Every summer resident knows how important it is to carry out seasonal processing of fruit crops from diseases and pests. It is especially important to do this in the spring. Such an event can prevent the invasion of harmful insects, prevent the appearance of pathogenic microbes, which in turn ensures good yields. Therefore, many gardeners are interested in the question of when it is possible to spray fruit trees from pests.

When to process

Treatment and preventive work should begin in early spring.

• When warm dry weather sets in, the air temperature will be at least 6 ° C (late March - early April, but depends on the region, it is better after the snow has melted). At this time, insect pests begin to wake up, pathogens of fungal infections (scab, rot, moniliosis) spread.
• It is necessary to remove the garden from the remaining foliage, grass, before irrigating fruit trees, bushes. To do this, remove winter covering materials, cut off diseased, damaged, old branches, burn all plant debris. You also need to dig up the trunk circles and whitewash the trunks, skeletal branches.
• Trees older than 6 years are cleaned of ancient bark, moss, lichen. Such manipulations allow plants to breathe better, stimulate the emergence of new shoots, and increase their regenerative functions.
• After carrying out the preparatory measures, spring processing of trees and shrubs begins.

The procedures are carried out in several stages:

• until the moment when the kidneys swell;
• before the flowering of plants (so that the inflorescences do not die, the concentration of drugs is made weak);
• the last spraying is carried out at the end of May, after the trees stop blooming, fruits begin to set. Therefore, the answer to the question of how trees can be sprayed during the flowering period from pests is obvious - nothing.

Important! During the flowering of the garden, it is unacceptable to use insecticides, fungicides. You can take bio-substances that will stimulate the formation of fruits or use folk methods. The drug ovary is usually used.

Spraying fruit trees from pests

Processing tools

Each gardener chooses his own garden protection methods. Today it is not difficult, because there are a large number of disinfectants, medicinal preparations suitable for different periods.

Note! All solutions must be prepared before use, otherwise they can damage the plants while remaining harmless to insects.

How to spray trees and shrubs in the spring from pests? Ready-made store or folk remedies are suitable.

Chemical compositions

Such substances are considered the most effective, since:

• act quickly;
• perfectly soluble in water;
• the effect persists for a long time;
• each substance has its own decomposition period;
• can be used at low temperatures: from 5°C.

Thus, the first treatments are best done by them.

Among the variety of ways to treat fruit trees in early spring from diseases and pests, the most common are:

diesel fuel

It must be used at a certain time and extremely carefully, otherwise you can destroy the plants. Be sure to wear gloves, closed clothing, a respirator.

They begin to spray the trees when there is still snow left in some places, and there are no buds on the branches. In autumn, it is recommended to carry out the procedure, after all the leaves have fallen, the first frosts will come.

diesel fuel

Such an oil product cannot be used in its pure form. It should be diluted in a large amount of water, adding any other substances that neutralize the harmful effects of diesel fuel.

You can make this mixture. Its concentration will be no more than 50%:

• solarium - 10 parts;
• water - 9 parts;
• laundry soap, grated - 1 part.

blue vitriol

It is used no more than 2 times a year. The first spraying is done in early spring before the buds appear, otherwise all young foliage may die.

The tool is also used if there are cracks on the trees that need to be disinfected.

Important! Plants must be sprayed again at the end of October. This will protect fruit crops from scab, phylostecosis, moniliosis, clusteroporosis, and curliness.

A young tree (no more than 6 years old) needs 2 liters of the mixture, an adult specimen - 10 liters. Prepare such a composition for primary processing: copper sulfate, lime (0.3 kg per 10 liters of water). Everything is mixed together, insisted for 48 hours. Then they boil for 45 minutes, filter, add 1 bucket of water.

blue vitriol

For the next irrigation, the same substances will be needed, only in reduced quantities (0.1 kg per 10 liters of water). Repeat all manipulations according to the previous scheme.

inkstone

If the garden is filled with old fruit trees, then spraying is carried out in early spring and late autumn (300 g per 10 liters of water). The substance successfully fights cytosporosis, septosporosis, black cancer, harmful insects, mosses, lichens. Helps increase fruit yield and enriches plants with iron.

Bordeaux liquid

It is used when there are unblown buds on the branches. Make a solution: dry vitriol (50 g), lime (0.2 kg), water (1 bucket). All ingredients are mixed and pollinated trees.

Bordeaux liquid

Preparation 30

Experienced gardeners are advised to spray the trees with a solution in early spring or late autumn (0.2 liters of substance per 10 liters of water). It will help get rid of aphids, whiteflies, leafworms, mites and other insects wintering in the bark of trees.

Note! Substance 30 is very effective, it can be used no more than 1 time in 3 seasons.

Urea

Trunks and branches are treated with it 1 week after the completion of the flowering of fruit crops, as well as in the pre-winter period.

To spray the trees in spring, you should take urea (0.5 kg), copper sulfate (1 matchbox), water (10 l).

The autumn composition is made after the plants shed half of the foliage (0.25 kg of substance per 10 liters of water). But you can process trees when the leaves fall off completely. Then the solution is made more saturated (8%). In this case, both the plant and the soil are irrigated. In addition, the tool will fertilize the earth.

Urea

Separately, it is worth noting the old proven tools.

• Spark (10 ml per 1 liter of water). Apply after the plants have flowered. The product protects the garden from sucking, gnawing insects, codling moths, leafworms, scoops, sawflies, and other pests.
• Karbofos (90 g per 10 liters of water - for fruit trees and 70 g - berry bushes) will protect plants from caterpillars, aphids, mites, weevils, codling moths, scale insects. The first time is sprayed when the buds open, the second time before the onset of flowering.

Important! Plants should be treated in dry sunny weather. The rain will wash away all the substances, and the work will be done in vain.

Biological control measures

Recently, these methods of dealing with pests and diseases have become increasingly popular. They have a number of advantages:

• do not accumulate in the soil, fruits;
• do not burn plants;
• they can be used in small quantities.

Flaws:

• act slowly;
• used at temperatures above 10°C.

The most famous of them:

• trichodermin is used during the period of appearance of the kidneys (effectively fights scab, various types of rot);
• pentaphage protects against perforated spotting, bacterial cancer;
• planriz against powdery mildew, brown rust, lepidoptera pests;
• phytodoctor prevents late blight, fusarium, root rot;
• phytosporin M suppresses fungal, bacterial infections;
• gaupsin - a universal drug against diseases, insects;
• Mikosan forms a thin film on trees from pathogenic microorganisms.

Folk remedies

Many owners of summer cottages use ecological methods to protect fruit crops. They can be used simultaneously with chemicals (at any time). Launched:

• various types of weeds (celandine, wormwood);
• spicy herbs: dill, thyme, horseradish, fennel;
• coniferous needles;
• tomato, potato tops;
• chamomile, nettle;
• salt, mustard powder;
• garlic, hot pepper.

