How to treat spider mites on cucumbers: varieties resistant to the disease

Good day! As a child, I loved to go to the country, it was always a holiday for me: fresh vegetables from the garden, fussing with watering can, garden beds with strawberries ...

As an adult, I realize that the cottage adds a lot of problems, and even if it has a garden - it becomes even more. Recently I ran into a problem: how to process a spider mite on cucumbers to get a normal crop? The answer was found, and it is about him that I want to talk with you today!

Spider mite on cucumbers - the best measures to combat pest

The smallest dirty trick is a spider mite on cucumbers, capable of destroying cucumber crops with its gluttony and fertility. It is difficult to get rid of it because of quick addiction to chemicals.

The methods of control collected here will become an effective tool for vegetable growers - each proposed product has been tested on successful repeated experience.

Green cucumbers, which are so pleasantly crunchy in the mouth and leave a fresh aftertaste - that's why they are massively grown in the people. This vegetable is tender and choosy, sometimes it brings a lot of trouble, but the harvest for the flight table and for harvesting for the winter is worth it.

One of the important problems is the formation of a spider mite on cucumbers, the control measures of which we will analyze, since not everyone succeeds in effectively combating an insidious pest.

Who is the spider mite and where does it come from

In order to understand the ways of the appearance of the spider mite on cucumbers and how to deal with the horde of these gluttons, you need to know their habitat.

• A small harmful insect to be fought with a length of about 0.5 mm is brown or red, and is endowed with 4 pairs of articulated legs in the adult stage and 3 pairs in the larval stage.
• It develops in 5 stages - an egg, a larva, 2 stages of a nymph and imago.
• Larvae and nymphs are greenish with dark areas on their sides.
• Females hide in winter in the ground.
• He loves dry, hot air, under such conditions, quickly - within 3 days - the larvae already hatch.
• The tick does not live long - less than a month, but manages to breed well, which complicates the control measures.
• It settles on the back of the leaves, punctures their pulp and sucks the juice from the plant, depriving it of chlorophyll.
• It leaves damage on the foliage in the form of a marble pattern - whitish lifeless spots and a thin, but dense, milky web.

Recipes for combating the spider mite on cucumbers, as well as measures to prevent it, are largely based on how the pest appears.

1. A spider mite crawls on to cucumbers, usually from the ground after wintering, when the soil warms up enough, pouncing on the growing greens.
2. Weeds that grow in the garden before cucumbers become a hotbed of ticks.
3. Seedlings of greenhouses and greenhouses are another likely gate for infecting cucumbers with a horde of pests, there is an excellent environment for their abode.

For your information! A spider mite, in addition to its own damage, can “award” vegetables with gray rot spores. Its appearance is better to prevent from the beginning than to try to get rid of it later - to fight it, alas, is really laborious and not always successful.

What remedies will help rid cucumbers of spider mites

The choice of funds for spider mites on cucumbers is best based on the degree of damage that he managed to inflict on growing vegetables.

• Emergency actions - removal of the yellow dead parts of the cucumber bush and their burning, and if the bush has already died, it needs to be dug up urgently and similarly burned - this will help stop the pest invasion.
• If the identified tick settled recently - there are no twisted dead leaves and few cobwebs, then an available tool is suitable for fighting - peroxide, ammonia, tobacco dust, turpentine.
• If cucumber greens already have obvious signs of damage - the leaves fade, turn yellow, with a noticeable marble pattern of whitish and blackened spots, and already fall off, then spraying with infusions or decoctions of plants rich in tick-deadly toxins will help fight the spider parasite.
• Biological products are an excellent tool for combating a gluttonous parasite, allowing you to get rid of the culprits of the death of cucumbers in 3 to 4 stages of treatment.
• Acaricides, whose drugs are able to completely fight the family of pests, will help with advanced forms of damage to cucumbers.

Important! Before spraying the cucumber bushes, you need to remove the tick web - it will retain drops of liquid, and they will not get on the surface of the plant!

For your information! Acaricidal drugs are a toxic substance for people, it should be used as a last resort, when other control measures do not work.

Handy tools for getting rid of spider mites on cucumbers

If the defeat of the cucumber foliage is insignificant, and the owners do not know how and how to get rid of the spider mite on cucumbers, they will need the funds that everyone has at hand.

