How to protect currants from diseases: 2 simple methods are named

10.06.2023 14:00

In order to ensure that the harvest is not threatened, you need to take care of protecting the bushes from diseases in advance.

It is best to use safe methods that will not harm the berries.

There are proven methods that can suppress the activity of pathogenic microflora, as well as provide a protective effect against pests, says Anastasia Kovrizhnykh , an expert at the online publication BelNovosti, a landscape designer and agronomist.

Which two options are worth paying attention to?

Horsetail

This medicinal plant can also be useful for currant health, as it protects against the development of dangerous diseases.

You will need to take about a hundred grams of raw material, chop it with a knife, put it in a saucepan and pour in a liter of water. Then we begin a weak heat treatment on low heat. This will take two hours.

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Next, the concentrated product is filtered and five times more clean water is added. This solution can be used to treat the bushes every week.

Tansy

You need to take about three hundred grams of the plant in total. Fill the raw material with ten liters of water and wait 24 hours. Then pour the contents into a large saucepan and cook on low heat for 120 minutes.

Allow the product to cool, remove plant material and use to spray the soil.

Author: Marina Michalap Internet resource editor

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  1. Which two options are worth paying attention to?
  2. Horsetail
  3. Tansy