Autumn is the time when special care is needed outside the garden. Despite the fact that the harvest has long been collected, many plants need pruning, spraying, sheltering or water-recharge irrigation. Strawberries are no exception. In the autumn, it must be cleaned of old dry leaves, fed, loosened, and also taken care of protection from diseases and pests . We will talk about this aspect of care in this article.
Properly made in the autumn treatment of strawberries from pests - pledge of abundant and healthy harvest next summer. Try to allow the appearance of any harmful insects or infection of plants with fungal diseases: where better to make timely preventive measures. So, let's find out what should be the treatment of strawberries in autumn from pests and diseases.
Features of processing of garden strawberries in autumn
The most frequent pests of strawberries are, as a rule, gastropods, strawberry-raspberry weevil, aphids and strawberry mites. And, if snails and slugs are usually destroyed by hand, then insecticides are much more effective against insects. Often, strawberries are affected by such diseases as brown and white patches, gray mold, powdery mildew.
Most often for the protection of strawberry bushes are used such drugs:
- "Topaz" - effective against powdery mildew;
- "Nitrofen" - destroys all fungal spores both on the plant itself and in the ground;
- "Carbophos" - is successfully used against a transparent strawberry mite;
- "Actellik" - copes well with a large number of parasites;
- "Aktar" and "Intavir" - effectively work against weevils, whiteflies and strawberry beetles;
- "Metaldegrid" - can be used against snails and slugs. With this preparation, the plant is not sprayed, but the granules are placed near the bush, where the appearance of gastropods is expected.
Very popular and folk remedies for processing strawberries from diseases and pests. In particular, it is good to use such a solution against a strawberry mite attacking plant leaves. Mix 10 liters of water (about 30 ° C), 2 tbsp. spoons of any liquid soap, 3 tbsp. spoons of vegetable oil (it is better to take overcooked), 2 tablespoons of ash and the same amount of vinegar. Another option is spraying strawberry beds with manganese, a solution of copper sulfate (2-3%) or Bordeaux liquid (3-4%).
In addition to these measures, used as a classic autumn treatment of strawberries from diseases and harmful insects, there are other ways to avoid these problems. It is necessary to regularly and timely destroy all weeds, dry and damaged leaves and bushes, and also loosen the soil and regulate its moisture. After all, mites and many pathogens of fungal diseases develop precisely in an excessively humid environment.
Processing time for strawberries in autumn
In addition to choosing the drug, it is very important that the processing time is correctly observed. Ideally, you should do this after you remove the last crop. The fact is that strawberry varieties differ in different terms of fruiting: some give berries only once per season, others - a few, and still others, repair varieties, generally bear fruit all summer and autumn, until frost.
Therefore, treatments from pests are carried out at different times. If for ordinary varieties of strawberries (Mashenka, Elvira, Gigantella , Tsarina, Zefir, etc.), this can be done without waiting for autumn, in July or August, then for repairing strawberries, just before the winter. After this, it is necessary to cover the strawberry bushes for the winter with coniferous branches or special covering material.