To collect from bush which has with own hand put the first harvest, always disturbingly and joyfully. Especially if the harvest works well wonderfully well. However currant, as well as all other trees, bushes in garden, is subject to wreckers. Pest control needs be not to stopped all the year round, then the result will be, and the plant will live and please you with the fruits.
There is great number of wreckers who live at different times on currant bush. Let's consider the most widespread.
The first worst enemy of currant is stem midge. This is the worst wrecker for currant bush. After the last frosts have departed, work with currant begins. First of all it is necessary to obsmotret currant bush trunks on consolidation availability. The most widespread habitat of midge is territory at stalk root. If such consolidation appears on stalk, then it is better to cut this stalk absolutely as fight against this wrecker does not bring special result.
After primary survey on consolidations, during emergence of the first kidneys, it is necessary to examine carefully currant kidneys on availability of bundle tick. It is possible to find it if you have noticed kidney on stalk abnormally big. It is better to cut off and burn stalks with such kidneys, and before emergence of the first leaflets from kidneys it is recommended to spray plant with sulfur or to use the chemical medicine influencing large number of wreckers.
After the first leaflets were dismissed, it is possible to notice on currant of green small bugs is plant louse. It exhausts juice from leaves, mainly from very young leaflets, to such an extent, that leaves are twisted. It is possible to fight as spraying, and it is possible to try different national ways of fight against plant louse. For example, onions broth, either soap broth, or broth from wood ashes.
One more disease which is found not only at currant, but also at the majority of other garden plants is mealy dew. If not to struggle with this fungal disease, then you risk to lose the whole plant, and it is possible also all plants in garden. Apply also various ways to fight against mealy dew, however at the first signs of the desease it is the easiest simple to remove affected areas of currant, thereby stopping distribution.
If mealy dew continues approach, then it is necessary to ask for the help chemical weapon.
Also such misfortune as pyralid is known to gardeners-gardeners. She is not afraid of hard frosts and winters or under plant bark, or in the earth at roots. If on currant there were leaflets which are held down by web besides red color on leaves has appeared – conclusion one the pyralid has appeared. It is necessary to fight against it only in the chemical ways.
However it is necessary to watch terms of appearance of any wrecker as there is not always opportunity to spray with any given chemical weapons as there is opportunity in general to spoil all harvest. First of all constant observation of the garden will protect you from categorical actions.