1. Only 2 tablespoons of 3% hydrogen peroxide, diluted in a liter of water, will be a fatal measure for the voracious tick family. It is advisable to spray with such a solution 3–4 times, at t in the region of 20 ° С the interval will be 5–7 days, at t in the region of 30 ° С - 3 days.
2. A teaspoon of ammonia, similarly diluted in a liter of water, will successfully combat the cucumber parasite. The resulting liquid is sprayed with cucumbers with the same multiplicity and interval.
3. Jars with turpentine spilled in them, placed in the affected plants, with their further temporary covering with a film or cloth, will kill the parasite.
4. Tobacco dust, if it is powdered with cucumber greens, will eradicate the tick in the early stages and will not burn the foliage.

Such simple measures, without involving chemicals, will neutralize the threat of extermination by the tick of cucumber bushes, if applied in time.

Plants - helpers in the fight against spider mites

Infusions with decoctions of herbs, which cause absolute death of the spider mite, can be used in pollination of cucumber bushes. Such plant material has proven itself in the use for controlling small ticks.

• Datura - decoction: 1 kg of a dry plant without roots / 2 kg of dried / 3 kg of fresh boil for about 3 hours and dilute with 10 liters of water; infusion - pour 100 g of a dry plant with a liter of water and insist a day.
• Dandelion - infusion: pour 0.5 kg of freshly chopped greens with 10 liters of water and set aside for 3 to 4 hours.
• Calendula - infusion: 0.4 kg of flowers withstand 5 days in 4 liters of water.
• Sorrel - soak 0.3 kg of cut rhizome in a bucket of water for 5 hours.
• Yarrow - 0.5 kg of dry raw materials need to be boiled in boiling water, and then bring the volume to 10 liters.
• Onions and garlic - 0.2 kg of a mixture of their husks to insist in a bucket of water throughout the day.

The use of these poisonous solutions by the drip method helps gardeners fight the spider web pest with natural means without harming the cleanliness of the crop.

Important! Irrigation should not be done in the active sun - morning or evening, otherwise unstable toxins in the liquid will quickly decay under sunlight.

Biological products against spider mite

An excellent substitute for toxic chemistry is modern biological products that act pointwise only for pests that consume greens treated by them. The microorganisms on which the mechanism of biological poison is based inhibit the life of the spider mite at all mobile stages, when they suck the juices from the cucumber.

1. “Vertimek” with the active ingredient abamectin - it is most often praised for its effectiveness.
2. “Akarin”, “Agravertin” and “Tick-borne”, which are based on avertine, are also worthy preparations that actively destroy spider mites.
3. “Fitoverm” and “Actofit”, based on aversectin, are likewise deadly for the spider mite family.

Biological products do not instantly kill the tick, but only after 8 - 12 hours.

Biological poison is being prepared strictly according to the enclosed instructions, and all the prescribed safety rules at the working stage are also observed.

Acaricides that destroy a spider pest on cucumbers

Acaricidal chemicals are “heavy artillery” for spider mites, affecting not only nymphs, larvae and adult insects, but also egg-mite mites.

Observations indicate that in one treatment only 50 - 70% of ticks will die out, in two - up to 90%, so they carry out 3 treatments with a break of 4 to 6 days, depending on the weather - the hotter and drier the shorter the break.

Such acaricides have shown their "lethal" power.

• “Floromayt", where the substance is based on biphenazate;
• “Flumayt”, where the substance is based on flufensin;
• "Oberon", where the substance is based on spiromesifen;
• "Sunmight", where the substance is based on pyridaben;
• "Apollo", where the substance is clofentesin;
• "Nisoran", where the substance is based on hexithiazox.

Important! When working with chemical poison, you need to be especially careful not to get poisoned - the drugs are relatively toxic for people too!

Prevention against spider mites

A spider mite is that scourge that is easier and faster to prevent than then fight with destruction. Preventive actions against it are simple and reliable, if carried out thoroughly.

Consider what can be done to prevent the tick from cucumbers in greenhouses and hotbeds, as well as in open garden soil.

