How to deal with tick on grapes

Grape mite is a type of spider mite - a common pest for many plant crops. The name "spider web" was given to a tick for its web, with which it entangles the leaves of plants.There are many species of ticks, and each of them prefers to dwell on certain cultures. To save the vineyards, you need to know how to deal with the grape mite.

On a note!

A web representative can eat anything, but he has particular eating habits. Different types of this tick specialize in "their" plants. His closest relative - a grape pest actively absorbs the juice of grape leaves, causing irreparable damage to his garden.

Brief description of the pest

The grape leaf mite is a microscopic creature of the arachnid order. Its dimensions do not exceed 0.2 mm. Body color can vary from light beige to yellow-brown. In the summer, the pest has small growths on the body, and in winter there is no growth.

To accurately recognize which parasite was bred on grapes, you can see a photo of a grape mite. A female has a body size much larger than a male. It begins its activity in the spring, laying eggs.

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Over the entire period until mid-summer, one individual can produce 4-5 generations, and with a favorable climate, this figure can reach 10.

Of the eggs laid on the back of the leaf of the plant, in 7-10 days nymphs appear - the transitional form of the larva. In this stage, the tick is about 2 weeks, after which the larva turns into an adult. Throughout the summer, she eats the sap of plants, moving from one leaf to another. With the onset of autumn, ticks are looking for a secluded place for wintering. It can be:

• fallen leaves;
• cracks and crevices under the bark;
• cracks under the scales of the kidneys and other places where you can hide from the cold weather.

Like all types of spider mites, a grape pest, waking up from hibernation, immediately climbs to the lower young spring leaves of grapes and begins its harmful activity.

Signs of tick infestation

Grape mite

To determine if there are pests on the grapes, you need to carefully examine the bush. Grape leaf mite prefers to feast on the lower leaves on the reverse side. A characteristic thin white film appears on the leaves - the web. On the web and next to it you can see small moving points. They are the parasites.

Important!

In places where grapes are damaged by mites, yellow spots appear.The shape of the sheet becomes more carved and curly. Sucking the juice of the leaves, the tick moves to a new fresh leaf. Dried leaves fall off over time. Because of this, the normal process of photosynthesis of the whole plant is disrupted. Yield of grapes is reduced by 30 - 50%. In advanced cases of damage can become large scale, which will lead to the death of the plant.

There are several types of pests of grapes:

1. A common leaf mite specializes in sucking grape leaves. He begins to eat the lower leaves of the bush, gradually moving higher to the upper branches and vines. Vineyard disease of this parasite creates a great risk of losing most of the crop.
2. Felted itch mite is also found on the bottom of grape leaves. He gnaws a hollow, which closes on top with a cream-colored spider film. Gradually, all the foliage becomes stained with a felt-like patina that darkens over time. Grape greens dry out and fall down. In addition to the grape parasite, there are nut felt mites and other species.
3. Bud mite is a dangerous pest of the delicate buds of a plant.Damaged leaf buds lead to a state of grape disease. Proper foliage formation is disturbed, and the plant is unable to produce a crop.

Folk methods of grape pest control

Traditional methods of dealing with grape mites

Viticulture is a very time consuming and costly occupation. To succeed in growing this crop, you must always take measures to combat parasites on time. The fight against felt mites on grapes and other species of this pest must begin with gentle methods. These include various folk recipes using natural ingredients:

1. Infusion of onion peel is a universal method of dealing with many harmful guests of the garden. For its preparation, it is necessary to pour onion peel with clean water and leave to infuse for 3 days. The resulting solution to spray the grapes from the tick and handle the stem of the plant.
2. Marigolds are a natural repellent against many pests. For this infusion you need half a bucket of dried inflorescences to fill with 10 liters of warm water and leave for 48 hours. Processing of grapes is carried out late in the evening.Spraying can be done with a broom, wetting it in a bucket and splashing infusion throughout the bush.
3. To process the grapes from the tick, you can use a 75% solution of colloidal sulfur. This is a fairly effective tool that can be used at home. Spray grapes with sulfuric solution is necessary only in very hot and dry weather over 30 degrees Celsius. Only under such conditions will the efficiency be high.
4. Soap solution can be called universal in the fight against many garden pests. For its preparation you need to rub 30-50 grams of laundry soap and dissolve it in 10 liters of water. You can splash the grape leaves with soapy liquid at any time during the growth of the plant.

