Summer treatment of currants and gooseberries from pests. Spring treatment of currant and gooseberry bushes from pests: methods and preparations

Of the tools you will need:

• a container for preparing the solution (it should not be used for any other purpose);
• watering can;
• spray;
• sieve for dusting;
• secateurs, to remove previously unnoticed parts of plants that need to be cut.

In addition, it is necessary to remember some rules for preparing solutions:

• make the processing tool in accordance with the instructions;
• before preparing the drug, study in detail the instructions that are attached to it, and the precautions indicated in it;
• make such an amount of solution that it is enough for one procedure, there should not be any excess;
• ampoules and vials of drugs should be buried to a depth of at least 35–40 cm, away from water bodies;
• prepare the product near the treatment site in the open air, in overalls, a mask and special glasses that reliably protect your eyes;
• in case of accidental contact with skin or eyes, rinse with more and more water (if nothing is indicated separately in the instructions);
• in case of inhalation of vapors or ingestion of drugs, drink activated charcoal (1 tablet per 10 kg of body weight) or a pink solution of potassium permanganate and consult a doctor.

Did you know? The Latin name "ribas" currant is due to the Arabs, who so called their favorite rhubarb. During the period of the reconquista, the Arabs who conquered Spain did not find the plant they adored there, and so named the berries, vaguely reminiscent of it in taste.

Treatment of berry bushes from pests

First of all, shrubs should be prepared for the upcoming procedure. Regardless of what preparations you will treat the plant with, you must first do the following manipulations with it:

1. Delete all old branches.
2. Trim dead, dry, damaged and diseased branches and leaves.
3. Cut off shoots that will no longer bloom.

For the treatment of fruit bushes, one type of preparation is used, or tank mixtures are used - means of universal action.

Application of funds different type action contributes more complete solution Problems. Do not forget that the timely application of dressings significantly enhances the immune system, and therefore the resistance of the culture to diseases, its resistance to pests.

Important!When compiling tank mixtures, their compatibility must be taken into account. If, when preparing a protective agent, you observe chemical reaction(release of heat or gases, active seething, etc.) or precipitation, treatment with such a solution will not have the desired effect, but it can be harmful.

• preventive, in order to prevent outbreaks of disease and pest attacks;
• therapeutic, the main purpose of which is the destruction of pathogens, insects and arachnids;
• point, in which only the part of the bush affected by the disease is treated.

An approximate schedule for spraying currants and gooseberries (if there are no separate instructions) is as follows:

Fungicides are used to prevent and treat fungal diseases. Such diseases include powdery mildew, anthracnose, white and purple spotting, goblet and columnar rust, drying of shoots, gray rot, etc.

The table below shows the means of combating diseases caused by fungi, their dosage and treatment features.

Insecticides

Insecticides - preparations for combating insect pests, acaricides are designed to kill mites, which belong to the family of Arachnids. Most of the drugs listed below are effective against both insects and mites, being, in fact, insectoacaricides.

Important!All biological preparations must be used within two hours after preparation, otherwise they will lose their effectiveness.

Biologicals

Biological preparations have a milder effect than chemical agents. This circumstance is, on the one hand, their advantage, on the other hand, a disadvantage. Due to the fact that such agents do not have a strong toxic effect, they can be used with the least precautions.

It is acceptable to use biological products shortly and even during the fruiting period. But due to the softness of the effects of biological agents, they are effective only in the early stages of the disease.
Biological products are bacterial (the main effect is due to microorganisms and their metabolic products) and fungal (they act due to fungal spores).

Biological products are bacterial (the main effect is due to microorganisms and their metabolic products) and fungal (they act due to fungal spores).

According to the intended use, they are divided into:

• biofungicides (against fungal diseases);
• bioinsecticides/bioacaricides/bioinsectoacaricides (against insects and arachnids).

Folk methods

There are a fairly large number of folk methods for treating diseases of fruit bushes, as well as getting rid of pests. Below we will talk about the most popular means that have proven their effectiveness.

Baking soda. Treatment of fruit crops with a solution of soda against powdery mildew. Prepare the solution as follows:

1. In two liters of water, dissolve 2 tbsp. l. soda and 1 tbsp. l. any liquid detergent (for dishes, etc.).
2. Plants are treated with the resulting solution every 7-10 days before sunrise or after sunset, until the fungus is completely destroyed.