Spider mite prevention in greenhouses and greenhouses

The microclimate in greenhouses and hotbeds contributes to comfort for the spider mite - it is dry and warm. He is able in greenhouse conditions to perfectly settle in, feed, start offspring and winter in greenhouse soil.

How to prevent a spider mite from damaging its habitat?

1. Make humidity higher than 70%, because already at 60% the tick perishes.
2. After the harvest is harvested, remove or dig a good topsoil, especially in the corners, where females of the tick like to hide there for the winter.
3. Enrich the soil with phosphate fertilizers in the form of mixtures.

For your information! It is good to do disinfection of the frame and trellis in the off-season - some individuals, when the temperature does not drop below 0 ° C, do not go into the thickness of the soil, but climb up onto plants, frame elements, trellises.

Preventive measures in the garden against spider mites

At the height of summer, especially in hot, dry weather, for 3 days out of 100 eggs laid by the female, a new hungry spider mite appears in the larval stage, which is no less gluttonous. Therefore, tick-borne hordes multiply at times, and it is becoming increasingly difficult to overcome it.

To protect your cucumbers from such misfortune, a number of simple measures should be taken.

• When a crop of cucumbers is harvested, the entire plant needs to be dug up and burned completely - some individuals can settle on the stems and top.
• Before planting and after removing the bushes, the soil is carefully dug up.
• Timely weed removal is the key to the absence of a spider mite on your cucumbers, because in spring weeds are the first food of the tick after hibernation.
• Planting between calendula bushes will prevent tick-borne invasion.
• Detected affected leaves need to be torn off and burned.

For your information! Landing mixed cucumbers, tomatoes and cabbage will save the cucumbers from the scourge of the spider mite!

The damage to cucumbers from the spider mite is huge - the affected plant becomes defenseless against other diseases - fungus and rot, the crop also suffers. Only in the power of the gardener himself to minimize such damage.

Spider mite on cucumbers: the best ways to get rid of the pest

Spider mite - a small insect that, due to the high reproduction rate, can quickly destroy the sowing of cucumbers, is a real misfortune for gardeners. It is very difficult to deal with this pest, as it is able to get used to various types of poison used in the fight against it and continue to multiply actively, damaging the crop.

In order to understand how to get rid of these parasites, you need to know the conditions under which they multiply and which means of controlling them are the most effective.

Where does the spider mite come from and what is the danger

A spider mite belonging to the class of arachnid insects is a common pest. It is often found on cucumbers. A small, almost invisible insect that can completely destroy the plant. If you do not take measures, after some time the tick may populate the entire garden, greenhouse or greenhouse.

The most comfortable place for the reproduction of spider mites are greenhouses. This is due to the fact that the parasite prefers to be in conditions of elevated temperature.

The insect spends the winter in the fallen leaves or corners of the greenhouses, and when heat occurs, it appears on cucumbers from the ground after wintering.

A spider mite can also be found in manure used to feed cucumbers.

A spider mite can live on seedlings from greenhouses, as well as on the weeds that surround the plantings.

The parasite feeds on plant cell juice, destroying the chlorophyll cells necessary for normal plant life.As a result of exposure to the parasite, damaged cells die, the plant weakens. The tick leaves white spots on the leaves and a cobweb of milky color. This pest can not only spoil the planting of cucumbers, but also infect them with gray rot.

What does it look like

A spider mite is a tiny parasite of red, red, brown or milky color, which is almost impossible to see with the naked eye, since usually its size does not exceed 1 mm. Its body has a rounded shape and is divided into 2 parts: a smaller front and a larger back. The upper part of the tick body is more convex in comparison with the lower one.

An adult tick has 4 limbs on each side. On each limb there are sharp hooks with which it moves along the leaves of plants. There are small bristles on the body of the parasite. They can be needle-shaped, cirrus or leaf-shaped, perform the function of touch.

The spider mite larvae have a greenish body with dark spots on the sides.

A tick develops in five stages: an egg, a larva, two stages of a nymph and an adult.

Signs of fruit damage

The main signs of damage to cucumbers by a spider mite should include the following:

1. education on the leaves of bright points. In the event that the parasite is on the plant for a long time, a large number of spots also appear on the back of the leaf plates;
2. the plant is surrounded by an almost imperceptible web;
3. vegetable growth slows down;
4. the leaves begin to turn yellow quickly;
5. the base of the plant begins to wither and dry;

It is extremely important to detect the spider mite as early as possible, which will quickly cure the plant and avoid its death from infection with the parasite.

