With the onset of summer, many pests appear in the garden that can cause significant damage to fruit plantations. It is both a leaf roll and spider mites, and a shield. Especially harmful damage is caused by aphid colonies on currants, so how to deal with it, you need to find out in advance. You can find out about her visit by the twisted leaves, characteristic swellings on them, premature drying of the crown. In addition to the main damage, aphids lead to infection with transmissible infections.
The harmful effect of aphids can be seen on the curled and swollen leaves.
Twisted foliage when attacked by a pest
It is quite difficult to fight aphids due to the fact that most species do not lay eggs, but are viviparous. For the season at favorable conditions up to 10 generations are born.
Varieties of aphids and signs of its appearance
In nature, there are more than 4 thousand species of aphids, 8 of which are dangerous for currants and other fruit and berry crops. Each species is recognized not only by external characteristics, but also secondary signs of their vital activity.
For currants, the following are considered harmful:
- red-gall aphid;
- bird cherry;
- beetroot;
- blackberry;
- green;
- currant salad;
- peach.
The result of harmful activity gall aphid
The red-gall type has winged and wingless varieties. The first is distinguished by its larger size and rich green color. Winged representatives have a watery yellow body, a pair of transparent wings. The pest can be recognized by the reddish swellings in the central part of the currant leaves. The branches of the infected shrub are dotted with galls - reddish-brown outgrowths in which aphids breed. If damaged, insects patch up the breakdowns with their own bodies and milk, as a result of which they die.
The bird cherry type is distinguished by its brown color, and is the main carrier of vector-borne infections. When it appears, the leaves of the plant dry out and curl into a tube.
The beet (bean) species has an oval shape and a black (less often olive) color. It rarely affects currants, as it specializes in legumes and root crops. Signs of infection include yellowed punctures on young shoots and twisted foliage.
The blackberry aphid is yellow-green in color. It feeds on the fruitful buds of plants, due to which their productivity suffers. It is determined by drying tops and yellowing buds. She attacks not only blackberry bushes, but also settles on currants, raspberries, grapes, apple trees.
Currant - green aphid, the period of vigorous activity of which falls in June and July, in 4-5 generations gives birth to winged forms that can migrate to neighboring shrubs and branches. Refers to oviparous species. The breeding season falls in September. Females lay eggs under currant bark and cover the place of laying with milk. Overwintered larvae are capable of reproduction on the 2nd day of life. Signs of the appearance of this type in spring, summer, autumn are twisted leaves, slow growth of the bush.
The currant-lettuce aphid differs from the above in orange color and the ability to carry the Gooseberry virus.
The peach form has a light green color and small dimensions. It is most dangerous for currants, since in one puncture it can transmit up to 120 types of infection to a bush.
Biologicals and chemicals against aphids
Chemical preparations against the pest are most often used before the appearance of fruit ovaries on red, black and golden currants. In case of severe infection, the shrub is processed 7-10 days before harvest.
Of the chemical preparations, the following are effective:
- Kalash,
- Tanker,
- Spark double effect,
- Aktara,
- Actellik,
- Decis,
- Intavir and others
Jaguar - effective remedy from aphids and weeds based on ethyl fenoxaprop-P. Sold in 5 liter containers. Differs in fast absorption. The effect lasts from 3 to 4 weeks. Processing is carried out in dry, weakly windy weather, at least 3 hours before atmospheric precipitation. Optimum temperature for spraying from + 25 ° C. The solution is prepared in a ratio of 1 part Jaguar to 10 parts water.
Most popular dosages chemicals are given in the cheat sheet.
Biological products that help with lesions of aphids include:
- Acrophyte,
- Fitoverm,
- Lepidocide,
- Bicol,
- Bitoxibacillin and others.
Biological preparation Fitoverm
Means based on aversectin C, available in ampoules of 2.4, 5 ml, or vials of 20 ml. Has a prolonged action. The poisoned insect dies 4-5 days after spraying.
Processing is carried out in dry, clear weather. In a dry period, the drug remains effective from a week to three. In case of dew, rain, spraying must be repeated. During the flowering period Fitoverm is prohibited for use. Berries are edible after 5 days from the day of processing, since the active components of the drug provoke poisoning.
It is forbidden to combine with alkaline solutions.