Here are some recipes.

• Wormwood (400 g per 10 liters of water). Boil for 30 minutes, add 40 g of green or laundry soap, and then spray the trees.
• Chamomile infusion (200 g per 1 liter of water). Leave for 10 - 12 hours, and then drain the resulting solution. Pour the remaining herbal mass with 5 liters of water and leave for another 13 hours. Combine both compositions and spray the crown.
• Pepper is bitter. An infusion is prepared (1 kg of fruit per 10 liters of water). Leave for 48 hours. The resulting mass is boiled for 1 hour, cooled and poured into containers with tight lids. Use as needed throughout the season. Laundry soap is added before irrigation (80 g per 1 bucket of water).
• Tansy. Herbal powder (0.7 kg per 10 liters of boiling water) is infused for 4 days, then boiled for 15 minutes, filtered and added to 1 bucket of water. Fruit plantations are processed several times a season.

Processing in summer and autumn

Fruit trees must be processed throughout the growing season. Therefore, when summer comes, you need to continue pest control. Do not use chemicals during this period. It is better to use hunting belts, liquid sweet baits where insects will flock. You also need to collect carrion.

With the advent of autumn garden work continues. After leaf fall, fallen leaves are removed, damaged branches are cut off, trapping belts are removed, trunk circles are dug up, trunks and skeletal branches are whitened. They also get rid of dead bark, burn plant debris, pest nests. Trees are treated with the same preparations as in spring.

One of the main requirements for the care of fruit plantations is seasonal processing. This treatment is done by any summer resident who is eager to grow a beautiful garden with a significant yield. Spraying trees in the spring with the necessary preparations will protect the garden from the misfortune of pests and pathogenic microorganisms.

The main task of this treatment is to prevent the appearance of butterflies, aphids, caterpillars and all kinds of beetles, and also to minimize the possibility of infectious, viral and fungal diseases.

• For example, aphids cause significant damage to fruit trees such as pear, plum, apple, apricot and cherry plum. This pest infects the bark of a tree, forming nodules on its surface, which eventually crack, turning into sores. Aphids infect the leaves of trees, which first curl up and then dry up. The affected areas eventually stop growing and dry up.
• The main enemy of plums, cherries and sweet cherries is the cockchafer, or rather, its larvae, which live in the ground for three years. This pest can destroy entire gardens of young trees by destroying their root system. The flight of adult beetles occurs in May, and they also destroy young leaves and fruit ovaries. Spraying trees in spring makes their leaves unattractive to beetles.
• Flower beetles are found everywhere. With warmth, weevils crawl out of the soil where they hibernated and go to the opening flowers, in which stamens and pistils dine. Measures to combat them - in late autumn, dig up trunk circles (or cover them with a thick layer of hay, sawdust, straw, through which the beetles will not get out).
• Sawflies and codling moths. These terrible insects can make the entire crop of plums, peaches, apples, pears, nectarines simply inedible. Methods of struggle - only one spraying.

Chemical treatment of the ground part of fruit trees allows you to save not only foliage, but also ripened fruits, which means you get a tasty and healthy harvest.

Irrigation of the orchard with chemicals must be carried out on time. Untimely and incorrect processing of plants will not give any effect.

When and how many times to spray?

Spraying fruit trees is done more than once, starting in early spring and ending in late autumn. Gardeners, given their vast experience, have sorted out a special schedule for irrigating the orchard. It describes in detail how and when to irrigate trees throughout the season.

The first spraying of fruit trees from pests is done in early spring. Many novice gardeners are wondering under what weather conditions this procedure can be carried out. So, experts advise doing the first spraying immediately after the snow melts, at a temperature of about 5-6 degrees Celsius.

Processing of fruit trees, as a rule, is carried out in the second half of March. Just at this time, the process of bud enlargement begins in plants. During spraying, as well as in the process of pruning trees, the gardener must pay special attention to cracks that may contain harmful insects. Before spraying trees, they must be prepared for this. The trees are carefully cleaned with a brush, then a freshly prepared solution is applied. The solution is applied on the day of its preparation, otherwise it will become useless. It will not remove pests, but trees can get serious burns.

Time	Works	Drug (Optional)
Early spring	Preventive spraying against pests wintering on a tree	Solar (optional)
Before bud break	Spraying against scab, moniliosis, clusterisporosis, coccomycosis and a number of other fungal diseases. Treatment with insecticides against hatching pests.	bordeaux mixture, Urea. Karbafos, And broad spectrum insecticides
During flowering	Treatment to increase immunity to fungal diseases. Browing against bream and weevils	Bordeaux liquid, Anabasin, DDT Powder, Karbafos.
After flowering	Prevention of putrefactive diseases. Pest control	Combined broad-spectrum mixtures

The cultivation of the garden in March is aimed at combating insects that infect trees, getting out of the soil.

The next spraying is carried out in April. The purpose of this spray is to protect the flower buds on the trees from various fungal diseases and the deer beetle.

May processing is carried out in order to prevent the appearance of harmful insects and diseases. This procedure is carried out after flowering trees.

The processing of the garden does not end there; with the onset of autumn, its additional spraying follows. This is a kind of preparation of fruit trees for winter. As soon as the trees shed their leaves, in October-November, it is time to start processing them. In this case, it is advised to use chemicals. If, nevertheless, spraying will be implemented without their use, then the first autumn treatment can be carried out immediately after harvesting - in September.

How to prepare trees for spraying?

Trees over 6 years old are cleaned of old bark and lichens with a brush. Growths and other accumulations on the trunk of trees in no way affect their general condition. But it is worth noting that it is in these places that pathogenic microorganisms most often like to gather. Spraying is carried out immediately after cleaning.

The final processing of fruit plantations, as well as shrubs, is carried out after harvesting and leaf fall. The site is completely cleared of weeds, leaves. The latest spraying of the garden is carried out after the first frost.

What and from what diseases to spray trees in the spring?

There are several effective preparations that gardeners use when processing fruit trees and shrubs. To date, there are a lot of substances for spring and autumn processing of orchards. The most popular tools used by many gardeners over the years:

• Carbamide or urea.