Tick ​​Control Methods

The life cycle of the tick lasts less than a month, but during this time the females manage to lay about 400 eggs each several times. This greatly complicates the fight against the parasite.

There are many ways to eliminate ticks. However, before you start treating the affected cucumbers with chemical preparations or preparations prepared independently, you should first cut off the completely yellowed leaves and burn them.

Cucumbers can be processed using chemical and biological products, as well as using self-prepared means.

Biological products

A good substitute for chemicals is modern biological products that act pointwise, only on parasites, without harming the plant itself.

The best biological products used to combat the spider mite on cucumbers include:

• Fitoverm,
• Akarin,
• Ticks,
• Vertimek.

Fitoverm is an insectoacaricide, the work of which begins immediately after the active substance enters the intestine or tick body. As a result, the nervous system of the parasite is damaged, which leads to paralysis and death of the insect.

About 6 hours after spraying the greenhouse cucumbers and 10-16 hours after treatment of plants growing in open ground, the drug begins to act actively, while maintaining protective properties in the greenhouse from 7 to 20 days, and on the street from 5 to 15 days. In hot weather, the drug is more effective than at +17 ° C.

The advantages of Fitoverm include its ability to quickly be removed from the leaves and fruits: the crop can be harvested already 3 days after processing the cucumbers.

It should be noted that the spider mite quite quickly gets used to the active substance of the described drug, therefore it is recommended to use it only in the most important periods of plant development, that is, after the flowering period or in the process of ovary formation.

Akarin. This tool is also an enteric contact insecticide.

Tick-borne. The active substance is aversectin C, which has an insecticidal effect. Getting into the body of ticks, disrupts the nervous system of insects and provokes paralysis in 5 minutes. The death of most pests occurs after 30 minutes. Valid indoors until 10 days after treatment, on the street for up to one week, collapsing under the influence of environmental factors.

The tool shows the greatest efficiency when processing occurs at an ambient temperature above + 30 ° C. If the temperature is below + 20 ° C, the product will be ineffective.

It should be noted that Tick-borne mite is effective only in the fight against adults. Parasites that are in the stage of eggs or non-feeding larvae will not be affected by exposure to tick-borne.

Ticks are not recommended for use for processing more than three times in a row, as each time the resistance of insects to the active substance becomes higher.

The advantages of the drug include its low toxicity: on the leaves, the product is destroyed 3 days after treatment, and in the fruits after 2.

Vertimek is an intestinal insectoacaricide, which affects the spider mite in all mobile stages, inhibiting its vital activity. Two hours after treatment, it penetrates deeply into the tissue of leaf plates. The effect of the drug lasts up to three weeks.

Acaricidal preparations

You can get rid of parasites by spraying cucumbers with acaricidal chemicals that guarantee the speedy death of parasites. The most popular means of this class include: Floramight, Oberon, Apollo, Nissoran. These drugs showed very good results in the fight against ticks. They affect not only larvae, laid eggs, but also adults.

Acaricidal drugs - toxic agents used in the most extreme cases.

Floromite. Contact-intestinal acaricide, which makes ticks hyperactive, as a result of which they stop the nutrition process and die. The drug is valid for up to 4 days.

It is recommended to use Floramight once a year.

The advantages of the drug include the fact that rain or watering of cucumbers 6 hours after application does not reduce its effectiveness, and harvesting is possible on the third day.

Oberon. Modern highly effective remedy, the protective effect of which lasts up to 20-25 days. Effective against all stages of tick development.

Nissoran. Hormonal powder with the active substance hexithiazox, which is not addictive in parasites. The effect of its use lasts up to 50 days.

Under the influence of the drug, eggs, larvae and nymphs die, and adults continue their life activity, but they lay eggs that are not able to give life to a new tick. Adults die by natural death within 7-10 days after using Nissoran.

When handling cucumbers with biological products and acaricides, some rules should be observed:

1. carry out work using gloves, pants and long-sleeved clothing;
2. do not eat food in the process of work;
3. After using the preparations, wash your hands and rinse your mouth.

