How do I process currant bushes in the spring and forget about the kidney mite problem

This pest is known for its extreme gluttony and vitality, it is not easy to get rid of it. Individuals of the kidney mite reproduce at a tremendous rate, laying eggs up to 5 times during the warm season.

The first clutch occurs at the beginning of spring. Seize the moment, process the currant bushes in time in a proven way to secure the vitamin harvest.

How to deal with a pest of currants?

To effectively combat kidney mites, it is important to know that:

1. In spring, when the air temperature reaches + 5 ° C, the period of active reproduction of the pest begins, the females lay eggs inside the kidney.

2. The larvae feed on the contents of their native "nest" for 8-14 days, after which migration begins. They climb onto new shoots, penetrate flower and vegetative buds.

It is in the early spring that a campaign to eradicate adults and larvae of the parasite must be carried out in order to forget about them forever.

Effective ways to fight

A bud mite is dangerous not only because it feeds on plant sap and threatens the future harvest. It is a carrier of pathogenic microorganisms dangerous for berry culture. Knowing that the parasite is very tenacious, in the spring I do not limit myself to a one-time treatment.

Hot shower

In early spring I pour boiling water over the bushes. This helps to destroy most of the adults and larvae hiding in the kidneys. In addition, a hot shower promotes the active awakening of the plant. Healthy kidneys will not be affected as they are protected by a dense scaly coating. I repeat the procedure in 3-4 days.

Sequence and nuances of work:

1. I tie the currant branches with twine, gently bend them to the ground, fix them with a bar or board.

2. I quickly pour the boiling water into a watering can with a shower. The temperature of the treatment water must be between 70 ° C… 80 ° C.

3. I water the bush at a distance of 10 cm from the top point, consuming 10 l / plant.

Attention! To process currant bushes with boiling water, you need to choose a period before bud break.

Karbofos

As a powerful insecticide, karbofos kills not only parasites. It is also dangerous for beneficial insects. That is why I plan to sprinkle currants with a caustic composition with the beginning of sap flow and budding, shortly before flowering.

I prepare the working solution at the rate of 75 g of the drug per 10 liters of water. It is necessary to spray with karbofos carefully, abundantly wetting the crown and the trunk circle.

Treatment with karbofos is effective during the migration of the larvae of the kidney mite, when the air warms up to + 15... + 17 ° C. This is due to the fact that the composition kills only with a direct hit, when the pest is still crawling along the branch in search of a new bud.

Karbofos will destroy adults and larvae surviving after a hot shower, and will allow you to forget about the problem of a kidney mite.