How to deal with aphids on peach folk and shopping means

Peach aphid is the most common crop pest. The insect infects a tree at the beginning of May; it is sabotage throughout the growing season. The damage brings colossal - the buds do not bloom, the fruits fall off, the young shoots die off, the leaves curl, turn yellow. How to deal with aphids on a peach, say experienced gardeners.

Signs of pests

Peach aphid is a small insect with a body length of not more than 3 mm. The most common species is a large peach, green, black, bloody aphid. Pests form entire colonies, giving up to 20 generations over the entire warm season. By the end of summer, winged individuals appear - males and females, able to migrate to other cultures. Photo pests below.

To calculate the presence of pests on a peach, you must carefully examine the tree, its stems and leaves:

• the black bloody aphid on the peach is clearly visible due to the large accumulation of individuals;
• dark spots are placed on the stems, on the back of the leaves;
• buds are covered with pad - aphid secretions;
• the tops dry up, die off;
• leaves curl down, turn yellow, spots appear;
• inside there are small fleas of brown, green color.

On a note!

Peach ceases to grow, weakens, is ill, yields decrease. A tree infected in the summer does not tolerate a cold winter.

Aphids on peach

Mechanical, agrotechnical methods of struggle

To get rid of aphids on a peach can be mechanically, if the tree is small.Shoot the aphids with a stream of water, sweep with a broom, brush, tear off the affected leaves.

• Deep autumn, dredging the ground around the peach, sprinkle it with a thick layer of ash, pour it with hot water. Aphid lays eggs under the bark in the bottom of the tree. Hot water destroys the larvae, preventing them from developing. Ash penetrates the sap of the tree, saturates the peach with bitterness. The quality of the fruit, the taste of ash does not affect, but makes the tree unattractive for aphids.
• Plant in the garden dill. Umbrellas attract a ladybird, some species of bedbugs, which are the natural enemies of aphids. Bushes of peppermint, calendula are planted around the tree. These plants scare away the smell.

Tie peach trunk protective polyethylene belt, coat with resin. The belt does not allow to reach the upper branches of the ants that spread the aphids through all the trees in the garden.

Folk recipes

Folk recipes from pests

Fight folk remediespossible in any period of the growing season of peach:

• The infusion of onion peel repels insects with a pungent odor and helps to get rid of pests in 1-2 procedures. Pour water onion peel, boil for 20 minutes. Leave to insist under the lid closed for 5 days.Strain, add laundry soap. Prepare the right amount of the drug should be immediately, diluted with clean water is not recommended. Spray a peach from a garden spray.
• Grind a glass garlic, pour 1 l of cold water. Insist day. Dilute with water to the desired amount, add 100 g of soap.
• Mix in equal proportions cinnamon, mustard, red and black pepper, salt, baking soda, wood ash. Separately, dissolve 200 g of soap in warm water. Combine with the remaining ingredients, add 9 liters of water. Spray the peach from a spray bottle. Repeat the procedure after a week.
• Dissolve in 10 liters of water 200 g tobacco powder. Insist 3 days. Add a soap base.

Funds for aphids on peach according to popular recipes eliminate pests within a week, subject to careful processing. The procedure is carried out twice.

Other popular tools:

• ammonia;
• soda;
• milk and iodine;
• Coca Cola;
• vinegar;
• celandine;
• vodka;
• Green soap;
• Birch tar;
• boric acid.

Professional preparations

Effective drugs for aphids

Than to process a peach from aphids for a quick result, so it insecticide. The broad-spectrum drugs cause paralysis in the aphids, death within 3 days. They penetrate the body through contact with the sap of the plant, as they are absorbed by the leaves. Poisonous properties persist for 20 days.

Important!

Insecticides should not be used during peach blossom, during the period of intense fruit ripening.

Processing by spraying is carried out in early spring, before the first leaves bloom, or immediately after flowering. Fix the result of folk remedies.

The most effective are recognized:

• Actellic;
• Aktara remedy;
• Karbofos;
• tanrek drug;
• Confidor;
• Bottom

Biopreparations can be used throughout the growing season with a frequency of 14 days. The result is noticeable a week after careful processing:

• Actofit;
• Arrow;
• Intavir;
• Fitoverm;
• 3 D Plus;
• preparation Spark Bio.

You can save the peach from aphids by implementing complex activities. It is necessary to begin pest control in late spring, when insects lay eggs, continue in early spring, monitor the condition of the tree all summer.