Instructions for the use of insecticide Vertimek for cucumbers from pests
Spider mites, aphids, and other insects destroy entire plantings of crops, harm bushes and trees. Instructions for use are attached by the manufacturer to each package of Vertimec insecticide. Following the annotation, it is possible to cope with insects, to save the plant from death.
Cucumber pests
On vegetable crops, aphids that drink juice from the leaves appear during the fruiting period. They curl, the ovary crumbles, the bush disappears. The spider mite attacks cucumbers that are grown in greenhouses. The pest settles at the bottom of the leaves, drawing moisture out of them.
Gall nematode, which is only 1.5 mm long, loves the roots of the culture. Having taken root in the tissues, it releases toxic substances, under the influence of which growths are formed, where the larvae settle.
Vertimek fights ticks and thrips, fights other types of pests on cucumbers, horticultural crops and flowers.
How does an insecticide work?
The active ingredient of the drug is abamectin. This substance is formed when bacteria living in the soil begin to ferment. The chemical group to which it belongs was isolated in Japan at the end of the last century.
When spraying the plant, the insecticide solution penetrates into the leaves. The insect swallows the composition along with the juice. Vertimek, releases gamma-aminobutyric acid, which acts on the nervous system of pests, so they are paralyzed. From the surface of the leaves, abamectin quickly moves into the tissues. The drug has practically no effect on birds and beneficial insects.
To obtain a positive result when processing cucumbers in a closed ground, the solution must be sprayed evenly over their surface, making sure that drops of the composition do not run off the leaves.
Insecticide benefits
Vertimek effectively protects cucumbers from ticks that are not affected by other acaricides. The drug copes with thrips and miner insects, has certain advantages compared to many insecticides:
- After spraying, it immediately penetrates into leaf tissue.
- Protects crops from pests for a long time.
- Does not impair the structure of plants, it is normally tolerated by them.
- The insects are paralyzed within an hour or two.
- It has a negligible effect on the useful fauna.
There are no spots on the leaves when processing the culture. After being sprayed, cucumbers can be consumed after three days. The insecticide belongs to the 2nd hazard class, but it acts on pests not only through the intestines, but also by contact.
With an invasion of insects, the plant is treated again after a week.
Do not spray cucumbers and other crops at high temperatures and high humidity.
So that the pests do not get used to the composition, the drug must be alternated with Pegasus, Aktellik, which have a different mechanism of action.
How to use an insecticide?
Timely use of Vertimek for cucumbers saves the plant from death, quickly destroys insects. Processing should be started as soon as the pests began to appear. Sometimes one spray per season is enough. If there is a need for a repeated procedure, the treatment is carried out after a week, during the heat after three days:
After getting the composition on the leaves, the cucumber bushes are covered with foil for a day. Vertimec should be used 2–3 hours after reconstitution.
To deal with thrips, just dilute a teaspoon of insecticide in a bucket of water. When spraying plants from ticks, dissolve 2.5 ml of Vertimek in 10 liters of liquid.
For the treatment of cucumbers from leaf miners, which gnaw through the tunnels in plant tissues, 1 gram of acaricide is mixed with a liter of water.
Security measures
Despite the fact that the insecticide belongs to the II class of toxicity, it must be handled with care. If it comes into contact with the skin, the composition can cause burns, if inhaled, it leads to irritation of the nasal mucosa and redness of the eyes. To avoid the presence of unpleasant phenomena, you must:
- Spray the crop in the morning or evening when there is no wind.
- During the procedure, refuse to eat, smoke, drink.
- Protect eyes with goggles, breathing passages - with a respirator.
- After treatment, wash your face and hands with soap.
The insecticide does not lose its properties for 4 years if stored in a dry, cool room, where the temperature is at least minus 15. Food and medicine should not be near.
If Vertimek gets into the eyes, they are washed with running water. In case of drug poisoning, they induce vomiting, drink a few tablets of activated carbon, consult a doctor. Do not take medications that depress the nervous system. After using acaricide, the packaging must be burned.
Insecticide reviews
Summer residents and farmers who processed Vertimek vegetable crops consider it an excellent preparation and recommend sprinkling cucumbers with them, and not watering the soil under them. Judging by the reviews:
- Acaricide is well tolerated by various plants.
- The composition is not harmful to beneficial insects.
- Acts quickly and for a long time.
With timely processing, a second procedure is not required. Gardeners celebrate the merits of Vertimek. It destroys aphids, thrips, and ticks, which often appear on the crop at the same time. The insecticide is not addictive to pests, effectively copes with them for the next season.
