How to get rid of shitovki currants

Experienced gardeners know how to deal with the shield on the currants. Insect is one of the most common pests of this culture. It is forbidden to take out seedlings and fruits from plantations infected with a shield; quarantine is declared. There is an infection through the imported soil, seedlings, or with the help of the wind.

Appearance, features of life

In nature, there are several types of scales. They differ in color. Body color is gray-brown to red with specks and patterns on the shell. Photos of willow shchitoviki on currants can be seen below. This is one of the most common pests of this culture. An adult reaches 2.5 mm.

Shchitovka and willow shchitovka currants

On a note!

To spot one bug is quite difficult. But due to the fact that they settle colonies, you can determine the presence of pests with the naked eye. Shchitovki hiding from the back of the leaves, on the stems, young twigs. Fight with shield in the garden need and on neighboring trees such as spruce, lemon, grapesfrom where they can crawl on currants.

The female is motionless. Its main task is to lay eggs. According to various sources, one individual lays from 250 to 500 pieces. For the entire warm period, the female has time to give life to two generations. In early spring, she lays eggs on young leaves of currants, near the buds. After 3 months there appear small bugs, which are called vagrants.

Larvae are extremely mobile, are in search of food.When detecting the soft parts of the plant, the larvae begin to feed his juice. The second time the female lays eggs closer to the fall. They develop under the shield, they overwinter there. The shell protects the eggs from the effects of insecticides, low temperatures in the winter. Over time, the female dies, and small bugs appear from the eggs in early spring.

Important!

You can notice the infection of currants in appearance. The leaves begin to curl to turn yellow, turn black, spots appear, after a time they fall off completely. Inflorescences crumble, fruits dry out. Dry young branches. Severe infection of the bush with a shield is dangerous of the complete drying of the plant. In the absence of the necessary measures, the currant plantation disappears from the face of the earth in 3-4 years.

Folk methods

Folk methods of getting rid of shchitovki

For the prevention of infection of currants in the spring and autumn spud bushes, sprinkle the soil with wood ash. In the spring, the layer is removed, the ground around the bush is dug up. If the sheepskin had time to breed, you can use the following methods:

• Dilute in the water or tar tar soap. Spray the plant, paying special attention to the leaves on the back.Or carefully wipe each leaf with a brush, washcloth.
• Dissolve the soap, copiously spray currants from shchitovki. The next day, rinse with a stream of water.
• In boiled water add wood ash, any soap means. Spray currants, pour over the soil.
• Grind the garlic, pour cold water, insist day. Strain, spray bush.
• Dilute green soap in water, add red pepper, black, cinnamon, mustard. Spray currant bush.
• Tobacco pour boiled water, insist day, strain. Add soap, spray the plant. Or powder with tobacco powder.

Fighting the shield with folk remedies provides for currant treatment for 2-4 weeks at intervals of 3 days. The advantage of the method is its safety. Can be used in any period of the growing season.

The use of professional drugs

You can get rid of the currant on a currant in one treatment, if you pick up an effective drug, respond to the problem in a timely manner. Prevent infection is necessary in the spring, before the leafing.

It is not recommended to process during flowering, as bees may suffer, yields will decrease.It is impossible to process currants in the period of ripening of fruits. The optimal variant for the use of insecticides is early spring, the end of summer after harvesting. In between should use popular means of struggle.

Important!

Insecticidal preparations retain the properties from 1 to 3 months. Processing in early spring provides protection for currants from shchitovki for the whole summer. But torrential rains in the first week of treatment reduce the effectiveness of the product. Alternate spraying after a month.

Effective drugs

Drugs from the pest

The remedy for shitovki on currants can be bought in a specialty store. The following drugs have high efficiency and reasonable price:

• Actellic. The solution is prepared immediately before use. Sprayed from a garden spray bottle or spray bottle. Not addictive in insects.
• Aktara. An effective broad-spectrum drug. The active ingredients concentrate in the leaves, poisoning pests through the esophagus. Among the shortcomings - an unpleasant smell.
• Tanrek. Spray currants, watered the soil, applied to the bark. Protection lasts for several months.It is imperative to carry out the treatment from the shield in early spring, late autumn.

In addition to insecticides can be used bacteriological. It is recommended to process twice a month. It is necessary to get rid of shitovki timely. If everything is allowed to drift, currants can simply die.