Spraying with this agent shows good results in the fight against fruit rot and aphids. A solution against fruit rot is prepared as follows:

1. Dissolve 10 ml of iodine (5%) in 10 liters of water.
2. Spraying of landings is carried out every 20 days.

The remedy for fighting aphids is done like this:

1. Mix 100 ml of warm milk, 0.5 ml of iodine and 1 liter of water.
2. Spray planting every 10 days.

Boiling water. With the help of this tool, insect larvae and fungal spores are destroyed. Boiling water treatment is used only during the dormant period of the plant - before the start of active sap flow in spring or autumn after the leaves are shed. Boiling water is necessary to scald each stem.

Important! The temperature of the water used for watering plants should not exceed 80° C. On average, one bucket of boiling water is needed per bush.

Spraying with the drug is carried out to destroy aphids. The procedure is performed in the following order:

1. Mix 50 ml of ammonia and 50 g of grated laundry soap(72%) with 10 liters of water.
2. Spray plantings once per growing season.

Garlic water. Spraying with infusion of leaves or fruits of garlic helps to expel mites and aphids from plants.
Prepare the solution as follows:

1. Chop garlic cloves (400 g), stir in one bucket of water.
2. Chop 100 g of green garlic leaves, put in a bucket of water and garlic cloves, let it brew for two days.
3. After the specified time, strain the infusion, spray it with planting gooseberries and currants.

Infusion of tobacco. Most pests do not tolerate nicotine solution. Prepare the remedy as follows:

1. Tobacco dust (0.4 kg) pour 10 liters of warm water, mix.
2. Let it brew for 50-55 hours, strain.
3. Before spraying, the solution is diluted with water in equal parts, a detergent is added (1 tablespoon / 1 liter of the finished product).
4. Spraying is carried out, starting in early spring, once a week.

Infusion of celandine. The acids and alkaloids contained in the plant are able to effectively fight against most pests.

Prepare the infusion in this way:

1. Dig up 4 bushes of celandine with the root during the flowering period.
2. Finely chop the plant, pour 10 liters of water, let it brew for 1/2 hour.
3. After the infusion becomes dark orange, it can be used.

In addition to being effective against many pests, it can prevent the development of certain diseases in the early stages (powdery mildew, rust, spotting).

Infusion preparation:

1. Mustard powder (100 g) dissolve in 10 liters of boiling water. Let it brew for a day.
2. Dilute in equal parts with soapy water before use.

Green soap. The product is prepared from potassium salt, fats of vegetable and animal origin and water. Green soap is quite effective against aphids, mites, sawfly. Works well as a prophylaxis against powdery mildew and rust.

Important! Green soap reinforces the effect of insecticides used earlier to kill pests.

As a result of treatment with the agent, a film is formed on the surface of the sheet plate. This film does not allow fungal spores to penetrate the leaf, and also makes it difficult for pests to live. Green soap can be used mixed with mustard or tobacco powder.

Ash is a valuable potassium-phosphorus top dressing, in addition, it is able to suppress the vital activity of pests. The fact is that water solution ash is an alkali that aphids, moths, and sawflies cannot tolerate. An effective remedy for the prevention of powdery mildew.

Prepare the infusion as follows:

1. Dissolve 0.4 kg of sifted ash in one bucket of water (+65...+75°C).
2. Infuse the solution for 50–55 hours, add 2–3 tbsp. l. detergent.
3. Spray bushes thoroughly on all sides. You can add mustard powder or tobacco dust to the infusion.

A universal remedy against most pests and fungal diseases. To prepare the solution, you will need the following ingredients:

• birch tar - 30 ml (one bottle);
• fir oil - 30 ml;
• ammonia - 30 ml;
• iodine solution (5%) - 25 ml;
• boric acid - 10 g;
• warm water - 5 l.

Video: mixture against diseases and pests

To process gooseberries, black and red currants, and other garden shrubs, you need to mix all the ingredients and spray the plantings.

Mistakes in the spring processing of gooseberries and currants

Among the most common mistakes common to both beginners and experienced gardeners, we can distinguish the following:

1. Treatment of plants with insecticides during flowering. Carrying out the procedure at this stage of the growing season can lead to the accumulation of toxins by the bud, which makes the fruit unfit for consumption.
2. Carrying out processing in rainy, sunny and windy weather. Rain can wash off drugs, wind can blow them away, and the sun's rays can cause burns.
3. Failure to comply with the proportions of the solution during its preparation. A solution of low concentration may be ineffective, a product with a high content of the active substance can not only harm the plant, but also lead to its death.

