What preventive measures are effective against the fruit weevil: protect your crop
The damage that a large group of small beetles called fruit weevils can cause is legendary.
According to the expert of the online publication BelNovosti, scientist-agronomist, landscape designer Anastasia Kovrizhnykh , the risk group mainly includes apricot, cherry plum, cherry, pear, plum, sweet cherry, apple and other stone fruit and berry plants.
Therefore, it would be a good idea for any summer resident to familiarize themselves with preventive measures to combat this pest.
These include, first of all, planting fruit plants in a high and well-drained area away from wild plantings.
In addition, in the spring, when the buds are swelling, it is worth shaking off the parasites onto the bedding and then destroying them in a bucket of water and a small amount of kerosene.
To avoid damaging the tree bark, use a pole covered with burlap for this procedure. You need to have time to do 3 to 6 shakings before flowering.
In the spring, when the buds are swelling, be sure to place trapping belts on the upper part of the tree trunk.
Please note: this should be done before the kidney scales separate, otherwise the procedure is pointless.
Another effective method is whitewashing using lime milk. To prepare it, mix 1.5 kg of freshly slaked lime in 10 liters of water. Apply the composition at the beginning of bud swelling.
In addition, do not forget to collect and burn fallen leaves, buds with brown caps, fallen fruit, rotten and mummified fruits, etc.
