Methods of combating diseases and pests of viburnum

Any culture in the garden is not immune from attacks by insect pests and various diseases. Kalina in this matter was no exception, therefore, when growing this plant, it is important to have the most complete understanding of dangerous pests and diseases, as well as measures to combat them.

Viburnum is a popular culture in horticulture, but a useful plant is not protected from damage by various ailments. Among the most common diseases, it is worth highlighting the following diseases.

A virus that rarely infects such crops, but its appearance is directly related to climatic features, so it will be quite difficult to insure against the appearance of a fungus on viburnum. In most cases, the fungus infects the plant in the spring and summer, when rainy and rather cool weather prevails in the region. Such an environment becomes the most favorable for the growth and reproduction of fungal spores, which can destroy the culture.

The characteristic spots on the leaves of the tree become signs of the disease, most often they have a gray tint. The form of dangerous inclusions on the sheet can be any, while the disease is characterized by spotting with a border on the affected areas, its color is brown or purple.

It will be difficult to confuse the signs of the disease with other manifestations, since on the reverse side, the affected areas turn gray. Without operational measures, the viburnum disease begins to take on more dangerous forms, in the light of which the spots are transformed into dark neoplasms, which represent the body of the fungus. Subsequently, the culture dries up and dies.

Another disease that can be provoked by wet and cool weather during the warm season. According to the description, the signs of the disease will be brown spots, which will rapidly cover the foliage of the viburnum, increasing in size. The virus leads to the fact that the green mass dries and cracks, while further spreading of the spores of the fungus to the still healthy parts of the plant occurs.

In addition to the fact that viburnum is of interest to gardeners, insect pests that can cause serious harm to it are interested in this crop. The following representatives should be attributed to the category of dangerous inhabitants of the garden.

It is quite difficult to determine that pests have appeared on the plant with a small number of them. This is due to the small size of the insects. As a rule, their color will be black, sometimes there are dark brown individuals, crimson-brown. Large colonies of the pest accumulate on the shoots of the viburnum. The females prefer to lay eggs in the bark, and the clutch of the pest can also be found on the shoots.

With the arrival of heat, the larvae hatch, developing due to the juices of the plant, which they actively drink - from this the culture begins to dry out. Also, pests feed on young and juicy green mass of the crop.

This pest is a caterpillar with a characteristic red strip along the body, as well as spots of a similar shade. This insect poses a danger to the viburnum in that it destroys only the flowers of the plant, as well as the ovaries in spring. The caterpillar is especially active in the first summer months. After a few months, the pest will turn into a butterfly.

A brown beetle that prefers to lay in the green mass of viburnum. You can recognize its larvae by the black head and gray body; in the light of this color, the larvae of this insect can be confused with a worm. The young generation, which emerges from eggs in the spring, poses a particular danger to culture. For growth and development, the young need to grow, so the larvae begin to actively destroy the green mass.

With a large accumulation of pests on the plant, soon the gardener will observe a picture in which almost all the leaves of the viburnum will be eaten. Finding the caterpillar will be quite difficult, since it is securely fixed on the back of the sheet in such a way that even shaking off the pest is not so easy.

A pest represented by green or gray caterpillars with yellow sides. It will be possible to determine the individual due to the white pile, which covers its entire body. The peak of insect activity occurs in the spring months. Leaf rollers are considered especially dangerous for viburnum for the reason that they eat not only young foliage, but also buds and ovaries.

If a young bush begins to dry out, there is a high probability that a large number of leaf rollers have appeared on it. Also, for such a pest, the ability to wrap the leaves in a tight ball with the help of a cobweb is characteristic.

A pest who is only interested in the flowers of the culture. The larvae hibernate in the ground, with the arrival of heat they appear on the surface as adults, capable of laying. The pest, destroying flowers, also lays its eggs in them. Then the bud changes its shape and color - it becomes red and large. This feature leads to the fact that a ripe bud is not capable of opening, as a result, the ripening of fruits in a plant is sharply reduced.

