Blue honeysuckle , although becoming more popular every year, has not yet reached universal distribution. That is why gardeners who decide to breed edible honeysuckle can find it difficult to obtain information about the pests of this plant and how to fight them. To correct this shortcoming will help our article.
Than to treat a honeysuckle from pests?
So, on the face of the problem - your favorite bushes sad and lost a good share of its decorativeness. On closer examination, it becomes clear that he is obviously eating someone. How to get rid of pests that have chosen a honeysuckle?
- Honeysuckle finger-hole . A small, discreetly colored (gray or light brown) butterfly does not harm the honeysuckle itself. But its caterpillars, eating from the inside of the ovary, cause the wrinkling and early shedding of most of the crop. You can fight with a finger-hole with the help of infusions from tomato stepsons and potato leaves. With a severe lesion, you can use the drug Inta-Vir.
- Aphid. In one season, honeysuckle can be attacked immediately by three varieties of this pest: the herbaceous-cereal, apical and green. Determine the presence of aphids can be characterized by twisted leaves, painted in yellow. The first treatment against aphids is recommended to be carried out early in the spring with the help of "Aktara" or "Eleksar" preparations. After the formation of ovaries edible honeysuckle can be sprayed with infusions of bitter wormwood, ash, tobacco dust or garlic, mixing them with a small amount of soap.
- Shields . Pretty small pests, covered with a shield on the top, sucked to the honeysuckle shoots and drink juice from the plant. The plant can become a victim of one of the representatives of scabies: acacia, apple, willow. They can be combated by double spraying with an actinicle (0.2%), horn (0.2%) or conditioning (0.15%).