With the onset of spring days, heat comes, in gardens and summer cottages, berry bushes “open” from the snow “blanket”, currants and gooseberries are the first to do this. Together with them, successfully overwintered harmful insects also wake up. They lurk on the branches, and inside the buds, and even on last year's fallen leaves on the ground. Therefore, it is very important that the spring treatment of currants and gooseberries from pests be carried out on time. The reward for a hardworking gardener will be a preserved crop and a healthy berry bush.

Prevention and treatment of garden diseases

Fruit pests primarily affect the leaves. This is fraught total absence kidneys in next year. Since the structure of the foliage of these berry crops is such that a bud ripens at the base of each leaf, and if the leaf is damaged, it dies or does not form at all. The result is dry shoots without foliage and buds, respectively, such a bush will not yield a crop. Infected fruits and foliage, accumulating on the ground, serve as a breeding ground for pests for neighboring plants, as well as a refuge for them in the winter. Therefore, in the spring, all parts of the plant should be processed: branches, buds, young shoots, as well as the soil and fallen leaves on it.

Bush processing

It is recommended to start fighting for currant and gooseberry crops in early spring. It is desirable to spray the shrub before the blooming of new buds or during their earliest swelling. If the winter (weather) is prolonged, the start of spraying should be postponed.

Spring signs and culprits of diseases

Gooseberries and all types of currants, with sweet berries and fleshy green foliage, are attacked by various diseases and pests. They suck juices from young bushes, eat leaves, which sharply worsens the immunity of plants and exposes them to diseases that are brought by viruses or fungal spores. Disease spreaders are insects that carry infected plant particles on the bristles of their paws or proboscis and antennae.

So, powdery mildew settles on old shoots. This is a powdery coating of gray with black blotches, which thickens over time, as a result of which the berries become smaller, lose juices, and the leaves are wrapped in a tube and dry out.

The glass caterpillar makes its way inside the shoot, and the currant bud mite, respectively, into the kidneys. Spider mite females prefer to overwinter in last year's leaves, next to spores of ascomycete fungi that cause anthracnose in currants.

currant anthracnose

Currant mites actively reproduce in overwintered buds (females lay 3-8 thousand eggs), hypertrophically inflating them up to 1 cm in diameter. Later, they crawl into young blossoming bud "dwellings", and the old bud dries up without hatching. Ticks also carry the terry disease from plant to plant, which replaces flowers and berries with lilac needle-like outgrowths. Due to the abundance of the pest and the constant migration to new places, a good harvest from the affected areas cannot be expected.

The currant bud moth also regales itself on the young buds of currants and gooseberries. The caterpillar of this pest is bright orange in color, waits out the winter in cocoons near the ground, and with the onset of heat, it moves into swelling buds, damaging 5-7 pieces each. Butterflies appear at the time of the formation of the first green berries and lay their eggs there. The hatching larvae completely eat the sweet pulp and ripening seeds. As a result, having colored ahead of time, the currant clusters die.

red growths - galls.

The currant glass-box eats through wormholes inside the branches and hibernates inside them. Whitish caterpillars with a black-brown head can thus destroy more than half of the branches on a bush. Butterflies that hatch there, resembling purple-winged wasps, lay their eggs near the kidneys or in holes in the bark, which the young caterpillars devour after a few weeks.

Shchitovki - these inconspicuous insects live on currant and gooseberry branches and feed on their juice, which leads to the drying of the bushes.

The gooseberry and currant berries suffer greatly from moths and sawflies: the latter lay their eggs in the fruits that have already appeared, but still green, the hatched caterpillars eat the pulp and seeds, which is why the berries acquire a “ripe” color. Therefore, there are early fruits absolutely impossible, they must be destroyed as quickly as possible - this is protection from future generations of caterpillars.

Spring processing time

Work should begin as soon as possible early term. There is no exact "correct" date - the weather now does not differ in constancy from year to year. However, experts recommend focusing on weather conditions: if they are consistently warm for several days (from plus 15-18 degrees) both during the day and at night, then it's time to start spraying.

Important! It is necessary to monitor the weather and plants - it is advisable to carry out pest control before bud break occurs. V different regions this period is in different time, for example, in Siberia it falls on April.

How to treat a bush from pests

Spring minimum protective treatment against pests and diseases can be performed different ways. To choose what you can process currants and gooseberries in early spring, you need to know which insects threaten the crop, and the vulnerable periods of its development (for example, if the caterpillars actively feed, it means that they must be sprayed for their death, if the larvae are at rest - contact methods must be used).

