Large, juicy currant berries are loved not only by gardeners. Many unfriendly insects strive to leave the owners of the beds without a crop. Moreover, it attacks not only the wildlife that specializes in it, but also the polyphagous arthropods. The first include currant pests such as aphids, bedbugs, bud mites, gall midges, currant glass, etc. Listed as leafworms, coccid, weevils, and moths.
One of the most dangerous for fruit shrubs is a pear bug. Adults can successfully winter under the bark of trees. At all stages of development, these insects cause damage to plants by sucking juice from their leaves. From the effects of pests, the leaves lose their color and may begin to fall. As a result of the activity of bugs, fruit buds do not form on the bushes. Dangerous pests of currants lay eggs on the leaves, on their lower side. The larva reaches maturity in thirty days, and its molting passes five times.
A fruit shrub may suffer from a kidney currant tick. To save the plant, it is recommended to break off the damaged kidneys and burn them. Pest larvae can develop in them. Can visit your garden and a large currant aphid. Insects lay eggs on the shoots. Larvae appear in spring and begin to suck juices from shoots and leaves. It is possible to determine that the plant is damaged by aphids by swelling of a greenish or yellow color that appeared on the foliage.
To control pests of currants was the most effective, you need to pay attention to the condition of the plant. If fruit bushes were attacked by insects, you should resort to the help of special drugs. Before conducting a chemical attack, you need to study the instructions for the tool. It indicates the method of application and dosage. You can use a 0.6% emulsion of a ten percent emulsifying concentrate "Karbofos". Store the solution for a long time is not recommended. It is better to cook it immediately before use, in the garden. If you want currant pests not to escape their fate, the plants should be treated in calm weather. Better in the morning, from seven to ten, or in the evening - from seventeen to twenty two.
When working with chemicals, safety precautions must be observed. To do this, be sure to wear gloves, a special bathrobe, gauze bandage and glasses. The most convenient tool for chemical treatment of plants is a sprayer. It will allow you to apply the solution on the upper and lower sides of the leaves. Such an operation will allow you to be sure that pests of blackcurrant will no longer visit your garden. But, after finishing work with chemicals, you must adhere to the following rules. The clothes in which the treatment was carried out must be thoroughly washed, washed and washed with soap and water. Used water and the rest of the solution must not be drained near wells and ponds. To prevent plants from being visited by currant pests, their treatment with the use of chemicals should be stopped thirty days before the fruiting begins.