If the product gets on the skin or eyes, rinse them under running water.In the event that one of the drugs enters the digestive tract, you should induce vomiting and immediately seek qualified help.

Folk remedies

In the case of minor damage to cucumbers with a spider mite, you can eliminate it using self-prepared means.

The most effective folk remedies include the following:

• hydrogen peroxide,
• ammonia
• decoctions of herbs
• soap solution.

A solution of hydrogen peroxide is prepared at the rate of two tablespoons of 3% peroxide per liter of water. It is necessary to spray cucumbers once a week for a whole month, which will help completely get rid of the pest.

A solution of ammonia. To prepare an effective product in 1 liter of water, you must dilute 30 ml of alcohol. With the obtained product, it is necessary to wipe the leaves of the plant from two sides, and when growing cucumbers in a greenhouse, treat with a solution of the wall of the structure. Ammonia in the composition of this product is harmless to cucumbers and is perceived by the plant as nitrogen fertilizer.

A decoction of herbs. To eliminate the parasite, you can use the following recipes:

1. for 5 hours, insist 50 g of dry grass in 0.5 liters of water, then dilute with water to a volume of 5 l;
2. insist for 8 hours 1 kg of the aerial part of the dandelion in a bucket of water;
3. 200 grams of calendula flowers insist in 2 liters of water for 5 days;
4. 150 grams of crushed sorrel roots insist in half a bucket of water for 3 hours.

Soap solution. To exterminate the tick on cucumbers, it is enough to wash the affected parts of the plant with soapy water 2-3 times, or rinse them on both sides with a cloth soaked in soapy water, without dropping on the roots of the plant. To prepare a soap solution, it is necessary to grate 100 grams of soap on a coarse grater and insist in 5 liters of water for 5 hours.

Such plant treatment methods are considered safe and effective at the earliest stage of cucumber infection.

In the event that the spider mite caused serious damage to the crop, alternative methods can be useless. In this case, the use of stronger purchased drugs will be required.

Infection prevention

Preventive measures play an important role in protecting cucumbers from damage by spider mites. In order to avoid the need to use various chemicals for bullying a parasite, the following rules should be followed:

• carry out regular inspection of plants for the presence of adult pests and their larvae;
• regularly clean with a damp cloth dust from the leaves;
• affected leaves must be cut and burned;
• It is important to provide plants with sufficient watering. Thanks to the weekly shower, warm water can flush parasites from the leaves;
• fertilize plants;
• ventilate greenhouses and greenhouses, maintain optimal humidity in them;
• maintain cleanliness in greenhouses, which will avoid the appearance of pests. Processing of structures should be carried out at least twice a year: in the fall, after harvesting, and in the spring on the eve of planting;
• increase the humidity level in the greenhouse, which will help prevent the process of tick propagation, since the pest prefers a dry climate;
• dig the ground before planting, as it is often possible to find mites that remained there after harvesting;
• timely destroy weeds in the beds, near greenhouses and greenhouses;
• irradiate plants with ultraviolet 1 time per week for 2 minutes;
• plant cucumbers next to tomatoes and cabbage, which are resistant to spider mites;
• arrange quarantine for new plants for 2-3 weeks;
• after harvest, dig and burn the roots;
• try to plant cucumbers every year in different places;
• Compliance with preventive measures reduces the risk of infection of cucumbers with a spider mite.

Tick-resistant cucumber varieties

It is recommended that the gardener choose for planting varieties of cucumbers that are resistant to the parasite. It should be noted that today there is no variety that is completely resistant to the effects of spider mites.

Hybrid varieties with hard, heavy leaves covered with hairs are less attractive for the parasite. Also, in some varieties of cucumbers, the surface of the leaf plates can be loose and porous, which is not like spider mites.

Among the varieties resistant to the appearance of the tick, it should be noted:

1. hybrid fontanel - has a strong immunity to parasites, likes frequent watering;
2. variety Murashka F1 - little susceptible to disease and tick attack;
3. Well done F1;
4. Athlete F1;
5. Five stars F1.

In order to get a good harvest, it is necessary to create optimal conditions for cucumbers and fertilize them in time, as a result of which the fruits will grow strong, be able to withstand diseases and pests.