Gardeners can choose how to fight for the harvest and health of their berry plantings: folk or chemical. Many tend to the first option, since it is considered safer for human health and gives a good preventive effect, you can prepare the products yourself, the ingredients are easy to find in any store. However, folk remedies often require painstaking preparation and time-consuming preparation.

Bush processing

Chemical preparations (fungicidal and insecticidal action) act faster and more efficiently. But the downside is that these chemicals can accumulate in the berries and make them harmful to people, you can also get intoxication during the treatment of bushes, if you do not take personal protection measures - wear rubber gloves and respirators. Chemical agents can be aimed at poisoning caterpillars and beetles that eat everything, or they can have a contact effect that causes thermal or chemical burns in larvae, eggs and in mycelium. Such preparations can be used as the first stage of treatment, when the buds have not yet blossomed, and chemicals will not get on the berries. Contact insecticides are applied thickly, filling each hole in the bark of the shoots, should also be sprinkled
soil in the area of ​​\u200b\u200bthe roots of the shrub and last year's stale foliage.

Folk remedies for spring processing

A universal pest control agent for currants and gooseberries is simple boiling water. It cannot be said that this method is one hundred percent protection, but it remarkably destroys both those insects that have crawled out on the shoots and those that have been sitting in the fallen leaves since winter. In this case, the bush does not cause any harm.

It is advisable to carry out the strait with boiling water in last days March - the first of April. The snow should have melted by this time, and the soil may still be frozen. Water should be taken at the rate of 10 liters per 3-4 shrubs. Immediately after boiling, boiling water is poured into a watering can, which makes the treatment of bushes more convenient and safe for the worker (the possibility of burns), and also cools it to the required temperature of 80-85 degrees. Many gardeners additionally dissolve 10 pcs in a bucket of boiling water. aspirin tablets. Such a hot shower is good for gooseberries and currants that are affected by powdery mildew and begin to smolder.

Important! It is impossible to spill the ground under the bushes for a long time, so as not to awaken sap flow and flowering ahead of time, when there is a possibility of late frosts. Also, don't water hot water already swollen buds.

Another means are a soap solution (50 grams of laundry soap grated on a grater is diluted with 2-3 liters of water until dissolved, and another ten liters of water are added), diluted soda ash, tinctures of tomato tops, garlic, tobacco or marigolds. Onion peel, soaked in a sufficient amount of water, also repels pests well.

For cleaning from fungi and other pests, an alkaline solution of ordinary baking soda works well, which must be diluted in a proportion of 100 grams per 10 liters of water. To defeat overwintered insects, you can use already soda ash, diluted at the rate of 50 grams per 10 liters.

Grinded sulfur in a proportion of 20 gr. per 1 sq. a meter of cultivated bushes will help get rid of ticks and their larvae, it is better to process them in late April or early May.

To combat the fungus and as a top dressing for gooseberries and currants, a solution of 100 g is used. wood ash in 10 liters of boiling water, infused for 2-3 days and carefully filtered.

What can be processed: chemistry

If the folk approach to pest control does not work, or the gardener does not trust him, chemicals come to the rescue, both strong and more gentle.

chemical treatment

blue vitriol

This is a salt of copper sulfate, it works very well against the fungus when disinfecting the root system of seedlings. The soil under the currant and gooseberry bushes is treated with a solution of 5 grams of vitriol per 10 liters of water. It is non-toxic and does not accumulate in fruits. Before treatment with this insecticide, all the cracks in the seedlings should be sealed with garden pitch, and the fallen leaves under the roots should be removed. Spraying is carried out before the kidneys come out.

Bordeaux liquid

The main component of this mixture is the already described copper sulphate, lime is also included, and is sold in the form of powders. For gooseberries, dilution of 50 grams of the mixture per 10 liters of water is suitable. Such a solution is highly acidic and perfectly fights eggs and larvae of pests, corroding their shell.

note ! Iron containers cannot be used to dilute Bordeaux liquid, since the mixture can easily oxidize them.

If you prepare the solution yourself, you should strictly adhere to the proportions, otherwise an excess of vitriol can harm currant and gooseberry bushes.

If the treatment is carried out before bud break, a 3% mixture is needed: for 10 liters of water, 300 grams of copper sulfate. Both components (vitriol and lime) are each diluted in their container in half the volume of water (five liters), after which the vitriol solution is added to the lime solution, mixed, the affected bushes can already be sprayed with such a mixture.