The larva of the individual has a light green color, in addition, the body of the insect is covered with small thorns. The pest hibernates in the ground, with the arrival of heat, the caterpillar pupates. An adult pest damages crops with the arrival of spring - activating at the time of the growth of young green mass.

In order to help the culture in the fight against dangerous ailments and pests, gardeners use a wide range of different compounds. They can be conditionally divided into several categories.

Means for the treatment and destruction of insect pests can be made from various components present in human everyday life. Among the most effective, it is worth noting:

• liquid formulations based on laundry or tar soap;
• decoctions of potato tops;
• pepper infusion;
• infusion of celandine.

The above means will be able to cure the viburnum from powdery mildew. To prepare a decoction of potato leaves, you will need at least a kilogram of green mass, which is poured with 10 liters of water, insisted. To prepare pepper tincture, a kilogram of pods is used, which are infused in 10 liters of water.To fight the disease with celandine, you need 3-4 kilograms of plants - they are crushed and insisted in a bucket of water.

For the treatment of powdery mildew, you can prepare a copper-soap solution with the addition of ash. After the remedy has been infused for about 3 days, it is recommended to spray the viburnum once every 2 weeks.

To cure viburnum from spotting and rot using folk methods, it is recommended to use an infusion of tomato tops, for the preparation of which you will need 4 kilograms of green mass and a bucket of purified water.

Treatment with a decoction of chamomile also demonstrates effectiveness. You can use fresh or dried crops. In the first case, for 10 liters of water, at least 3 kilograms of culture will be required, dry chamomile should be used about 1 kilogram.

For the treatment of viburnum, in addition to soap solution, you can use soap with the addition of soda. As a rule, to treat a plant from gray or fruit rot, use half a bar of soap in a bucket of water and 1 spoonful of soda for each liter of liquid.

A liquid ash-based composition will help get rid of most viburnum pests. If you spray a tree with a solution, you can destroy pests without much difficulty, since, when it gets on the skin of an insect, the agent acts as a strong irritant. To consolidate the result obtained, you can combine the treatment with the treatment of the plant with soapy water.

Another universal folk remedy for most pests will be a tobacco solution for treating viburnum. To make it, you need a bucket of water, about 200-250 grams of dried tobacco leaves, as well as a couple of hot pepper pods. For in order for the liquid to become suitable for processing, it must be allowed to infuse for at least 24 hours.

To get rid of the honeysuckle prickly sawfly, the gardener is recommended to use a decoction of wormwood, garlic or onion decoction for spraying. To prepare a composition based on wormwood, about 700-800 grams of dry grass is used for one bucket of water. Garlic can be made from chopped slices, for onion broth you need a husk.

If the use of alternative methods has not brought results, and the viburnum continues to hurt, you can purchase specialized store products of a wide or narrow spectrum of action. You can treat a culture from powdery mildew with the following drugs:

• "Topaz";
• "Strobe".

The spotting on the leaves of the viburnum can be overcome if the culture is sprayed with copper oxychloride or Bordeaux liquid. Bacterial spotting is successfully treated with "Abiga-Peak" or "Hom" preparations.

There are specialized chemicals that can help cure gray mold crops. Even at an advanced stage of the disease, it will be possible to help the culture if treated with the Vectra composition.

Insect pests are another problem besides disease. The fight against them is also actively carried out by the following store-bought chemical compositions:

• "Arrivo";
• Fury;
• Intavir;
• Karbofos.

Among the means that destroy dangerous insects, it is worth noting Fitoverm, Akarin, Aversectin.

Biological pest control measures such as aphids can be used to bait other insects to kill them. This applies to ladybirds, hoverflies and others.

Measures to prevent the appearance of pests in the form of insects, and also the development of the most common ailments is worth highlighting:

• destruction of weeds in the near-trunk circle of the viburnum;
• regular inspection of the plant for affected areas, larvae;
• growing nearby plants with insecticidal properties - dandelion, bitter wormwood and others.

For information on how to protect the viburnum bush from pests, see the next video.