It is impossible to give preference to any one of the above-mentioned means, because each of them is aimed at eliminating a specific disease or pest. One drug can be used only in the spring, the other - only in the fall. Experienced gardeners advise stopping spraying chemicals on fruit trees and shrubs 3-4 weeks before harvest.

culture	Pest	Time of processing
Grape	Mildew
Cherry and Cherry	Clusterosporiasis, Monoliosis, Bacterial cancer	3% solution before bud break,
Apricot	Clasterosporiasis, Monoliosis	3% solution before bud break, 1% solution - during the growing season
Potato	late blight,	1% solution - during the growing season
Apple tree	scab, monoliosis, bacterial cancer	3% solution before bud break, 1% solution - during the growing season
tomatoes	Late blight, Black bacterial spot, Alternariosis	1% solution - during the growing season
Onion	Downy mildew, Rust, Rot	1% solution - during the growing season
Cucumber	Peronosporosis, Anthracnose, Ascochitosis, Olive spot, Bacteriosis	1% solution - during the growing season
Peaches	leaf curl, bacterial canker	3% solution before bud break,

Processing the garden with iron sulphate is performed twice during the entire season. The first spraying is carried out during the formation of foliage, and the second - when the trees are preparing for wintering. This drug has a double action. It enriches shrubs and trees with iron, and is also an effective protection against all kinds of pests and diseases. Iron deficiency in fruit trees is expressed in a banal way - low yields and underdevelopment of fruits. Spraying vitriol based on iron fruit plantations is carried out not only in spring, but also in autumn, for preventive purposes, and also for the extermination of lichen, moss, cytosporosis, black cancer and septosporosis.

The treatment of the garden with copper sulphate is carried out in the same way as in the previous preparation - twice per season. The first treatment is done in early spring, even before the appearance of young buds. This substance must be handled with care, since even the weakest concentration of copper sulfate can burn young foliage on trees. This is an excellent disinfectant, healing wounds on the trunk of trees and shrubs. Trees such as pear, plum and apple are sprayed with this fungicide in both autumn and spring. Copper sulphate protects orchards from moniliosis, scab, clasterosporosis and curliness.

For one young tree, up to 6 years old, add 2 liters of a freshly prepared solution. For adult specimens, 10 liters of liquid are used. Garden processing is carried out in the morning or in the evening, when there is no wind, at a temperature of 10 to 25 degrees. On hot days, it is advised to refrain from treating with this drug, as it is quite aggressive and can harm both animals and people. The solution is prepared in a place remote from water bodies.

Carbamide (urea) is considered to be no less effective drug against pests. The first care for orchards in early spring begins with spraying them with this particular preparation. This procedure is carried out immediately after flowering. The second spraying with this substance is carried out before wintering. Urea is intended to save the crop from the invasion of various pests. Properly made solution allows you to achieve the desired effect.

At the first spraying, an increased concentration of urea is used with the addition of a small dose of copper sulphate. Such a tool is effective not only against a variety of pests, but also allows you to slow down the growing season in some fruit trees by 2-3 weeks. This allows you to save the color on the trees during the last frost.

7 days after flowering, fruit plantations are sprayed with a weaker solution of urea: 50 g of the substance is diluted with a bucket of water. This protects the trees from leafworms, aphids, caterpillars, suckers and flower beetles.

The second treatment is carried out in the fall, when the trees are halfway without foliage. In this case, a solution of increased concentration is used. Spraying is also carried out after the complete fall of the foliage. In this case, spraying is carried out with a solution of urea with a concentration of 8-10%. Not only trees, but also the soil around them are subject to this treatment. This substance has a double action - it disinfects plantings, and also nourishes the soil. Here it is extremely important to choose the right concentration so as not to harm the trees and not reduce their resistance to cold.

Just like other drugs, it is applied twice - in autumn and spring. This oil product must be used with extreme caution, as it can cause burns to trees and shrubs, as a result of which they die. Therefore, spraying with diesel fuel is carried out strictly before the formation of buds and leaves on the trees in the spring. The second spraying is carried out only after the trees completely lose their foliage.

This substance is strictly forbidden to use in its pure form. It is diluted with water or other liquid, thereby reducing the concentration and destructive effect. A diluted solution of diesel fuel is extremely effective in combating rot.

Apply it in early spring and late autumn. The finished solution consists of 200 g of the substance, diluted with 1 bucket of water. Treatment with this drug destroys many pests that have remained on the trunk and branches since autumn. It can be a false shield, aphid, whitefly, mealybug, leafworm and moth, etc. The 30V preparation is often used in the fight against insects in the summer. This substance is considered harmless. When applied, it forms a thin film on the canopy of trees, which prevents the supply of oxygen and moisture for pests at the stage of eggs and larvae. Such conditions eventually lead to the death of insects.

Despite the safety of this drug, experienced gardeners use it no more than once every three years.

Today, two types of devices for spraying orchards are produced - manual or mechanical. This is a necessary thing for the correct and effective procedure. It improves spray quality and protects the grower from contact with the chemical. Each device is equipped with a pump. To work with drugs in powder form, there are devices with air supply.

Apparatus on the mechanics are characterized by convenience and high cost. The pumping principle for manual and mechanical devices is also different. Each model has its own advantages and disadvantages. Therefore, here you should already proceed from the needs and possibilities when buying this thing.

We wish you success and good harvests!

Kirill Sysoev

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Content

Any summer resident wants to always see his garden as the most beautiful and healthy. There are many ways to do this, but spring spraying remains the most basic. Understand how to protect trees from pests and help them fully reproduce in the new summer season.

When to Spray Trees in Spring

The most important issue in spraying fruit trees in the spring is the right time for this. The first stages of preparation for the summer season begin in March, however, fruit processing should only be started when the average daily temperature stabilizes at around +5 degrees. Often such forecasts fall on the second half of March, so it is better to take your time and wait for suitable / weather conditions so as not to harm your garden.

Spring treatment of the garden from pests and diseases includes inspecting trees for deep cracks in which pests could start. It is advisable to go over the entire trunk with a brush in order to clean it of old bark, remove dried branches, in general, bring the tree into a well-groomed appearance. It is necessary to prepare a solution for spraying only on the day of the procedure, otherwise there will be no benefit from your work.

A common question: is it possible to spray trees during flowering? The answer is unequivocal - no, otherwise you can ruin all the flowers. In general, in the spring there are several types of spraying:

1. March- aimed at protecting plums, pears, apple trees from harmful microorganisms formed during the winter. It is produced exclusively at an average daily temperature of +5 degrees.
2. April- protects the buds of fruit trees from spring frosts, prolonging the hibernation stage of the tree. Blooming occurs a little later, but this does not affect the further fertility of the plant.
3. Mayskoye- after flowering, it is necessary to protect against pests and diseases. So you protect the garden from a variety of bacteria, which during the summer can spoil not only the appearance of the bark, but also the fertility of the tree.

How to treat the garden in the spring from diseases and pests

There are several preparations for spraying fruit trees in the spring. Each is aimed at combating certain harmful factors. Knowing their action and methods of processing, you will be able to determine when or which drug should be used at the moment. Remember that they are all highly toxic substances, so it is very important to take care of your own and others' safety.

Preparations for the treatment of fertile trees are divided into biological, chemical or combined agents. Each has advantages and disadvantages. Thus, poisonous chemical solutions act only for a few weeks, and then completely lose their properties. Biological agents are not so dangerous for humans or animals, but they must also be handled carefully. Their disadvantage is that they act only on a number of certain diseases and bacteria of fruits and shrubs, while chemicals literally kill all pests.

