Instructions for using the Apache remedy for the Colorado potato beetle, how to breed
For those who grow potatoes, information about the effective Japanese insecticide - Apache from the Colorado potato beetle - is useful. The product is produced by the well-known company Sumitomo, it has long been a leader among manufacturers of plant protection products from pests. Apaches have been on our market since 2008.
Composition and form of release
Apache insecticide is produced in the form of beige granules. They dissolve quickly in water of any temperature. When working with granules, there is no dust, which is important. The product poses a moderate hazard to human health, it has a III hazard class.
Most of the 500 g / kg granules is clothianidin, a substance that belongs to the nicotinoid group.
Tobacco is a popular remedy for the Colorado potato beetle known for a long time. Many vegetable growers process potato tops during flowering with an odorous infusion from cigarettes.
The advantages of modern nicotinoids include their qualities:
- accumulate in plant tissues;
- accumulate in insect tissues;
- do not accumulate in the tissues of mammals and humans;
- a minimum amount of active substance is required to obtain the result;
- short decomposition period in soil;
- non-volatile.
For spraying small potato plantations, Apache can be purchased in packages of 2.5 g. Inside the package there are 5 water-soluble sachets with granules, each weighing 0.5 g. When preparing the working solution, you do not need to pour the granules into the water, just throw the required number of sachets. Farmers are offered plastic bottles of Apache weighing 250 g.
The cost
You can buy a Japanese remedy for the gluttonous beetle through the Internet, and it is also available in retail. Small packages weighing 2.5 g each cost around 100 rubles. The price of the drug, packaged in 250 g bottles, is 5600 rubles.
How to breed Apaches correctly?
Instructions for use in Russian contain a detailed description of the process of preparing a working fluid from beetles. One package of Apache weighing 2.5 g is enough for you to process a potato field with an area of 10 acres.
A bag weighing 0.5 g is enough for 2 acres. To prepare a working liquid for treating potato bushes from a beetle, dilute one (0.5 g) bag of insecticide in a 10-liter bucket of water. Pour the resulting Apache solution into a sprayer and spray the entire field within a short time.
There is an instruction on how to breed Apaches from the Colorado potato beetle for sprinkling a field of 10 acres. It is necessary to dissolve all five sachets in 1 liter of water.This volume is enough to prepare 50 liters of liquid poison. Add 200 g of concentrate to each bucket.
Liquid poison can be used to water the soil. For watering, a solution of a higher concentration is needed. For 10 liters of water, two sachets of 0.5 g of powder are used.
The soil is watered from pests under vegetable and flower crops. The insecticide kills not only the Colorado potato beetle and its larvae, it helps to get rid of thrips, whitefly, aphids, wireworms.
How does Apache work?
The liquid agent that gets on the leaves penetrates the plant tissues. The insecticide concentration that kills the beetles remains in the sap and tissues for 30 days. Together with juice and leaves, the drug enters the intestines of beetles and kills them.
After contact of pests (adults, larvae) with a poisonous liquid or film, their death occurs within half an hour. New shoots and leaves that have grown after treatment will contain a dose of clothianidin that is killing for beetles and larvae for a whole month after using Apache.
Apaches are a new generation of insecticides that have a triple effect on voracious insects:
- contact;
- intestinal;
- systemic.
Application rules
The weather affects the effectiveness of the Apache. In hot weather, when the sun is shining brightly, the treatment is useless and even harmful to plants. It is useless, because the poisonous liquid will evaporate before it can be absorbed into the tissues of the plant. Harmful to potato bushes because droplets of liquid on the leaves cause sunburn.
Prolonged rains also become an obstacle to high-quality processing of beetle tops. The leaves must be dry before starting treatment, otherwise the solution will be less absorbed. At least an hour should pass before the rain, then the desired concentration of the insecticide in the plant tissues will be achieved.
No toxic substance accumulates in tubers. A month after processing, the tubers can be eaten. With proper treatment of the potato plantation, repeated spraying will not be necessary.
Compatibility
You can combine the treatment of potato bushes from Colorado bugs with leaf feeding with growth stimulants. It is permissible to mix laundry soap diluted with water into the poison. The soapy liquid improves the adhesion of the product to the leaves.
About harm to health and the environment
It is necessary to prepare a working solution and carry out processing in a suit specially designed for this purpose. Hands should be protected with gloves, respiratory organs - with a respirator. After completing the work, you need to take a shower.
Apaches are a threat to bees. It is not recommended to use it on potato fields, near which there are apiaries. A distance of 10 km is considered safe for bees. Apaches pose a moderate hazard to pets, so they should not be near the field during spraying.
Reviews
Andrey, Volgograd
I sell my potatoes on the market, so I plant at least 2 hectares of field with it. After I began to use the Japanese remedy, there was more free time and the yields became higher. I carry out the processing on young bushes before flowering, so that the beetle does not have time to breed.
Ekaterina, Saratov
We bought a small house with a vegetable garden in the village. In the first year, so that the garden would not overgrow with grass, they planted it with potatoes. It was not possible to eat my potatoes, the beetle destroyed it. In the second year, they decided not to risk it, in June all the bushes were sprayed with Apache. The potatoes were enough for the whole winter.
Conclusion
By treating a potato field with Apache insecticide, you will save your crop from destruction. The pest does not develop addiction to this tool, so the next season it can be used again. The effectiveness of Apache does not decrease with repeated use.