If you follow all the recommendations regarding the cultivation of cucumbers, the risk of spider mites is significantly reduced.

How to get rid of a spider mite on cucumbers - how to process it, prevention

Spider mite is one of those pests that often appear on cucumber beds. It is difficult to detect on plants and even more difficult to completely exterminate. But there are a number of techniques and drugs that will help the gardener defeat the intruder.

Spider mite on cucumbers - who is it

The spider mite on cucumbers is a microscopic pest that can only be seen with a magnifier. It is similar to the usual mite, only reduced in size.

The insect has a flat rounded body, a small head and 4 pairs of legs. His head is equipped with a suction apparatus, with the help of which he punctures the surface of a leaf of a plant and sucks nutritious juice from it.

The danger of spider mites

The tick is able to move, migrating from plant to plant. Slots in window frames and window sills, openings in the structures of a greenhouse or greenhouse can serve as its temporary habitat.

Therefore, even after treatment with insecticides, the pest quickly reappears. In addition, getting rid of spider mite eggs left in the soil or other places where the pesticide has not been found to be a difficult task.

The spread of the pest is also facilitated by the fact that the insect has a small weight and is easily picked up by even a small wind, so it can move through the air.

In addition to the fact that the insect uses plant juice for its nutrition, it also causes them secondary damage. Fungal infections easily settle on weakened leaves, worsening both the appearance and the health status of green pets. If you do not take measures to save the plant in time, it may die.

Signs of cucumber damage by spider mites

Despite the fact that the pest is small and difficult to see, it is possible to learn about the appearance of a tick by indirect signs. The leaves of the plants inhabited by the tick are covered with many small white specks.

If there are a lot of pests, then a spider web appears between the leaves, along which insects move. At later stages, the leaves are covered with a soot coating. If there are such signs, then treating the plantation with an insecticide is not enough, you also need to spray it with an antifungal agent.

What remedies will help rid cucumbers of spider mites

There are many ways to deal with a pest. Among them there are folk remedies, and scientifically based. Each of the methods can be used at different stages of plant damage. Folk and natural remedies can help in the early stages, but will be powerless if the pest has populated green plantations too densely.

On the other hand, chemicals can only be used when fruits have not yet formed on the plants. Or you have to wait a long time until the harmful components of the drug lose their power and processed cucumbers become safe for human consumption.

Tools at hand

Of those tools that are always at hand, a soap solution is most often recommended for treating plants. It is easy to prepare, and the use of this method in open ground or a greenhouse is not at all difficult.

Half a bar of soap is crushed and diluted with 10 l of water. The resulting liquid is rubbed on the leaves of cucumbers, washing off pests from them. It is better to close the soil under the plantings during the procedure with oilcloth. Sometimes you can find recommendations to process cucumbers from ticks with hydrogen peroxide. This method has no effect.

Helper Plants

It has been observed that ticks bypass some flowers and plants. Frighten off their onions, garlic, potato and tomato tops, marigolds. The latter are planted in the aisles of cucumbers to prevent the settlement of useful plantings not only with a tick, but also with other pests.

Garlic is not so effective when co-grown next to cucumbers. The infusion of garlic and tomato tops is best used for spraying cucumbers, this will reduce the number of harmful insects. But it is impossible to completely drive away ticks in this way.

Biological products against spider mite

Biological products of industrial production intended for the destruction of pests have a more pronounced effect. These include Verticillin, Actofit, Boverin, Fitoverm, etc.

The substances used in them do not harm humans, animals or beneficial insects. They are toxic only to those insects that feed on plant sap. The effectiveness of biological products is high, but they must be repeated spraying often - 1-2 times a month.

Acaricides

Chemically synthesized acaricides include such agents as Actellic, Apollo, Oberon, Envidor. These drugs are much more effective than biological ones.

One treatment may be enough to completely destroy pests. In advanced cases, they may require several. But it is possible to consume fruits after such treatment with chemistry no earlier than in 2 weeks.

Prevention against spider mites

To prevent the appearance of ticks on plants, it is recommended to adhere to the high agricultural techniques of cultivation of the latter. Predisposing factors for the appearance of ticks are considered to be a decrease in air humidity and a decrease in the overall immunity of plants.