If you don’t know how to spray trees in the spring before bud break, then the most popular means for spraying among summer residents are still combined preparations that are very effective and do not require a large number of sprays throughout the summer season. To understand which remedy is best for you, you need to find out the action of each, and only then choose the perfect option for yourself and your garden.

Nitrofen for garden spraying

A very powerful tool is Nitrofen. Substances destroy larvae or laid eggs of pests during the winter period. With this tool, you need to process trees that are in the wintering stage, that is, just in mid-March. You can not use Nitrofen on already awakened trees that are starting to bloom foliage. A poisonous substance can burn the buds and foliage, which leads to the death of the tree.

Processing fruit trees in the spring with Nitrofen is very effective in combating moss, lichen, eliminates spotting, aphids, various caterpillars, mites and leafworms. It is necessary to use the tool exactly following the instructions. Don't forget to protect yourself, such as gloves, clothing, and waterproof shoes. Try to keep children and animals away from the tree processing area.

Treatment of trees in the spring with copper sulphate

Another tool suitable for protecting trees in early spring is blue vitriol. This solution will be especially useful for fruit-bearing trees if cracks or wounds have formed on them that require mandatory care in the form of disinfection. You can also use vitriol at the end of the season - in October after harvesting the entire crop.

An important point in the use of this tool is the temperature at which processing is possible: from +5 to +30 degrees. It is impossible to process fruit trees on which buds have appeared, and even more so leaves have blossomed. The best conditions are a windless day. This will protect other plants from getting the chemical on the leaves (if they have already appeared), and will not harm you or the animals. Spraying copper sulfate, like any other protective agent for fruits and shrubs, should be away from drinking water bodies.

Treating trees with iron sulphate in spring

Iron vitriol compensates for the lack of iron sulfate in shrubs: currants, raspberries, roses, or some vegetable crops. It is necessary to spray fruit trees in the spring before the growing season, otherwise you will greatly harm the leaves, and subsequently the fruits (or rose flowers). Very important information: the dosage of ferrous sulfate is 50 g per 10 liters of water. For some reason, product manufacturers rarely indicate this information on the packaging, so gardeners often look for help from different sources, which are not always reliable.

Spraying with urea

An excellent protector against pests, scab, fungal diseases is urea, or urea in another way. In addition, this remedy is a nitrogen fertilizer for the earth. Processing apple trees with urea in spring prolongs the hibernation of the tree, so the appearance of flowers and buds occurs much later. This protects them from death during spring frosts, which appear suddenly and rarely anyone from summer residents can guess in advance when this will happen.

Like other early spring sprayers, urea is used at a temperature not lower than +5. It should stabilize, that is, day and night on the thermometer should be no less than this indicator. Spraying fruit trees in spring with urea protects them from pests that have laid their larvae in winter: sucker, aphids, weevil. To dilute the drug, you will need:

• carbamide - 700 g;
• copper sulfate - 50 g;
• water - 10 liters.

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So, spraying apple trees allows you to protect them from aphids, which often form nodules on the bark of a tree, which subsequently crack and turn into ulcers. If you do not stop aphids in time, which, in addition to apple trees, often infect plums, pears, cherry plums and apricots, then the leaves of the tree will begin to curl and then fall off. The tree itself can stop growing and dry out.

And spraying the plum, first of all, is aimed at protecting it from the May beetle, which eats fruit strings and leaves. The larvae of this insect are especially dangerous for a young orchard, because they severely damage the roots, which can cause the death of plants.

Spraying pears, apples, plums and cherries allows you to save not only leaves, but also ripened fruits from caterpillars and butterflies, thereby preserving the ripening crop.

When to spray fruit trees?

Hearing about the benefits of spraying and knowing when to spray trees are two different things. Spraying an orchard at the wrong time will not allow you to achieve the desired result in full at best and leave you without a crop at worst. Processing of fruit trees must be carried out not only when the fruits have already formed on them, but also long before that, in early spring, and even after harvesting the entire crop and leaf fall - in late autumn, and, of course, in summer, in the midst of pest activity.

Based on many years of experience of gardeners, a kind of tree spraying calendar was compiled, which indicates when and with what to spray trees. That is, based on the collection and systematization of the experience of different gardeners, a certain sequence of actions was established that gives the best result in harvesting. When compiling such calendars, not only the start period is taken into account, but also what is best to use at this time. For example, the gardener's calendar will indicate not only when to spray trees in spring, but also what to spray them in each spring month and the same recommendations for other seasons.

Spraying trees in spring

Of course, it's up to you to decide how to spray fruit trees in the spring, because this is your garden. Yes, and today there is a huge variety of means for processing the garden, which are suitable both for early spring work before the formation of buds in apple trees, pears and plums, and during the blooming of leaves, flowering and fruit formation.

The most commonly used means of domestic gardeners are:

• carbamide (urea);

It is not possible to give unequivocal preference to any drug, since their action may be more directed to a certain type of threat than others, or its effect may be so strong that it can damage the leaves of the tree, therefore it is used only in early March or at the end of October. Another garden treatment recommendation is to stop using chemicals as soon as fruit appears, and to use any spray preparations 3 weeks before harvest.

blue vitriol

Spraying trees with copper sulphate is recommended to be carried out twice during the summer season. Once - in early spring before the first buds appear on your trees, since even a solution diluted in the recommended proportions can damage young leaves, vitriol is also used if there are wounds on the fruit tree that require disinfection. Usually this fungicide is used to treat pears, plums and apple trees in early March and late October. Processing plums with copper sulphate helps protect the plum garden from curliness, moniliosis, coccycosis and clasterosporosis, and protects apple and pear trees from phyllosticosis, curliness, scab and moniliosis.

If your orchard consists of young trees up to 6 years old, then copper sulfate solution will need up to 2 liters per 1 fruit seedling and up to 10 per adult fruit-bearing pear or apple tree.

Spraying fruit trees with copper sulphate is recommended in the morning or evening on a calm day at a temperature of + 5 ° C to + 30 ° C, but in no case higher. Since this fungicide is a very aggressive drug, it is recommended to dilute it away from animals and people and make sure that its residues do not fall into wells and other sources of water supply or reservoirs.

Carbamide (urea)

Spraying trees with urea can be done as the first care for apple, plum and pear trees a week after flowering, or as the last preparation of trees for wintering. Of course, each such treatment will require its own special concentration and will simultaneously achieve an additional effect that saves the future harvest.

As the first treatment of fruit trees, high concentration carbamide with a small addition of copper sulfate allows not only to destroy pest larvae, but also, which is especially important when spraying plums, to slow down the rate of its spillage from hibernation by 1-2 weeks. This will protect the sensitive plum color from early frosts.

