Reasonable protection of the garden from pests
Protection of the garden from pests must be done, first, on time, and secondly, do not apply chemical poisons in your garden, with rare exceptions.
Do the first protection of the garden from pests before the beginning of the sap flow. For the Northwest this is the end of March-the very beginning of April. Dissolve 700 g of urea( carbamide) in 10 liters of water and carefully spray all the trees from the very tips of the branches to the forks of branches and along the entire trunk, and also the soil under the plants in the near-barrel circle. Such spraying will destroy pests wintering on the tree, as well as those who winter under the trees, but there are many of them. Instead of urea, you can use potassium fertilizer that does not contain chlorine, or 1 kg of table salt.
Attention! Spraying can not be done from the moment of swelling of the kidneys until the plants leave for winter rest, otherwise you will burn them.
However, spraying does not save the garden from pests arriving from other places, in particular from the moth. To do this, there are modern biological products - "Fitoverm" and "Iskra-bio"( "Agravertin"),
In addition, the biocomplex "Healthy Garden" ( homeopathic drug "Aurum-S") comes to the rescue."Healthy Garden", being a unique biological regulator of cell sap, changes its structure in such a way that it bears information about the normal balance between carbohydrates and proteins. And thus deceives pests that simply fly past in search of more delicious food. To constantly maintain this balance, all plants, not just apple trees, should be regularly sprayed with this drug. Experience has shown that it is enough to spray the garden in May, June, July and August on leaves in the evening, so that the drug is absorbed and not evaporated from the leaves. The suction process lasts about 3 to 4 hours, so the weather should be dry, at least for the time of spraying, so that the rain does not wash off the drug from the leaves.
If you are once a month in May( at the time of unfolding the leaves), June, July and August, spray your garden with this biocomplex, you will not only have the moth fruit, but also the scab on the apple trees. Even aphids do not touch such plants.
Often in the spring, at the time of unfolding leaves, pests literally all in a hurry attack plants, including healthy ones, especially aphids. We must first understand why this happens, and then take the necessary measures to rid the garden of this scourge.
The fact is that all pests( both mites and insects) prefer to eat carbohydrates. In spring, the roots of any garden plants begin to work and supply the minerals necessary to create protein, only after the soil in the rooting zone has warmed up to 8 degrees of heat, and photosynthesis will begin in just 20 seconds as soon as the leaf starts to unfold. Since the material for protein production is not enough, the sheet produces carbohydrates, because it requires carbon dioxide, which the plant can take from the air, and water, some of which in the plants is always available. In addition, the roots that need carbohydrate nutrition for growth and development, still sleep and carbohydrates do not use. Excess carbohydrates in plants in the early spring attracts pests, so they fly to lunch from all sides. At this time the pests have a mountain feast, especially since the young leaf is easy to pierce in order to suck the juice, it is easy and chew. This state of affairs is especially frequent in regions with a cold, protracted spring, for example, in the Northwest.
What and how to help plants in the spring
First of all, we need to work instead of roots and deliver the necessary mineral elements to the leaf by sprinkling plants on unfolding leaves with full mineral fertilizing, for example, "Uniflor Growth", "Ideal", "Kemira Lux""Florist" and even just azofa. The main thing here is not to burn young foliage, and it is better to make the solution weaker than the stronger one. Remember that for foliar top dressing on leaves, the solution should be taken 7-10 times less concentrated than with top dressing. So, for foliar dressing "Uniflor-growth" it is enough 2 ch. Spoons for 1 bucket of water. When using "Azofoski", "Kemira" or "Rastvorina" is sufficient 1 tbsp.spoons for 10 liters of water.
With the unfolding of the leaves, before the beginning of budding, the sala will very much like the spring cocktail, which will save both the garden and you from a lot of troubles. It is necessary to make a sprinkling of the "Healthy Garden" together with another homeopathic preparation - "Ecoberin"( "Oko"), which increases the resistance of plants to the vagaries of the weather( strong ultraviolet radiation, frost, drought, sudden temperature changes, including between day and night).It is enough to shake until completely dissolved in 2 grains of each in 1 liter of water( it is more convenient to shake the grains in 100 ml of water, and then add water to a full liter and stir).Add 4 drops of "Uniflor-growth" to the same solution for foliar top dressing.
Thus, it is possible to combine just two spring spraying of the garden. If there is no "Ekoberina", replace it with the biopreparation "Epin-eksgra".By the way, with all these drugs is compatible "Fitoverm"( against sucking and gnawing pests).It is enough to add 4-5 drops in the same 1 liter of solution. You can immediately add to this solution "Zircon"( reinforcing the self-protection of plants against all diseases).It is enough 2-4 drops per 1 liter. Making such a cocktail and sprinkling them with plants, you protect them from all the misfortunes immediately for a period of 2.5-3 weeks.
And after all, what is interesting: strong, healthy plants quickly synthesize protein and carbohydrates in their cell sap is small. Weak, sick synthesize protein slowly and they have carbohydrates in their cell sap. Here they are attacked and literally all pests. By the way, slow protein synthesis can also occur due to weak solar illumination. Therefore, plants that are poorly illuminated by the sun( or, as in the Northwest, during prolonged overcast or rainy weather), pests attack more often.
If a spring cocktail garden should be sprayed, because the roots do not work, then repeated summer spraying can be replaced with watering the solution of "Healthy Garden" along the trunks. And you can prepare all the solution at once for the summer, then pour it into a barrel with weeds and feed any plants in the garden and in the garden.
Systematic application of the "Healthy Garden" will save your plants from any pests, even aphids.
In addition, in the spring cocktail you can add the drug "Ovary", which contributes to the formation of ovaries even in the absence of pollination, which often occurs during frosts."Ovary" can be replaced with "Buton" or "Hypersib".They all contain the hormone gibberellin, which causes the growth of the ovaries. Usually this hormone is contained in a small amount in the leaves themselves, but especially its plant begins to develop in growing seeds. If fertilization does not occur( with frosts or when the air temperature is too high, when pollen is sterilized), then the hormone is not enough for the growth of the ovaries.
You will deceive the plant by increasing the concentration of gibberellin in the leaves, and it will start to build up the fruits. In such fruit seeds sprinkled during the budding period and berries, or not at all, or they are underdeveloped.
You can conduct a fascinating experiment. Sprinkle before freezing the cherry "Ovary"( or "Buton") on one side. After freezing, repeat spraying on the same side. When you harvest, it will be on this side, and on the rest of the crown, as a rule, die from frost.
At the time of flowering after wintering, useful insects appear, therefore, firstly, it is strictly forbidden to use chemical means of protecting the garden, and secondly, if under the plants the soil has been covered, this shelter should be immediately removed.
Useful insects( there are useful mites, living in warmer regions than the North-West) are our main assistants in the struggle for harvest. They should be protected and strongly attracted to their garden, and for this you need to plant spicy-flavored plants and legumes.