How to get rid of weevils: fighting the most malicious pest of strawberries
Why do many gardeners believe that the raspberry-strawberry weevil is perhaps the most harmful insect parasitizing strawberries?
The expert of the online publication Belnovosti, agronomist, landscape designer Anastasia Kovrizhnykh knows the answer to this question.
The whole point is that the pest produces offspring once a year, and although this does not seem like something significant, it is worth considering the fact that the female lays one egg per bud.
Several bushes can suffer from one beetle - the buds simply will not open, which means that the berries will not set.
Weevils are active on strawberries only at the beginning of the season. The hatched insects feed on the berries, and during the second wave of harvest they move to the raspberry patch.
This is where they stay for the winter.
At a temperature of +15 degrees, raspberry and strawberry weevils begin their destructive activity again.
To deal with the pest, you will need to carry out treatments using such preparations as "Koragen", which will protect the bushes for up to 20 days, or "Fitoverm" - this product provides protection for up to 7 days.
There is also good news: these substances are absolutely safe for pollinating insects.
