One of the most terrible pests of apple orchards is the apple moth. The habitat of the insect is very wide - everywhere, where the apple tree grows. The main harm to fruit trees is caused by caterpillars, which, in order to develop, eat the flesh and seeds of apples, beginning to destroy the fruit immediately after the formation of the ovary. Usually one caterpillar damages one apple, but because of a significant number of insects, garden culture is often doomed. For one season the moth can breed three generations of larvae. With favorable conditions for apple fruiting, it is capable of destroying up to 90% of the fruit harvest, so the problem of how to get rid of the moth is significant for amateur gardeners, and for agrotechnicians of large garden farms.
Measures to combat apple fruiting depends on the time of vegetation of the apple tree. The first generation of moth appears usually in late May - early June, when the air temperature is not below +20 degrees. At this time, the fight against the fruit-eating apple tree can be carried out with the help of chemical preparations. But during the second and third masonry, when fruits are ripening, chemical means are not recommended, pesticides will remain in the fruit, and this is fraught with poisoning by poisonous chemicals for humans. Therefore, to protect the apple from the moth, a set of measures is used.
Chemical means for combating the moth
Determined in the choice of how to handle apple from the moth, preference is recommended to give well-proven means: Inta-vir, Decis, Kinmiks, Fury, and for more extensive plantings - Fitoverm, Agverotin, Lipitotsid. Years of butterflies usually begin in the evening, so the optimal time for processing apples from the moth is a quiet evening without precipitation. Dilute solutions should be strictly according to the instructions, and during the treatment of trees, it is necessary to ensure that all branches and fruits are copiously sprinkled.
Biological means for combating the moth
Infusions of some plants - tansy, wormwood, burdock and needles have proved to be a very effective tool for combating apple fescue. The first treatment with infusion should be done after the flowering of trees, the second and third with an interval of 2 weeks. If you see a worm drop, it is recommended to do 1 more treatment.
The fruit-ladle will leave the garden, if tomatoes, dill, mustard, fatselia are planted among the apple trees, attracting the caterpillars - riders - into the garden. Damaged carrion should be removed from under the tree and buried away from the planting of apple trees. To attract birds of prey in the garden in the winter hanging troughs, and in the spring - birdhouses . Birds destroy the bulk of the moth.
Mechanical ways to combat the moth
Some measures to exterminate the moth can be carried out in the autumn. Immediately after harvesting, it is necessary to dig in the trunks. In the spring - to eliminate from the trees all the dead bark, where the pupae can winter and burn it. A good help for the control of the pest will be the hunting belts - bundles of burlap wrapped around the trunk, which are supposed to be cleaned once a week from the caterpillars.
Applying these simple ways to fight apple fruit moth, you will ensure a wonderful harvest!