Some gardeners are convinced that there are cucumbers that are resistant to tick damage. This is not true. No varieties of these plants have complete immunity from pests; we can only speak of greater or lesser resistance to parasites.

In greenhouses and greenhouses

In greenhouses and greenhouses, it is necessary to maintain high humidity, conduct airing on time, and 2 times a year to do chemical treatment of the bearing parts of the structure and other parts (glasses, polycarbonate).

Cleanliness in the greenhouse is the key to the absence of both diseases and pests in it. As additional measures, the landing of marigolds in the aisles is used. They try to avoid thickening of crops and to observe the correct crop rotation.

In the garden

Plants overfed with nitrogen are easily affected by insects. Their leaves become tender and extremely attractive to leaf-eating pests. Confirmation of this is the high reproduction rate of the parasite.

On the contrary, the application of phosphorus top dressing strengthens the surface layers of the leaf plates and makes them unsuitable for piercing ticks with the oral apparatus. In addition, they additionally use alternative methods and carry out preventive treatments with biological products.

Conclusion

Drugs of both biological and chemical origin are effective against ticks. Videos on the destruction of this pest will help you get acquainted with different methods of control and choose the most suitable for yourself.

Spider mite on cucumbers

A spider mite is considered a rather dangerous garden pest. Often it becomes the cause of the destruction of many crops, among which there are cucumbers.

It is difficult enough to detect the pest in the initial stages. And with strong reproduction, the extermination of the tick becomes a real problem.

The tick forms a web, in which young individuals grow. If no measures are taken, after a certain time the pest populates the entire garden, greenhouse or greenhouse.

It is the greenhouses and greenhouses that are the ideal place for the development and active reproduction of the spider mite. The pest feels comfortable with moderate air humidity and a temperature of 20-30 degrees.

But warm summer days allow arachnids to settle in open beds. During the year, the female lays eggs about 20 times. Each clutch can have up to 400 eggs.

What does a Putin tick look like on cucumbers

It is quite difficult to notice an arachnid pest. But with its large accumulation, a person can pay attention to certain signs of the presence of a tick:

• Plant growth is significantly slowed down;
• Small dots are visible on the bottom of the leaves;
• The plant is covered with small cobwebs;
• Yellow and dark spots appear on the leaves. These are exactly the places where the pest sucks the juice.

The spider mite winters quietly in the upper soil layer. That is why it is recommended that greenhouse owners not only carry out high-quality disinfection, but also change the soil annually. Although this does not give an absolute guarantee that it will be possible to avoid the appearance of this pest. After all, it can fall into new soil with a strong gust of wind.

How to save cucumbers from a spider mite

It must be remembered that the sooner a pest is discovered, the more crops you can save. Under comfortable conditions, the spider mite is able to settle on almost any plant.

Since the spider mite develops quickly enough, it is necessary to take appropriate measures as soon as it has been discovered. A variety of events will save cucumbers:

1. It is recommended not only to remove the old and use new soil, but also to change the place of planting of cucumbers annually.
2. Mites often hibernate in the remains of old plants. That is why it is necessary to take care of their thorough cleaning. Improving the effectiveness of pest control will allow proper care of the garden or greenhouse.
3. Carefully study the rules for the location of plants in the garden. During planting, it is necessary to maintain the correct distance between the bushes. Due to the increased distance between them, you can detect and destroy the pest even before it settles in all the bushes.
4. Growing cucumbers in greenhouses, it is recommended to maintain high humidity. Good growth provides humidity of 80-90 percent. Such a climate is not suitable for the development of a spider mite.
5. Along with watering and weeding the soil, weeds must be removed.Also periodically inspect each bush of cucumbers in order to detect and prevent the threat in time.
6. If a pest is detected, it is recommended to use specially designed chemicals. Manual collection of pests will not only not give positive results, but also allow the tick to spread to neighboring bushes. When processing infected leaves, the tick will not only not be able to reproduce, but will eventually be completely destroyed. To achieve high efficiency will allow the treatment of plants every two weeks.
7. To save cucumbers in a greenhouse will allow the phytoseyulyus tick. This predator eats a spider mite. It is enough to place a couple of leaves with this predator in the greenhouse. In a few days your problem will be solved.