With a weaker concentration of carbamide (50g per 10l of water), the orchard is sprayed a week after flowering to protect fruit plantations from the apple flower beetle, sucker, aphids, leafworm caterpillars, etc.

Autumn spraying of trees with urea, as urea was previously called, can be carried out when about 40-50% of the foliage has fallen off the branches. In this case, the concentration of the solution should be higher than during flowering, but less than 500 g per 10 liters. Or, after waiting for the foliage to fall completely, you can use solutions of more concentrated urea - 7-10%, preparing the garden for the next season and spraying not only the trunks and branches themselves, but also the ground, using the drug for two purposes at once: as a fungicide and as fertilizers.

But if you hurry up and apply this product of such a high concentration, then the leaves can get burned and, as a result, fall off ahead of schedule, not providing the orchard with nutrients for the winter, which can reduce their resistance to frost.

inkstone

Spraying trees with iron sulphate, like its copper counterpart, is usually carried out twice a year during periods when the garden has either not yet begun to turn green, or is already preparing for wintering.

Spraying fruit trees with iron sulphate has a double effect: on the one hand, the garden receives the iron that is so necessary for plants in an accessible form, which plays an important role in the respiration of plantings, and on the other hand, it is an effective protection against pests. Particularly sensitive to iron deficiency are orchards consisting of apple, pear or plum trees, which show a lack of metal in their own way - a low yield or incomplete fruit development.

If the orchard mainly consists of old apple trees, plums and pears, then spraying is carried out not only at the beginning of spring, but also at the end of autumn, which helps not only to fight pests, but also to destroy lichen, moss, scab, cytosporosis, black cancer , septosporosis, and cytosporosis on the bark and branches, allowing next year to accelerate its growth rate and increase the yield of the plant.

Preparation 30

Preparation 30 for spraying pear, plum or apple trees is recommended for use in early spring or late autumn, at a concentration of 200 g per 10 liters of water. Processing fruit plantations with this agent allows you to get rid of whiteflies, false scale insects, leafworms, scale insects, aphids, moths, suckers, mealybugs, red and brown fruit mites that have wintered on the bark. This drug is no less effective for combating larvae in the summer. According to the manufacturer, it is safe for the tree itself, since it does not control pests by poisoning them with various substances, but with the help of a thin film that forms on the bark treated with the solution, and disrupts the water balance and gas exchange that have been treated with pests at such stages. like larvae or eggs. By creating unfavorable conditions for the existence of pests, the drug leads to their rapid death.

And although such an effect seems to be achieved by a method that is harmless to fruit plantations, but given the formation of a film and the decay period of some elements of the drug 30, some gardeners do not recommend its use more often than once every 3 years.

diesel fuel

Diesel fuel, like other petroleum products, has been used for spring and autumn gardening for many decades, but it must be used with great care. The fact is that spraying trees with diesel fuel can lead to burns or the death of fruit plantations.

Therefore, spraying fruit trees with diesel fuel must be taken very responsibly, and most importantly, apply the mixture at the right time. If this is vesta, then such fruit plantations as apple trees, pears, plums should be processed not only before the formation of leaves, but preferably even before the formation of buds, and in the autumn period it is better to wait for the leaves to fall completely after the first frost.

No one uses diesel fuel in its pure form for processing an orchard, but it is mixed with a large amount of water and other substances, reducing its destructive activity. But treatment with diluted diesel fuel can even be recommended if the apple or plum tree has a sharp corner, which has begun to rot over the years. In this case, the annual use of this substance can interfere with the processes of decay.

Tree sprayer

The processing of the orchard is carried out using special devices of a manual or mechanical principle of operation. A device for spraying trees is simply an indispensable thing for caring for an orchard, as it protects the gardener from contact with chemicals and allows you to evenly distribute the drug over the plantings. Each such device is equipped with a pump for supplying spraying agent. To work with powdered chemicals, there are devices with air blowers.

Mechanical models are much more convenient than manual ones, but they cost several times more and, provided that the gardener has a small garden, are an unjustified luxury. At the same time, the manual apparatus requires a constant pressure created for processing pears, plums, apple trees and other representatives of the orchard, which is provided by pumping the gardener's hands. But the principle of swapping is different for different devices: some devices work on preliminary pumping, while others work on a constant one. Each of these options has its own advantages and disadvantages. The gardener must choose the most suitable model for himself.

As you can see, there are many aspects, from the weather forecast for the next month and the analysis of the prevalence of certain pests in the region in the current season, to the analysis of the state of your orchard, its average age, etc., which is important to consider when choosing the time and spraying means. Therefore, novice gardeners, as well as those who care about getting the maximum yield with the least amount of effort, it is better to turn to the specialists of our company for help with garden maintenance. All people working in the Sovereign company are highly qualified specialists who will competently process your orchard at a low cost and suggest how else you can increase productivity.

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If someone believes that by planting an apple tree in the country, he is guaranteed to provide himself with a plentiful harvest of apples for the rest of his life, then you can be very disappointed.

Planting a tree (like giving birth to a son) is just the first small step on a long journey that you have to go through before the first results of your labors make themselves felt. A tree, like a child, must be taken care of constantly, otherwise diseases and pests can cause irreparable harm to your offspring.

Why you need to spray trees and shrubs in the spring

The beginning of the season, that is, the period when garden trees and shrubs, waking up after the winter cold, begin to accumulate strength to form a fruit mass, is exactly the time when you need to take maximum care of their protection. That's why processing trees in the spring from pests and diseases is an important stage in gardening.

In fact, spring is an insidious period. On the one hand, the tree needs time to recover after a long stay in extreme conditions of severe frost, on the other hand, various pests, having also woken up from hibernation, begin to actively feed, with pleasure attacking barely blossoming leaves and flowers. It is not surprising that tree care in the spring includes mandatory pest control, because if you do not intervene in the process, you may not wait for the harvest. Of course, it will not be possible to destroy all harmful insects in the garden, although such a task is not set. It is much more important to drive uninvited guests out of the garden, to make your trees and shrubs as unattractive as possible for such pests, both from the point of view of nutrition and from the point of view of “living”.

Another important argument in favor of the spring treatment of the garden from pests and diseases is that this period excludes the direct effect of pesticides on the ovaries and fruits (simply because they have not yet formed), therefore, the fight against garden pests in the spring minimizes the risk of subsequent poisoning with such drugs as a result of eating processed fruits and berries.

Thus, the main task of spraying the garden in the spring is to prevent pests and diseases that will lie in wait for your site throughout the season, including when the use of fungicides and insecticides will negatively affect the ecological purity of the crop.