A test should be carried out prior to the planned combination treatment. Fitoverm is mixed with other drugs and the appearance of sediment is monitored. If it occurs, chemicals for the combination are prohibited.
To prepare the solution, use 5 ml of Fitoverm per 600 ml of water with neutral ph. The liquid consumption is 10 l / 100 m 2. The treatment is carried out in a special suit with protection of the respiratory tract, mucous membranes and skin... Re-spraying is carried out after 20 days.
Fufanon with a fast-acting effect
Organophosphorus emulsion produced in 10 ml vials and 5 ml ampoules. The main component of the drug is melathion. Has a fast-acting effect. In contact with aphids, it causes complete paralysis after 2 hours of action and death after a day.
Before processing the currants with this tool, it is necessary to withstand at least 15 days from the day of the last feeding. It is completely incompatible with other chemicals. To prepare an aqueous solution, use 5 ml of the substance and 5 l pure water... Spray currants on a cloudy day in the early morning or at sunset. The duration of action does not exceed 4-7 days, after the specified time interval, the bushes must be re-sprayed.
Acrophyte in the fight against aphids
Acrophyte is a concentrated solution of aversectin C with paralytic action. It is sold in packs of 40, 200 and 900 ml, as well as in 4.8 liter bottles. When hit on the body, aphids cause instant paralysis. The infected insect dies within 48 hours of treatment. The drug is resistant to atmospheric precipitation and remains in the plant for 2-3 weeks. Pests drinking processed currant juice die out after 2-3 days. Acrophyte is not addictive.
Acrophyte is not used during flowering.
The optimal time for spraying is dry, calm weather at temperatures from +20 ° C. For spraying, 8 ml of the substance is diluted in 1 liter of water. Bushes and berries are treated with the finished solution. The fruits are edible in 2-3 days. Re-spraying is carried out after 2 weeks. The solution is not suitable for storage, in water active substance avesectin is decomposed.
Folk remedies in the fight against aphid colonies in spring and during fruiting
Popular pest control measures are numerous. Treatment in spring from aphids is reduced to the destruction of larvae and overwintered individuals. For these purposes, insecticides, pesticides or boiling water are used. In April, marigolds, Dalmatian chamomile, garlic or onions are planted around an infected currant bush. The smell of these plants scares off not only aphids, but also ants.
In April, the stems of the shrubs are wrapped in tar-soaked rags, and also sprayed with a solution laundry soap... You can also process currants during fruiting with folk remedies. They are safe for humans and bees, but effective against insect pests.
When help folk remedies, and in what cases it is impossible to do without chemistry is described in the video.
Laundry soap, tobacco, ethers
If young shoots and berries are eaten by aphids, and the gardener does not risk using chemicals, soap solution is an effective substitute. To prepare it, use a dark-colored laundry soap and warm water. Rub the soap on a grater, then 4 tbsp. l. the masses are diluted in 200 ml of water, mixed, poured into a spray bottle. The resulting mixture must be sprayed with the affected bushes.
Tobacco is harmless to bees and humans. Currant infusion can be watered in June, during the period of active flowering of the bush. For cooking, take 100 g of makhorka or tobacco leaves, pour in a liter of boiling water, let it brew for about 8-12 hours. The cooled infusion is sprayed onto the crown once every 2 weeks, not earlier than 7 days before harvesting.
Tobacco infusion can be used throughout the summer until the aphids are completely destroyed.
Citrus fruits, spruce needles, onions and garlic contain high concentrations of phytoncides. Their pungent aroma repels insect pests and helps to fight not only aphids, but also ants.
15 drops essential oil add to 100 mg of cream and stir in 400 ml warm water... The mixture is sprayed with currants in the morning and evenings for 10 days. The number of aphids will decrease by 1/3 already on the 3rd day, in a week the vectors will leave the plant as well. Repeat processing as needed.
Trichopolum and tar
Trichopolum is an oral metronidazole-based drug used to treat bacterial diseases. They are often treated with currants when aphid infestation. Trichopolum instantly penetrates the body of insect pests and causes paralysis. The solution is prepared from 20 tablets per 10 liters of water. Processing is carried out in dry weather, if necessary, repeat daily for 1 week.