What to do

Having discovered a spider mite, you need to be prepared for a complex and lengthy fight. Be patient. If everything is done correctly, you will surely remain the winner in this battle.

There are chemicals designed to deal with this pest. However, you need to know, the spider mite, like any other pest, quickly gets used to toxic substances. If the tool you have chosen remains ineffective for a long time, it must be replaced. And you need to change not the name of the drug, but its composition and active components.

The common belief that a tick destroys an ultraviolet lamp is not entirely correct. Of course, it can have a negative effect on an adult, but the larvae will survive. In general, larvae have a fairly high resistance to many negative factors. That is why it is so important to find the most suitable remedy in a short time.

Spider mite preparations on cucumbers

There is an opinion that the spider mite can be destroyed by folk methods. But there is no guarantee of your success. If you decide to use folk remedies, it is better to combine them with special chemicals:

• Actellik. This tool is able to please with a fairly quick action. As a rule, it is used to infect a large number of plants. Use this powerful drug strictly according to the instructions.
• Neoron The main advantage of this tool is the fact that its action is aimed not only at adults, but also at larvae. After two treatments, all stages of the development of the parasite will be destroyed.
• Fitoverm. This insecticidal preparation belongs to biological agents. For humans, it does not pose a significant danger, as it is less toxic. With minor infections, the effectiveness of the drug will be noticeable after the first use.
• Plant Pin. The tool is presented in the form of sticks that pierce the ground near the plant. When watering, the stick dissolves, thoroughly soaking the stem. As soon as the pest begins to drink the juice of the plant, it also uses toxic substances. Here, the active ingredient is butoxyraboxime. The drug destroys the pest at all stages of its development.
• Etisso. These are the same sticks that are stuck near the stem of plants. Here, dimethoate acts as the main active substance.

Actellik. This is a fairly powerful tool. Therefore, it is necessary to process plants with extreme caution. The drug is applied to the leaves and stems using a spray.
Almost all chemicals have a certain toxicity. That is why it is necessary to use them strictly according to the instructions, not exceeding the permissible doses.

Processing cucumbers from spider mites folk remedies

Of course, alternative methods of pest control are also able to give positive results. However, you need to know, you can rely on them only if the infection was detected at the initial stage.

But this does not mean that they are useless when the pest has already spread to many bushes.In this case, you will have to use special chemicals, the effectiveness of which will be supplemented with folk remedies.

Ammonia from spider mite on cucumbers

This is one of the most popular folk remedies. For processing, it is necessary to prepare a solution. In 10 liters of water, dilute 1 tablespoon of alcohol.

The resulting mixture is sprayed onto the stems and leaves of the affected plants from all sides. Such treatment will not only destroy the pest, but also saturate the plant with nitrogen.

Zelenka from a spider mite on cucumbers

Zelenka is the same alcohol solution that can destroy pests. For processing plants, prepare a composition of 2 l of serum, 50 g of dissolved urea, 10 l of water and 10 ml of green.

After thorough mixing, the infected plants are sprayed with the composition. Zelenka is able to protect cucumbers in many diseases:

1. peronosporosis;
2. powdery mildew;
3. spider mite;
4. basal rot;
5. bacterial cancer;
6. late blight.

Diluting one drop of brilliant green in a liter of water, you can treat the cucumbers as a preventive measure. If you use zelenka to control pests, do not exceed its concentration.

A large amount of green in the composition can lead to burns of the leaves.

Other

There are other folk remedies that will help solve the problem:

• iodine is used not only for the destruction of pests, but also for preventive purposes;
• vinegar is diluted with water in a ratio of 2: 8. Such a composition is used to process young seedlings of cucumbers;
• 2 tbsp hydrogen peroxide is diluted in 1 liter of water. It is recommended to spray cucumbers 3-4 times. The interval between processing should be at least one week;
• mustard powder. 60 g of mustard is stirred in 1 liter. water. After this, the composition should be infused for several days;
• laundry soap is used to prepare a soap solution that wipes the stems and leaves of plants;
• tar soap is also used for mixing with water;
• tops of tomatoes are composed of substances that repel pests;
• dried wormwood is used to make tinctures. Its toxic substances can quickly destroy the spider mite.