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What pests to save raspberries from: not only bugs and weevils
26.05.2023 19:07
The gardener's and vegetable grower's worst enemy is the weevil. It poses a threat to fruit trees, berry bushes and other plantings.
Raspberries are no exception to this list, but they have many more enemies than some gardeners are accustomed to believing.
An expert of the online publication BelNovosti, agronomist, landscape designer Anastasia Kovrizhnykh told what pests can affect raspberry bushes.
1. Raspberry aphid
A fairly small insect that feeds on plant sap. They can spread quickly and cause crop losses.
2. Raspberry beetle
An insect that feeds on the leaves and shoots of raspberries. It can cause the death of young plants and reduce the yield.
3. Weevil
A pest that damages raspberry and strawberry fruits. Causes serious damage to cultivated plants, causing a decrease in the quality and quantity of the harvest.
4. Raspberry flies
Apart from the fact that females lay eggs on the leaves and shoots of raspberries, from which larvae then hatch, the fly cannot cause any other harm to raspberries. The larvae themselves can cause the death of the plant.
5. Raspberry mite
A small insect that sucks the juice from the leaves and shoots of raspberries. It can cause yellowing and leaf drop, as well as reduced yields.
Both chemical and folk remedies can be used against these pests, but more and more summer residents are choosing biological means of treating plants.
