Plant louse – one of the meanest and dangerous insects for garden. Developing and breeding, she is capable to lead to development of small fruits, decrease in productivity or at all to death of plants, in particular cherries if the gardener does not protect the site from this wrecker in time.
It is necessary to struggle with plant louse in the spring, for the present at trees leaves were not dismissed. At this time she still is on last year's sprouts of plants and easily is eliminated. Will struggle later with her it is almost useless. Then she should be destroyed by means of toxic chemicals which are not useful also to plants.
How to get rid of cherry plant louse in the spring?
The plant louse can be eliminated by means of the make-shifts which are available almost in each house. So, for example, the plant louse is afraid of krapivny and garlic broth, wormwood and onions tincture, tincture of hot pepper and celandine. It is possible to try the following recipes.
To take glass of tobacco dust and the same amount of wood ashes (as option – glass of rustic tobacco and on tablespoon of mustard and liquid soap), to fill in 2-3 l of boiled water, it is good to stir and leave for day. After time to add waters so that 10 l have turned out to filter solution and to process it cherry from top to bottom. Much attention at the same time should be paid to the lower part of tree where especially there is a lot of plant louse. To repeat processing in 7-9 days. Effective fight against plant louse on cherry will be if you use wormwood, stepsons of tomatoes, shooters of garlic and celandine. It is necessary to put these plants in bucket, to fill in them with water and to leave for 3-4 days. Then to filter solution and to mix it with cindery infusion. If water turns out soft – it is possible to add soap there if rigid – laundry detergent. It is necessary to spray with the received mix cherry at least once in week. To prepare soap solution with sunflower oil and to spray with it trunk and leaves of tree. Wreckers have to disappear. For the best fight against plant louse it is possible to use these three methods in turn.
Unusual ways of fight against the wrecker
If you think, than to process cherry from plant louse, try to use the following methods. They though are a little unusual, but with wreckers, according to skilled summer residents, cope very well. The first way – take old iron bucket and in the bottom of its wall make several openings. Put in it unnecessary rubber galoshes or worn-out boot, kindle fire. From above cover with can, having left opening. You resemble with bucket around tree. The result will be visible in 15 minutes. The second way is to spray cherry or water from hose, or vodka from spray. Repeat several times if after the first the plant louse on tree nevertheless remained.