5 control agents that help from mildew. Protecting gooseberries
Often you can see on a gooseberry mildew attack. Even the people it is called Belle or pepelitsa. The disease caused by the fungus Erysiphales (of the order erysiphales). It affects not only the gooseberry, but also ornamental plants, trees, vegetables. The infection manifests itself in the form of a powdery white plaque.
As a result, the appearance of mildew sheet surface decreases, which hinders the process of photosynthesis. In the future, the bush can be completely degraded, and the harvest will not be all.
Leaves turn yellow at the same time, curl, dry, the fungus spreads rapidly through the plant. Fungal disease starts to manifest itself already from the middle of June. It responds well to treatment with the defeat of his bush mildew no more than 30 percent.
Causes of
Powdery mildew is often manifested in the following situations:
1. Increased humidity.
2. Lack of crop rotation (planting of vegetable plants in the same place for several years).
3. Condensed with landings.
4. Excessive application of nitrogen fertilizers, including manure, in the form of fertilizing. It is better to make a choice in favor of phosphorus-potassium fertilizers.
How to deal
Preventive measures to combat the disease should begin in early spring. Apply a solution of copper or iron sulphate, Bordeaux mixture, Hom preparation. The subsequent treatment is carried out after flowering gooseberry, when the fruits are formed. But chemical agents better not to apply.
Note the following traditional recipes, which are considered effective against powdery mildew. These substances do well in the early stages of the disease, therefore, delay the processing of bushes of gooseberry is not necessary.
Recipe 1. A solution of soda ash.
It will take 2 tbsp. tablespoons per 10 liters of water. You need to spray the resulting solution on the leaves as prevention and control measures. Processing is carried out 3 times per season at intervals of 7 days, from the stage of flowering.
Recipe 2. Sol-soap solution.
Flow rate - 4 kg sifted ash should be diluted in 10 liters of hot water. After cooling, the mixture must be sprayed gooseberry bush. The high concentration of the solution to help cope with the disease. As the leaves retainer added detergent or soap piece (50 grams). After 2-3 days, the infection disappears.
All you need to handle the bushes, including uninfected.
Recipe 3. A solution of Equisetum arvense.
It is necessary to cook 100 g dried arvense in 5 liters of water. Let stand overnight to cool down, then filter the mixture. Then add 50 grams of soap and sprayed with gooseberries.
Recipe 4. A solution of mustard.
Mix in 10 liters of hot water 2 tbsp. l. mustard powder.
Cooled mixture of process plant.
Recipe 5. garlic solution.
It takes 25 grams of garlic cloves. They should grind and fill in 1 liter of water. Insist day. Next, the solution need to filter and spray bushes.
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