Almost every amateur gardener has at least one apple tree on his plot. However, it is possible to use its fruits not only from the owner, but also from other representatives of our globe. In this article, we will touch on the topic of insects - parasites, so often spoiling the summer harvest, and sometimes destroying the tree itself.
Apple leaf-eating pests
In the first place is red-gall and green aphids. Since the fall, these pests of the apple tree have been planting eggs, from which larvae appear in spring, endowed by nature with an amazing appetite. Green aphids prefer to lay their offspring on young twigs at the base of the buds, which begin to devour newborn parasites. It turns out that they take all the juice from young leaves and shoots, which dry up and curl up, stopping their growth.
Apple pests such as red-gall aphid larvae stick to the bases of the leaves under the scales. Parasitesucks out moisture, and a red tubercle forms at the site of its accumulation. The leaf, on the other hand, curls up, providing a home for the founding female, who will lay off the voracious offspring. But it will already master other trees in the garden, forming large colonies that kill everything juicy in its path. Such raids destroy trees, they stop growing, the leaves dry and curl. If you do not take action, the plant will simply die.
Of course, aphids are happy to eat larger predatory insects, but the "riders" plant their eggs on it, which destroy its offspring. However, one should not rely on such a natural factor. It is better to treat the trees with special solutions in the spring. And if aphids come to visit in the summer, you can irrigate the apple tree with tobacco infusion.
Pests of the apple tree such as the red tick and sucker sucker love to eat flowers and leaves. The latter is also afraid of tobacco infusion, but the former will have to be tricky. The tick very quickly masters the territory, sometimes the leaves of the tree seem red from its quantity. At the first sign of its appearance, it is worth treating the crown of the plant with preparations with phosphates or colloidal sulfur. An emulsion with natural oils works well for controlling this parasite, but you can use it up to three times a year so as not to damage the tree itself.
Such types of apple tree pests as moth-leafworm, golden tail, hawthorn, apple sawfly, ringed silkworm are also dangerous. This entire detachment loves to eat young leaves and shoots, so pest control in the spring is a must. And to spendspraying should be until the buds and buds open.
Cora Lovers
Pests of the apple tree, the photos of which you see in the article (this is the apple comma-shaped scale insect, as well as bark beetle larvae), prefer to suck the juice, penetrating through the bark of the tree, as a result of which it dries out and dies. It is very difficult to fight such parasites, it is easier to prevent their appearance. Spraying with a solution of insecticides will help well, which should be carried out five days after the flowering of the tree.
Apple Eaters
Fruits love the apple sawfly and the codling moth. The latter are planted on fruits and foliage by larvae, which crawl inside the apple to the seeds. Moreover, they spoil not one fruit, but neighboring ones too. But the sawfly prefers ovaries, so it does not even allow apples to ripen, eating their core. The larvae are destroyed by digging the soil, and the parasite itself is afraid of spraying with special solutions.
Have a good harvest!