Of course, ideally, we all want to show off fruits and berries grown “without chemistry”. However, it is very important to maintain a healthy balance and sense of proportion. Breeders all over the world are struggling to create plant varieties that are resistant to certain diseases, but it has not yet been possible to develop a species that is completely immune to harmful external influences, and it is hardly possible at all, since nature itself has conceived a scheme in which “everyone eats everyone ". Therefore, we should expect that the fruits of the tree, which are not affected by any pest, will also be inedible for humans, because we are also part of the animal world.

In addition, even if the manufacturer assures you that this particular variety (for example, apple trees) is absolutely not affected by scab, you should treat such statements with a healthy dose of skepticism. And this does not mean that you are being deceived. The fact is that the development of certain diseases, as well as the spread of various pests, largely depends on specific external conditions that are constantly changing. In addition, insects and carriers of infectious diseases tend to mutate and adapt to new realities. No wonder they say that you can not use the same fungicide in the garden - the preparations must be constantly changed to ensure the best result.

The main enemies of fruit trees, against which spring spraying is directed, are caterpillars, butterflies, various beetles and aphids. So, if you do not spray the apple tree at the very beginning of the season, the aphid begins to actively suck the juice from the greens and flowers, and also deforms the bark of the tree, forming ugly growths on it, which then crack and turn into gaping wounds. As a result, the tree may stop growing and die. The same danger awaits pears, plums, apricots, cherry plums and other fruit trees.

The cockchafer is very fond of eating leaves and ovaries, and its favorite delicacy is the plum tree. While an adult is rampaging on the surface, its numerous larvae infect the root system of trees, which is especially dangerous for young seedlings. Timely spraying can help rid the garden of such a scourge.

Caterpillars and butterflies are also happy to eat the greens and fruits of apple, pear, plum and cherry trees, so the protection of such trees in the spring will save the future harvest.

The above fully applies to the processing of shrubs (black and red currants, gooseberries, raspberries, etc.), since it is in the spring that the main measures should be taken to protect all plants from pests and diseases.

How to spray trees in the spring from diseases and pests

Currently, there are many options for how to treat fruit trees from pests in the spring. Conventionally, they can be divided into three groups:

• biological preparations;
• chemicals;
• "improvised" means, which are usually used by ardent opponents of the first two options, considering this method to be safer for health (and, of course, more economical).

Thus, the choice of a protective agent depends on the personal preferences of the gardener, but, in addition, on the condition of the garden (there are cases when the use of radical processing methods is vital in order to save the garden from imminent death).

Biological agents

Biological garden treatments are gaining popularity as a direct alternative to chemicals.

Their effect on harmful insects and carriers of diseases is exerted not by an artificially synthesized toxic substance, but by living organisms (bacteria, bacterial viruses, antagonist fungi, and even insects). Also, as an alternative, not the living being itself is used, but the toxin (biotoxin) it secretes.

Such biological agents can be “started” on the site on their own, creating conditions that attract beneficial insects. This role can be performed, say, by mustard, buckwheat, dill and other honey plants planted in the country. However, such preventive measures are usually not enough to reliably protect the garden, so scientists have developed numerous preparations based on the action of beneficial organisms. Let's consider some of them.

is an excellent antagonist of a number of pathogenic fungi (including pathogens of scab, various types of rot, late blight and other unpleasant diseases). The plant itself does not experience any harm from the action of Trichoderma, on the contrary, this fungus releases substances that make the plant more resistant to related diseases. Treatment with the drug can be carried out from the moment the buds open and continue throughout the season.

"Planris" is a soil bacteria that protects the garden from powdery mildew, root and root rot, brown rust, septoria (often affecting raspberries), as well as lepidopteran pests.

"Pentafage" - a proven way to prevent diseases of fruit crops with bacterial cancer, damage by perforated spotting of stone fruits. In addition, it is a good prevention against scab and powdery mildew.

"Phytodoctor" inhibits the development of pathogenic fungi and bacteria, in particular, protects fruit trees from late blight, bacterial cancer, root and fruit rot, mold, powdery mildew, fusarium wilt, etc.

protects the garden from such fungal and bacterial diseases as scab, wilting, late blight, root rot, powdery mildew, leaf rust and others.

"Mikosan" protects fruit trees from fungal, bacterial and viral diseases. Its action is based on covering the organs of the plant with a protective film that prevents the pathogen from infecting them. The drug strengthens the immunity of the tree and helps it cope with the disease on its own. This tool should be used separately from any other drugs, at the rate of 0.1 kg of the substance per 4-8 liters of water.

"Gaupsin" proved to be an effective remedy against aphids, codling moth, leafworm, cherry and plum flies. Of the diseases, the zone of influence of the drug is powdery mildew, late blight and others. Also, the tool saturates the plant with the nitrogen it needs.

"Bitoxibacillin" also well protects the garden from gnawing and lepidoptera pests (spider mites, cabbage moths, hawthorn, silkworms and others). Its action is based on a violation of the intestinal function of the insect, as a result of which the larva dies.

"Aktofit" destroys caterpillars, ticks, whiteflies, aphids.

provides protection against various fungal diseases and, like gaupsin, releases nitrogen molecules from the air. A distinctive feature of the drug is its very fast, in comparison with other biological means of protection, action (the active substance reaches the root system of the tree in less than half an hour after spraying).

"Healthy garden" - another means to protect trees from aphids, codling moth, powdery mildew and other pests and diseases.

From ticks and codling moths, the drug "Fitoverm" can help get rid of silkworm caterpillars, leafworms, scoops, moths, cabbage, etc. - Lepidocide.

Biological products have a number of unconditional advantages: they do not accumulate in the soil, do not harm the plant, and their consumption is much lower than that of other drugs. But there are also some disadvantages. In general, such compounds take much longer to achieve a beneficial effect, while a chemical poison acts much faster.

Important! The use of biological preparations can be started only when the average daily temperature is at least +10° C. At this time, pathogenic bacteria and pests, which are the food of the organisms presented in the biological product, awaken and begin to develop. Otherwise, such biological weapons are powerless, so that the earliest treatment of the garden can be carried out only with the help of chemistry.

Chemicals

Treatment of the garden with chemicals (pesticides) is considered the most effective way to protect trees and shrubs from diseases and pests.

Did you know? The word pesticide comes from two Latin words: pestis (contagion) and caedere (kill). The concept of "pesticides" includes the following groups of poisons: herbicides - act against weeds, insecticides - against harmful insects, fungicides - against pathogens of fungal diseases, zoocides - against warm-blooded animals (for example, rodents). Most often, pesticides, as their name suggests, kill one or another pest, but there are also sterilizers that cause sterility, as well as growth inhibitors that inhibit the development of insects..

Modern pesticides act very quickly and retain their effect for a long time, but, unlike biological products, they can be addictive to pests.

As mentioned above, the treatment of plants in early spring does not pose a risk to human or domestic animal health, since after a certain time after application, most pesticides completely decompose. Another advantage of chemicals is that they dissolve well in water and are mainly sold in packages that are convenient for quick use.