Nitrafen

Brown paste does an excellent job of removing both pest larvae and other pathogens of currant diseases. Because it is highly toxic to humans and has an accumulation effect in berries, its use has been banned for several years. However, some gardeners import it from a neighboring country and use it to process gooseberries and currants in a dilution of 200 grams of paste per 10 liters of water.

Urea (urea)

These white balls are a nitrogen fertilizer that also works very well for killing pests that are still dormant after the winter, especially aphids. The granules dissolve easily in water, it is necessary to dissolve half a kilogram of the product in 10 liters of water and treat the bushes in early spring.

What is better to sprinkle: biological preparations

Biological products are considered more benign than strong chemicals, therefore, summer residents are more willing to use them.

It should be remembered! Biological preparations work best at temperatures above 10 degrees, and the first treatment is recommended to be carried out immediately after the snow has melted, i.e. about +5 degrees, so the effectiveness of the use of such funds is reduced.

The most popular is the drug "Fitosparin": the treatment of gooseberries and currants protects plants from fungi and various bacteria.

In early spring, responsible gardeners and summer residents should process currants and gooseberries from overwintered and awakening pests. The sooner and more correctly this is done, the better the subsequent harvest of vitamin berries will be. To protect plants, you can use both chemical and proven folk remedies.

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In the spring, nature begins to wake up, the snow quickly melts and life begins to boil again in summer cottages. But with the advent of spring, not only nature and summer residents come to life, but also various pests are activated, which successfully endured the winter near berry bushes.

Berry crops are very popular with gardeners and at any suburban area they are bound to meet. Moreover, every amateur gardener wants to harvest a good harvest, but dangerous pests can nullify all his efforts.

Almost all pests winter time on the branches of bushes or in the soil near the plant. To cope with colonies of overwintering pests and infections, it is very important spring processing of gooseberries and currants when there is still snow in the garden.

In this article, we will take a closer look at the fight against pests and diseases on currant and gooseberry bushes. They are similar in external structure to each other and are typical berry bushes and differ significantly from semi-shrubs in terms of cultivation technique.

This perennials 1-2 m high, with a crown of various shapes, containing 10-25 branches of different ages. root system fibrous, located at a depth of about 60 cm. The life expectancy of a bush is no more than 17 years.

Renewal of currant and gooseberry bushes occurs due to root shoots formed from underground buds. Over the next three years, they actively branch off and are the most valuable organs of the bush. It is on these branches that the bulk of the crop is formed.

Of particular value is blackcurrant, the berries of which are rich in vitamin C. Gooseberries also have a rather high content of vitamin C, and most importantly, when fully ripe, they accumulate a large amount of sugars and occupies one of the first places among berry crops.

These fruit bushes pests and diseases attack from all sides. Bud moths, caterpillars, aphid eggs and powdery mildew bodies spend the winter on their shoots. Inside the shoots and buds are glass caterpillars and a kidney mite. On fallen leaves, the fruiting bodies of anthracnose and female spider mites perfectly tolerate winter.

In early spring, it is necessary to destroy pests and carry out preventive measures against plant diseases.

First of all, on a dry spring day, you need to carefully examine the bushes for the presence of dry, diseased and damaged branches. The plant must be freed from them and cut the tops of frozen shoots to healthy buds. Fallen leaves will also need to be removed, since most insects winter in them and, with the onset of spring, they begin to actively move to gooseberry and currant bushes.

But effective spring treatment of currants and gooseberries from pests will be only if you know the characteristics of the life of the pest, their characteristics, vulnerable phases of its development, when larvae, caterpillars and butterflies can be destroyed by spraying.

When to treat shrubs

Do it in the spring when the buds are just starting to open. It is better to process shrubs in warm, dry weather, when the temperature reaches about + 18 ° C.

It is difficult to limit processing dates, because spring is always full of surprises and comes at a certain time in different regions. Therefore, it is necessary to observe the weather and plants in the garden.

How to process gooseberries and currants?

Aphid

This pest most often affects the shoots and leaves of fruit bushes. The result of his life is a violation of the growth and appearance of young shoots. They are bent, and the leaves are noticeably curled. The main place of localization of these insects is inner half leaf, while yellow or red swellings form on top.

Treatment

Getting rid of this insect is not easy, because aphids multiply very quickly. Therefore, treatment with infusions is carried out weekly and only Fitoverm helps to maintain the effect for up to one month.

Bud currant mite

When many dried brown buds are found, from which many seek to get rid of it faster, this is a kidney flare. Gardeners believe that this way they will get rid of the tick that was in them. But this is not so, because for its growth, the tick chooses young blossoming buds.