Use of chemicals

Grape Mite Chemicals

In addition to the struggle with folk remedies, there are more radical ways of getting rid of the spider parasite. If pest infestation has reached a large scale, chemicals should be used. Before you deal with spider mites on grapes, you need to remember that any chemical treatment should be carried out strictly before the flowering plants.

Important!

During treatment with any chemical solution, the use of personal protective equipment is required: gloves, respirator, workwear. During the entire procedure it is forbidden to smoke, take food, and drink.

Chemical drugs purchased from ticks on grapes will help solve a serious problem. The most popular and effective include:

1. Actellic is a strong organophosphorus agent for ticks on grapes. It is allowed to apply only in the started cases. Dilute the contents of one ampoule with 5 ml in five liters of water and spray the bushes with the resulting solution. Processing leaves should be carried out in the early morning to 10 hours or in the evening after sunset. The price of a package with one ampoule is 45 rubles, a 50 ml bottle is 400 rubles.
2. Get rid of the tick on the grapes will help means Fufanon. Insecticide effectively destroys the parasite when spraying the bushes with strong pressure. The solution is prepared according to the instructions: 13 ml of Fufanol diluted in a bucket of water. Consumption per plant about 2 liters of the obtained working solution. One liter of Fufanon will cost 500 rubles.
3. As protection of grapes from a tick, the drug Demit can be used.It is an acaricide produced in the form of a concentrated suspension. Low toxicity to bees and beneficial insects. Efficiency Demitan proven for 40 days. Method of preparation of the solution: 0.24 - 0.36 l per 600 - 1000 l of water for the treatment of 1 hectare of plantings. One liter of the drug costs about 6 thousand rubles.
4. Neoron - contact acaricide against ticks. Effectively destroys the parasite at all its stages of development. Means consumption: 12-15 ml per 10 l of water for treatment 100 m² the vineyard. Spraying the leaves of the bushes is carried out strictly before flowering or after. The wetting of the sheet should be sufficient, but so that the solution does not flow. The cost of one vial of 12.5 ml is about 100 rubles.

Reviews

Grape mite

I have been using Actellic for several years. Good insecticidal agent at an affordable price. Previously, he tried to do with folk methods. But when there were too many ticks, I realized that cardinal measures were needed and I purchased this drug. With him it turned out to get rid of pests in one application.

Alexey, Volgograd

My aunt in the Krasnodar Territory has a house and grapes grow in her yard. Once in the summer I stayed there.Every day I watched her take care of her plantings. And once I became an eyewitness, how to process grapes from pests. Aunt grated rubbed a piece of soap and dissolved it in water. The resulting solution was used for spraying the bushes. And judging by the good grape harvest every year, this method of protection against parasites works.

Violetta, Krasnodar

Prevention of tick infestation

There are a few simple rules, adhering to which you can reduce the risk of infection of grapes with a spider mite.

1. The easiest way to prevent any disease of the plant is its weekly inspection. This protection option is only suitable for small gardens.
2. Be sure to inspect new seedlings brought from other areas.
3. As a preventive measure, you can plant onions, garlic, marigolds between rows of grapes. These plants are natural repellents for many types of parasites. And, on the contrary, it is necessary to remove weeds around the vines.
4. In the autumn, the compulsory procedure should be to clean the garden from fallen leaves and dry grass.
5. An important step in the protection of grape bushes is digging the soil around the trunk.This procedure is recommended in the autumn and spring.

When performing simple activities in the garden, the volume and quality of the harvest will always delight the gardener.