At the same time, unlike biological products, the correct dosage of pesticides plays a decisive role: exceeding the recommended dose can lead to plant damage (burn, reduced pollen viability, destruction of pistils) and environmental damage, while a “lack” provokes the production of harmful pesticides. organisms immune to the corresponding poison.

Important! It is necessary to work with chemicals only following the safety rules as much as possible, since the toxin can harm humans and pets not only when swallowed, but also through the skin and respiratory tract.

It is best to carry out spring treatment of trees and shrubs with special complex preparations, which are a mixture of fungicide and insecticide. In this case, the plant is simultaneously protected from both diseases and pests.

A possible replacement for such a complex preparation is ordinary urea. The first treatment of the garden in early spring is recommended to be carried out with a higher concentration of carbamide (urea), adding a little copper sulfate to the mixture. An additional advantage of this composition is its ability to briefly (for a week or two) slow down the awakening of the tree, and as a result, it is protected from unexpected frosts during flowering (this is especially true for plum trees).

After flowering, the trees should be sprayed with a less concentrated solution of urea. Such treatment will save the garden from aphids, leafworms, apple beetles, suckers.

An overdose of urea can lead to the formation of burns on the leaf plate, therefore, when diluting urea with water, you need to be extremely careful.

Spring spraying of fruit plants with copper sulphate is also popular. The procedure is carried out in early March, before the appearance of the first buds, since this pesticide in the concentration necessary to achieve the effect causes a burn on young leaves. An exception is the situation when it is necessary to disinfect a wound on a tree.

Copper sulphate has a detrimental effect on the pathogens of curliness, moniliosis, coccomycosis and clasterosporosis, phyllosticosis, scab and other diseases. The drug is recommended to process plums, pears and apple trees.

Important! Copper sulfate is very poisonous! Therefore, it is necessary to exclude the ingress of the drug or its residues into water bodies or other sources of water supply, as this can lead to the death of fish, animals and create serious health problems for people.

Most often, copper sulfate is mixed in equal parts with lime. The resulting mixture is called Bordeaux liquid and protects the garden from most diseases and pests, while being relatively harmless.

These and other copper preparations such as (copper oxychloride), (copper oxychloride and oxadisil), etc. well protect trees and shrubs from fungal diseases, but they should be used no more than once a year. Therefore, if such spraying was carried out in the fall, in the spring you need to choose a different type of treatment.

Until the buds have blossomed on the trees, you can treat them with iron sulphate. In addition to protecting against pests, this drug has another function - it saturates plants with iron necessary for their proper development, this is especially important for trees with iron-containing fruits, such as apple trees, pears and plums.

"Drug 30 V" during early spring spraying, it is aimed at the destruction of pests that overwinter on the bark of fruit trees. First of all, it is a leafworm, a worm, aphids, whiteflies, scale insects and false scales, moths, suckers, fruit mites. The drug forms a film on the bark, which kills the larvae "lurking" inside and destroys the eggs of insects. The disadvantage of the pesticide is a very long decay period, in connection with which the manufacturer warns against using it more than once every three years.

Some summer residents treat the garden with diesel fuel, but this oil product has a very destructive effect on the ecosystem. Therefore, if you do not work at a car depot, where “shoe polish is just heaps up,” use less aggressive chemicals in the garden. But if you still decide to take a chance, then the drug, firstly, can be used very early (even before the kidneys swell), and secondly, its concentration should be minimal, and to enhance the effect, it is better not only to dilute it with water, but also to mix it with other chemicals. There is one exception: diesel fuel can really help protect an apple or plum tree from rotting, for example, in the event of a fracture.

Folk remedies

For opponents of chemistry, a number of folk remedies used for spring gardening can be recommended. Here, however, it should be noted that many pest-damaging plants that form the basis for spraying cannot be physically obtained in early spring. In this case, it is sometimes possible to use stocks dried from last year, but if the “recipe” suggests the presence of fresh grass, it can be used at later stages, and in early spring the trees can be protected with chemistry. Actually, this approach looks quite logical: until the bud has blossomed, we use a more “heavy” and dangerous protection for the tree itself, and after the leaves bloom, flowering and ovaries appear, we use the “light option” as a “control shot”.

For spraying the garden, pest-intolerant plants such as: field thistle (it is recommended to take freshly picked), chilli pepper (you can take dried), walnut (dry leaves), sweet and bitter nightshade (you need fresh stem tops with leaves, buds and flowers), tansy (dried inflorescences), wormwood (you can take dried), chamomile, Dolmatian, Caucasian (you can take dried), sarsazan (you can take dried shoots), tomato tops (you can use dried or take from last year's compost), garlic (crushed cloves), coniferous needles, bird cherry (you can take dry branches with leaves), leaf-tailed or thick-fruited sophora (dried greens collected during the flowering period), tobacco (shag) and many others.

The principle of preparing the solution is approximately the same: the raw material is crushed, filled with water, infused and filtered. Proportions, if desired, can be peeped on the network. In addition to herbal preparations, spraying is also carried out with saline or a solution of superphosphate and potassium chloride (the latter helps to get rid of aphids and leaf-eating caterpillars).

Aphids and suckers are also driven out by fumigating fruit trees with tobacco dust (it is poured on straw, which is set on fire in the garden).

In general, we can say that folk remedies for gardening are certainly not as harmful to the environment as pesticides (although some concentrates can burn a tree), but their effectiveness is incommensurably lower.

Therefore, when choosing one or another method of protection, one should proceed from a lot of factors: from the weather to the condition of your garden, the age of the trees, the prevalence in the region and the infestation of a particular area by one or another pest, etc. It is also important to choose the right time exactly when you are going to process fruit trees from pests: in early spring, at the beginning of flowering or after it.

When you need garden treatment from diseases and pests

The timing of the processing of fruit trees from pests in the spring, as we already understood, can be different. Some drugs should be used as early as possible, due to their particular aggressiveness, others can be used even during flowering and after the formation of ovaries.

In any case, competent garden processing in the spring includes four stages:

Only such comprehensive work will make it possible to protect the garden as much as possible, because if in early spring we first of all destroy microorganisms, then in April the main goal of spraying is to protect the buds from fungal diseases, scab, powdery mildew, leafworms, weevils, apple flower beetle and other beetles, and in May - protect the ovaries from later pests.

Features of processing the garden in early spring

The very first cultivation of the garden is considered perhaps the most important. Pests and carriers of diseases that have overwintered in the bark and tree trunks should be destroyed preventively before they have recovered from hibernation and have not begun their dirty work.

The snow has melted, the temperature has risen above zero, it was a windless day - and for work!

We already know how to spray trees in the spring before bud break: we use pesticides, the aggressiveness of which is not yet terrible for a tree, but deadly for pests.

