Instructions for use of the fungicide Coside and the mechanism of action

To protect their plot and reap a good harvest, each gardener uses a different infection control method. If simple methods do not solve the problem, they use a broad-spectrum preparation with the fungicide Coside, the instructions for its use will provide information on the features of using the agent to prevent a number of pathologies.

Purpose, composition and form of release of the fungicide Koside 2000

The drug belongs to one of the new contact agents based on copper. It is designed to protect vegetable and horticultural crops from infection, and is able to prevent fungal and bacterial plant diseases. The protection effect is observed for 2 weeks.

The solution is used for processing potatoes, tomatoes, onions, peaches, grapes, strawberries and other crops. Plants are treated with the agent as a prophylaxis for various pathologies.

The product is produced in the form of granules, soluble in water, having a green-blue color. You can buy the pesticide in any package. For private use, gardeners are offered packages from 10 to 100 gr. substances. Large agricultural producers buy volumes from 1.5 to 10 kg.

The mechanism of action of the drug

The main component of the pesticide is copper hydroxide. In a dry product, the concentration is 54% - for 1 kg of granules 540 gr. copper.

After the drug enters the culture with bivalent copper ions, the procedure for neutralizing spores and bacteria immediately begins. When the poisonous concentration reaches the center of the cell, the infection process stops.

As a result of preventive measures of the multifaceted effect of the pesticide on the pathogen, a good effect appears. The threat of resistance emergence is minimal.

pros

The advantages of the fungicide include the following:

• easy to use due to a small rate;
• easy and fast solubility in water;
• low foam formation;
• improved spray ability, nozzles do not clog;
• better resistance to rain washout;
• good combination with other means;
• the fungicide is not toxic for beneficial insects.

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Minuses

Although Cosside has many positive aspects, it is still a toxic chemical and standard safety precautions should be followed when handling it.

Of the minuses of the drug, the following are distinguished:

• can be used only as a prophylaxis, not used to treat plants;
• crop protection is carried out only on the surface, since it does not penetrate into plant tissue;
• packing material and storage inconvenient;
• at temperatures above +26 degrees, use is prohibited, burns on the leaves are possible.

Working solution preparation method

Initially, you need to prepare a masterbatch. In a separate container, which is filled up to the middle with clean water, the required volume of the preparation is diluted. The composition is well mixed until a homogeneous structure is obtained.

Then the liquid must be poured into the sprayer tank, which is 2/3 filled with water. The agitator turns on, and, slowly stirring the contents of the tank, it is completely filled with liquid.

Exit to the site to perform different types of work is possible only 3 days after processing the plants.

Tomatoes

Tomatoes are sprayed with the drug to prevent alternaria, macrosporiosis, septoria, late blight.

A mixture for protecting tomatoes is prepared at the rate of 50 gr. granules per 10 liters of water. Spraying the area with tomatoes is carried out no more than 4 times with a frequency of 7-14 days. For 1 ha, 300 liters of the composition are required.

Collecting and eating a vegetable is possible 2 weeks after treatment with Koside.

Potatoes

The poisonous chemical is used to prevent late blight and alternaria on potatoes. The working solution is prepared by dissolving 50 gr. means in 10 liters of water.

Spraying the vegetable is carried out up to 4 times with a frequency of 8-12 days. The last spraying is carried out 15 days before harvesting the potatoes.

Onion

When it is raining and cold outside, onions can get sick with peronosporosis. The disease is prevented by spraying: dissolve 50 gr. means in 10 liters of water. The solution is sprayed 4 times, the interval is 2 weeks. The preventive process is carried out 14 days before harvesting the vegetable.

Grapes

Mildew is a dangerous disease for the vineyard. If prophylaxis with Koside 2000 is carried out on time, then the vine will be saved from downy mildew.

The solution for processing is obtained by mixing 30 gr. means in 10 liters of water. The vineyard is sprayed 4 times, every 12 days. The grapes can be eaten one month after the last processing.

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Peach

During the spring dissolution of flower buds, the tree can get sick with curliness. You need to process 2 times:

1. Before the flowers come out.
2. During the green cone period.

The first treatment is carried out with a mixture of 60 gr. substances, the second - from 25 gr. Consumption per hectare - up to 1000 liters of solution.

Peaches can be harvested one month after preventive treatment.

Apple tree

An apple tree is sprayed with kosayd against scab and moniliosis up to 4 times:

1. The first treatment takes place when the kidneys swell.
2. The process of separating the buds.
3. After 2 weeks - 3 and 4 treatments.

Dilute the solution like this: 25-30 gr. means for 10 liters.

It is forbidden to spray the apple tree during the flowering period.

Strawberry

The poisonous chemical is used to combat brown spot on strawberries. Planting is sprayed with a solution: 20 gr. the funds are stirred in 10 liters of water. The number of sprays does not exceed 3 times. The initial spraying is carried out before flowering strawberries, then after 2 weeks.

Instructions for using the product

Plants are processed during the growing season. Primary spraying takes place as a prophylaxis, all the rest - if signs of illness appear.

You can carry out 3-4 treatments per season. Repetition of spraying is carried out no earlier than after 7-12 days.

Precautions

Carrying out prevention, you need to follow the rules:

1. Use gloves, mask, glasses.
2. If the mixture gets on the skin, mucous membrane, thoroughly rinse the areas, change clothes.
3. Take an activated charcoal tablet if Coside has entered the digestive system.

Drug toxicity

For humans, the drug is not dangerous (3rd class of toxicity), it also has moderate toxicity in relation to bees and organisms living in water.

Compatibility

The fungicide is compatible with other pesticides, except for organophosphate insecticides, agents based on aluminum fosetyl, Tyra, and also forming an acidic tank mixture.

Conditions and shelf life of the fungicide

Storing Kosayda is possible in a separate room where there is no food nearby.

Existing analogues

From similar preparations, which are made on the basis of copper sulfate, there are:

1. Cupid.
2. Meteor.
3. Mercury.