth with garlic. Fresh garlic heads (0.2 kilograms) are crushed and poured with 10 liters of water. The resulting broth should be sprayed with sick seedlings immediately, it is not necessary to insist on it before.

• Heat treatment. It is effective only in the initial stages of fruiting and at the end of fruiting. Water for this treatment is poured into a saucepan and brought to a boil. Remember that this popular method can be used only for small damaged areas.
• Soap solution. On a medium grater, rub some laundry soap. Dilute it in clean water (1000 milliliters). Mix the solution thoroughly. It must be infused for 4-5 hours. For greater efficiency, the soap solution is mixed with onion. The liquid is filtered and treated with it damaged plants.
• Solution with tobacco. For such a composition take dry leaves and stems of tobacco (50 grams per liter of water). Plants pour boiling water and leave to infuse for several hours. After the solution is diluted slightly with water. You can then spray.
• Broth with yarrow. To prepare such a solution, take dry plants (80 grams per liter of water). Yarrow is filled with hot water. Briefly leave the liquid to infuse. Then it is treated with damaged seedlings.
• Infusion with potato tops. Cheese potato masses (120 grams) pour water (one liter) and leave to infuse. Later they are sprayed with diseased leaf plates of seedlings.

Many experienced gardeners in the fight against mites on strawberries use only proven chemical means (acaricides).

• "Fitoverm". This chemical product is of low toxicity to humans. It has an enteric effect on pests. Processing of such a composition should be carried out no later than three weeks before harvest. To make a solution, it is necessary to dilute two milliliters of the product in 10 liters of water.
• "Malathion". To make the composition with this chemical preparation, it is necessary to dilute three tablespoons in water (10 liters). In this case, the water should be preheated to a temperature of at least 30 degrees. It is necessary to spray sick saplings with such a solution immediately after harvesting. The resulting diluted drug is first poured into a watering can and plants are treated with it.
• "Aktelik." To make this solution, it is necessary to dilute 2 milliliters of the drug with 10 liters of pure water. Spraying is best done before harvest. The multiplicity of procedures is indicated in the instructions for use.
• Neoron. Many gardeners say that it is this remedy that most effectively treat strawberry and strawberry beds. The drug practically does not scare away beneficial insect pollinators. To make a solution, it is necessary to dilute one ampoule in water, which contains five milliliters of substance.
• "Sulfur colloid." This fungicidal agent is used in the form of an aqueous suspension. It is a special wettable powder or a special paste. Treatment with the drug can be carried out at a temperature not lower than 20 degrees. Otherwise, it will simply be ineffective, the mite will remain on the plants.

Many gardeners make some blunders when processing strawberries from mites. If you use chemicals, be sure to read the instructions. It prescribes a suitable time for processing this tool.

If you spray the saplings with a chemical solution in another period, it may not give an effective result, and the tick will continue to parasitize. Another common mistake of gardeners is the treatment of heavily damaged bushes with folk methods.

Often, people make serious mistakes while caring for strawberries, which subsequently leads to the appearance of a tick on the beds. Some break the irrigation by performing this procedure too often or too rarely.

Many make mistakes when feeding and various fertilizers.

To prevent the tick from appearing on strawberries at all, special preventive measures should be carried out periodically. Before planting strawberry seedlings, carefully check them. All of them must be free from damage and deformation. Only such seedlings can be used at their summer cottage.

Before planting, the bushes are recommended to be treated in warm water. This will kill all the harmful bacteria. After this procedure, seedlings should be sprayed with cooled water.

Do not forget to remove all damaged and diseased parts of plants. Do it right away. Plant strawberries in well-lit areas. In dark areas, landing is better not to exercise.

As a preventive measure, regularly loosen the ground around young seedlings. Do not forget about feeding with the substances and elements necessary for fruit plants.

Remember that strawberry seedlings should be sufficiently ventilated with cool air. Remove in time all the weeds around the bushes. All old whiskers and leaf plates are also necessarily removed from plants.

Currently, many gardeners leave feedback on various methods of tick control on strawberries and strawberries. So, the majority noted "Fitoverm". This chemical preparation will allow for a short period of time to get rid of the pest.

Some people have noticed and karbofos. In their opinion, such a drug is also effective. It will help to quickly destroy the mite on the plants. But at the same time, this tool has an overly pungent odor, so if you use it indoors, then it will always be aired.

Means "Aktelik", according to gardeners, is an excellent option to combat the tick. It can destroy the insect after the first application. Some noted and convenient form of ampoules in which the drug is produced.

Positive feedback was also earned by Colloidal Sulfur. Many have noted that it is an effective and fast-acting fungicide. In addition, this tool has a low price. But remember that it is poorly soluble in water, which complicates its preparation.

Some gardeners have approved and national methods of dealing with mites on strawberry bushes. Among the most effective of them identified infusion with chopped garlic, a decoction with red bitter pepper, yarrow.

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