We use Bordeaux liquid for the first spraying at a concentration of up to 3%. You can buy a ready-made kit with properly selected components, or you can make the drug yourself by mixing 0.45 kg of lime and 0.3 kg of copper sulfate in a bucket of water (10 l).

You can also spray the trees with Nitrofen or a mixture of urea and copper sulfate (0.7 kg and 0.05 kg, respectively, per bucket of water). Instead of urea, some gardeners use nitrogen or potash fertilizers, but not chlorine-containing ones. In any case, the fertilizer should be used immediately after dilution, otherwise it will lose all its effectiveness.

Trees and shrubs should be treated completely - from the trunk (especially in places of cracks) and the near-stem circle to the tips of the branches. Before spraying, be sure to thoroughly clean the trunk with a brush.

In addition, you need to keep in mind that different plants do not wake up after winter at the same time, so if you tighten it with the first treatment, especially early trees and shrubs can be burned. So, if apples, pears and plums are sprayed in mid-March, then, say, the growing season for blackcurrants may begin earlier. Accordingly, it is better to divide the procedure into several stages than to try to do it in one day and, as a result, rinse young kidneys with poison.

Spraying trees and bushes before flowering

As it was said, before the beginning of flowering, after the swelling of the buds, and also right on the buds (before they blossomed), the garden is re-treated. If spraying is carried out with pesticides, a weaker concentration of them should be used (for example, if we diluted the Bordeaux liquid to a 3% solution during the first treatment, now we use 1% solution).

However, it is preferable at this stage to use more modern drugs that can be purchased in specialized stores. For example, by mixing the Horus fungicide and the Aktar insecticide, you will simultaneously protect the garden from both fungal diseases and insect pests. The same mixture can be reapplied after flowering trees. Such drugs as "Fufanon", "Decis" and others have proven themselves well.

The nuances of processing the garden during the flowering period

The question "Is it possible to spray trees during flowering?" is quite debatable. Many gardeners categorically do not recommend doing this, since you can damage the inflorescences and disrupt the entire subsequent process of fruit set.

In general, there is no doubt that during the flowering period it is definitely impossible to use strong pesticides that can harm not only flowers, but also bees actively “working” in a blooming garden.

If, for one reason or another, you did not have time to process the garden before the flowers appeared, then it is still better later than never. Processing the garden during this period will protect the tree from aphids, mites, leafworms, suckers, sawflies and other pests, as well as from many insidious diseases. You can use phosphorus-containing organic preparations, for example, "Fufanon" or "Aktellik". In warmer times, use Fitoverm, Akarin, Iskra Bio, Entobacterin and other biological preparations, because we remember that they are safe for wood, but deadly for pathogens and harmful insects.

Treatment of trees and shrubs after flowering

Spraying fruit trees and shrubs after flowering is the final stage of the spring protection of the garden from diseases and pests . Its main goal is to destroy leafworm caterpillars, apple codling moth, weevils, moths, aphids, mites and prevent possible garden diseases.

Processing should be carried out no later than three weeks after the trees and shrubs have faded.

There are a lot of modern garden preparations during this period, so there should be no problems with choosing the most suitable one. But what you definitely shouldn’t spray trees after flowering is pesticides in high concentrations. It is better at this stage to give preference to biological products or more gentle chemical agents. For the May spraying of fruit trees, for example, you can use the following preparations: Brunka, Blue Bordeaux, Fital, Delan, Saprol, Fury, Fastak, Talstar, Fufanon, "Decis", "Karate", "Confidor", "Apercut", "Koragen".

The fungicide "Skor" recommended for use at this stage is also effective and low-toxic. The choice depends on many factors, in particular, each drug is aimed at combating certain pests, which, in turn, have their own preferences among fruit trees. Therefore, read the instructions and select the optimal mixture.

So, for example, for apricot, the greatest danger is perforated spotting and monilial burn, of pests - aphids, leafworms, moths.

Peach, fading, is often affected by curly foliage and clasterosporium, and it is also often attacked by the codling moth. Plum trees are prone to moniliosis, clasterosporiasis, polystigmosis, among insects their main enemies are mites, aphids, leafworms, codling moths. Cherry and cherry orchards after flowering can affect klesterosporiosis and coccomycosis. Cherry flies are very fond of laying eggs under the skin of fruits at the moment they are set, and these trees also infect aphids and leafworms.

Apple and pear trees suffer from scab and powdery mildew, among pests, apple codling moth, mites, aphids, and sawflies are dangerous for them.

Important! At this stage, it is better to spray the garden in the evening: caterpillars hiding in the foliage by night get out to feast on ovaries and green mass, on which poison is already waiting for them. If the drug has worked, in the morning you will be able to observe a mass phenomenon: a huge number of dead caterpillars hanging from branches on thin cobwebs.

How to properly treat trees and shrubs from diseases and pests

By and large, you can act as you like, but for the safety (of yourself and those around you), as well as to achieve maximum effect, it is better to follow certain rules and recommendations.

You need to start spraying from the crown, gradually moving down. The final stage is the processing of the near-stem circle (it is very important not to forget this area). With the exception of the last spraying, which is carried out during the active "work" of the caterpillars, it is better to treat trees in the early morning.

For the procedure, you need to choose a calm, dry day. Take an interest in the weather forecast and if rain is expected in the next day, postpone the procedure for a few days. With minimal humidity, the active substance will be absorbed faster and cause less damage to the plant. An exception may be some biological products, which, on the contrary, need moisture, so read the instructions before using them. It is also important to correctly calculate the required amount of the drug, since its reuse after a while is absolutely unacceptable: you need to dilute exactly as much as you need for today's processing. In this case, it follows from such calculations: about 5-6 liters of solution “leaves” for an adult tree, from 0.5 to 1.5 liters for shrubs and young trees, depending on their size.

Finally, to make it convenient to work, you should not lower a broom into a bucket and spray it on a tree - better buy a modern sprayer. Today, manufacturers offer the widest selection of models that will allow you to choose the best option depending on the size of your garden (they differ both in volume and power, and, accordingly, in price). Small trees and young seedlings can be sprayed with an ordinary plastic sprayer, and for large gardens, it may be worth investing in an expensive but very reliable electric pump.

Do not forget about personal safety. It is necessary to clearly understand how toxic the drug you are working with is and, depending on this, already adjust your behavior. In any case, the face should be covered with a respirator or gauze bandage, hair should be covered with a scarf or bandana, and eyes should be protected with goggles. Work with gloves and in general it is better not to leave exposed skin. Keep households (especially children) and pets away.

Spring processing of a garden is a difficult process that requires considerable labor and financial costs, as well as a fairly deep knowledge of agricultural technology. And yet you can’t do without it, of course, if you count on the long life of the trees or shrubs you planted and want to harvest a decent harvest from them every year.

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