Usually, many mites accumulate in one kidney, which become crowded as they grow. They quickly spread to other kidneys and can cause a viral disease - terry, when thin needles form instead of fruits.

Processing and control methods

• If the damage to the kidneys is small, then you need to cut off the affected branches and burn them.
• When most of the buds are affected on the bush, it is better to completely cut and burn this plant.
• After removing diseased buds from gooseberry and currant branches, it is treated with a solution of crushed garlic, birch tar, onion peel and mustard powder. All components must be mixed in a large bucket, pour water and insist for a day.
• It helps to process gooseberries and currants before flowering with a suspension of colloidal sulfur (75 g per bucket of water).
• You can use a solution of fufanon or karate, with which the bushes are treated until the buds swell and flowers appear.

Shchitovki

Scale insects suck the juice from plants and secrete a sticky liquid, which leads to the drying of branches and the death of young plantings.

Treatment

Soapy solution with the addition of kerosene, which is used to treat currant and gooseberry branches affected by the scab.

Interestingly, many pests cannot stand the smell of kerosene. Fitoverm is also used for this purpose.

Glassware

This insect is a white caterpillar with a brown head that lives inside gooseberry and currant branches. The vitreous can destroy most of the crop, as it develops butterflies in its passages, which leave their nests at the end of the flowering period. They quickly lay eggs on damaged areas of the bark, after 10 - 12 days caterpillars appear, which begin to eat away the core of the branches.

Treatment

• It is necessary to cut off the branches damaged by the caterpillars and burn them.
• You can treat the shrub with biological preparations (lepidocid, phytoverm, bitoxibacillin).
• Of the chemical means of control, Fufanon, Kemifos, Kinmiks give a good effect, the processing of which must be carried out after the flowering of the berries.

It is very difficult to get rid of such a pest, because it is localized inside the branches of shrubs. For this reason, you should carefully choose the material for planting gooseberries or currants.

Fireflies and sawyers

The most dangerous garden pests. Their butterflies fly out from under the bushes during flowering, so it's best not to let them out of the soil at all. To do this, the ground under the bushes must be covered with dense material and the edges should be pressed well. This procedure is done even before the flowering of plants.

Sawflies lay their eggs in large green berries, and when the caterpillars eat the seeds in them, the fruits turn ripe. These berries on gooseberries and currants must be immediately collected and destroyed, otherwise the caterpillars will descend into the ground to produce a new generation.

Treatment

• Bushes are sprayed with infusions of plants with phytoncides (garlic, tomatoes, horseradish, nightshade and wormwood).
• If there is no time to collect berries, then the bushes can be sprayed with Fitoverm.
• Moth butterflies do not yet tolerate the smell of tar, turpentine and kerosene. A small amount of such liquids can be placed in jars under the bushes. It is also useful to powder gooseberries with ash or tobacco dust during flowering.
• So that moths and sawflies cannot hide in the ground under shrubs, the soil must be well loosened in summer time and late autumn.

powdery mildew

The spores of this fungus can be rapidly carried by the wind in the spring, and once on the plants, they instantly germinate. Then the tops of the shoots are covered with a white coating, similar to flour.

Treatment

Anthracnose

The most common disease of fruit plants, when small brown spots appear on the leaves. Then the gooseberry and currant leaves become dark in color, dry and fall off. Most often, anthracnose is localized on the underside of the leaves and at the base of the shrub.

Treatment

• The most effective drug to combat this disease is the well-known Bordeaux liquid, which is used to treat gooseberries and currants even before the appearance of young leaves.
• If anthracnose is found on late term, bushes are sprayed with phytosporin, acrobat or previkur.
• Good results are shown by the treatment of fruit bushes with a 3% solution of copper sulfate (300 g per 10 liters of water).

Other processing methods

• To scare away leaf-eating and other other pests, it is good to plant marigolds, tomatoes, calendula, garden mint and tansy between berry bushes.
• You can lay out sprigs of wormwood and elderberry between the bushes.
• In early spring, even before bud break, it is effective to water currant and gooseberry bushes with very hot water with the addition of aspirin. The branches of the plant will not be affected, but a large number of pests will simply die.

It is important to cultivate not only the berry bushes themselves, but also the soil around them, because the earth often becomes a refuge for harmful insects.

Treatment of plants with chemicals should be carried out with extreme caution., because they kill not only pests and diseases, but also beneficial microorganisms. An excellent assistant in the fight against pests and diseases are folk methods, which do not poison the crop, and the invested work pays off with the benefits of grown berries.