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- Cherry Tree - spraying as a last resort
- The chemical control
- The mechanical combat
- The biological control
- Tips & Tricks
Cherry Tree - spraying as a last resort
In order to be able to enjoy delicious cherries from the own garden year after year, one sometimes can not avoid treating the cherry tree with insect killing agents. Your application should always be well considered, as it will disrupt the ecological balance.
Since man grows crops, he has to deal with pests and diseases on these. They infest leaves, young shoots or fruits, rendering them inedible, inhibiting the growth of the tree or destroying entire crops. Unfortunately, not only the pests, but also beneficials are destroyed in the fight.
The poisonous substances that attack the pests leave their traces in the fruits, affecting humans, animals and plants in the environment. Therefore, prudence and caution should be exercised when using sprays.
The chemical control
In a home garden, the cherry trees are sprayed mainly to combat the cherry fruit fly. This lays its eggs in the ripening fruits from which later develops white maggots. The infestation of aphids can sometimes be solved by the timely injection.
The spraying of plant protection products for the prevention or control of fungal diseases does not play a major role for a hobby gardener. These measures are used on larger areas in the commercial fruit growing application. In principle, the entire tree population should be covered for the effectiveness of the spraying measures.
The mechanical combat
A preventative measure against pests and diseases is the mechanical control which consists in removing infected plant parts, removing fruit mummies, caterpillars, laying eggs of butterflies, mosses and lichens, and in attaching traps and safety gears such as yellow boards, glue rings or fishing belts.
The biological control
Organic control means the protection and promotion of beneficial organisms, which, as natural enemies, can contribute to the destruction of the pests. These are animals, birds and insects that kill off the eggs, caterpillars, pupae, larvae and pests themselves, thereby eliminating or reducing their numbers.
Tips & Tricks
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