Currant - one of the most often found bushes on personal plot. White, red and black berries are loved by both children, and adults. They are eaten in a raw state, preserved, frozen for the winter or added to pastries.
In every way summer residents and peasants try to increase productivity of bush that in the fall to close many various preparations. One of obstacles by rich harvest is emergence on currant sheets of plant louse. It is rather simple to distinguish the infected leaflets: they become reddish shade, slightly pimply or begin to be twisted.
Than the plant louse harms currant bush
Plant louse - small insect with little body of white, gray or gray-green shade, 1 in size - 2 mm. Usually the female lays eggs late fall, leaving them to winter on bush. With approach of the first warm days, the plant louse comes to life. The thin proboscis the plant louse exhausts vivifying juice from plant, depriving of it thereby abilities to resist any diseases. Not really experienced gardeners fondly believe that if the bush with currant was occupied by ants, then they will exterminate it. Actually ants eat the secret allocated by plant louse.
How to struggle with plant louse
Having noticed the first signs of the appeared plant louse, it is necessary to start immediately to its destruction, without waiting until the colony of insects expands and will infect the next bushes. For fight against plant louse there is set of medicines which can be bought in specialized shops. The ants which were located near bush it is better to destroy too.
Extermination of plant louse in the national ways
If chemical means for extermination of plant louse near at hand have not appeared, then national ways will help.
Ashes and soap
To dissolve glass of any wood ashes and glass of the most plain liquid soap (it is possible to replace crushed economic) in bucket of water and the received mix to process the infected bush.
Soda ash
This powder perfectly destroys plant louse and other harmful insects. Solution for spraying is directed at the rate of 1 tablespoon of soda at water liter. For improvement of effect it is possible to add a little liquid soap.
Celandine
This plant is broken and filled in with water at the rate of 1 kg on water bucket, then day insists, filters and processes it bushes by means of the sprayer or spray.