Tar tires applied to the currant trunks prevent ants from entering the crown and the spread of aphids. Birch tar and gauze bandages are used to prepare the tire. The cloth is abundantly moistened in liquid, and the trunks are wrapped at a level of 10 cm from the ground. The soil around the hole is poured with a water-tar solution in a ratio of 5:10. After atmospheric precipitation falls, the ropes are again moistened with tar. To do this, a concentrated liquid is drawn into a syringe, injected directly into the bandage. The pungent smell repels ants.
Mechanical treatment and use of boiling water until the kidneys swell
Sanitary cleaning - effective method fight against aphids. With the help of a secateurs, all affected leaves are cut from the crown. Branches and shoots are cleaned of insects, coated with garlic juice. Upon completion of the cleaning, the affected foliage is burned.
Video about boiling water treatment.
In order to finally get rid of gallic and green aphids on currant bushes, it is necessary to destroy the clutch of eggs. To do this, in early March, before the buds swell, the crown is poured hot water repeatedly. It is important that the water jet is sprayed into the cracks in the bark. The acceptable temperature for spraying is + 80 ... 90 ° С. It is worth considering that while the gardener reaches the desired shrub, they will take such indicators, and during processing, a few more degrees will be lost.
After spraying with boiling water, the trunks are whitened with slaked lime. Lime helps to destroy the remains of the colony, filling voids in the trunks and under the bark, preventing the spread of pests.
The fight against aphids on currants is a responsible event, it does not tolerate delays, since you can be left without a crop or worst case lose the whole bush. Therefore, preventive measures are the key to the health of fruit plantations and bountiful harvests.
Aphids appear on currant branches in early spring when the leaves are just blooming. True signs of a gall aphid are reddish or orange swelling of galls, black and green aphids cause severe deformation of the leaves, they curl into a ball or roll into a tube.
If you have the opportunity and enthusiasm, you need to take care of the currants from early spring, and in warm regions from the end of winter.
Scalding currants with boiling water
As a preventive measure against aphids and kidney mites, scalding the bushes with boiling water helps to some extent. As soon as the snow begins to melt, there are already thawed patches, and the trees and shrubs are still asleep, as soon as the circle of earth at the base of the trunks is free of snow, you can prepare for the procedure.
We heat boiling water in an iron bucket, pour it into a metal watering can and go to water. Water must be prepared in advance, because one currant or gooseberry bush takes from 5 to 10 liters hot water(it will cool down until you bring it to the berry). A shower head is required for the watering can so that the irrigation goes in thin streams, and not in a wide stream of hot water.
Before watering, make sure that the dormant buds are not swollen.
- What does watering with boiling water give: some of the aphids' eggs lay directly on the branches, if you take a magnifying glass you can see them - small grains near the buds. And inside the kidneys, a kidney mite hibernates, scalding with boiling water helps to significantly hit this pest. If you see that some kidneys are thickened (currant kidney mite) - pluck them right away and into the fire. By the way, scalding also protects well against powdery mildew!
To water or not to water the currants with boiling water? I doubted for a long time whether I was doing the right thing with scalding, I didn’t scald it for some years, and there were always more aphids and mites in these seasons. The problem is that when pests go on a rampage, it is still very cold outside, and any solutions of chemicals have temperature restrictions, only folk remedies remain, but they are effective only with repeated spraying, sometimes it is too tiring and time-consuming.
The scalding procedure itself is not really easy - you need to heat up a lot of water (like in a lightning flash on bricks or a grill), it is also somewhat annoying to walk around the garden with a watering can of boiling water, this is a man's job. We stand on the bench to water large currant bushes to process everything completely. Therefore, everyone must decide for himself whether this procedure suits him or not.
Fumigation
Gardeners often practice fumigating aphids by burning various means. They burn rubber, tobacco and a raincoat mushroom.
All fumigations help well, only you need to start not before bud break, but at the moment when the buds began to swell and are ready to open.
The easiest way is to put in old saucepan a piece of burnt bicycle tire or tire and place it under each bush to smolder.
For mushrooms and tobacco, beekeepers' smoker is used; only large, ripe mushrooms are suitable.
As far as all this helps: real results were given by fumigation, which lasted three hours. We smoked tobacco from 7 pm to 10 pm (in calm weather), the aphid died almost completely. It was enough once. After that, it was enough to follow the anthills.
Disadvantages of the method: the easiest way is to fumigate with rubber - put it under the bushes and left, it smolders, there is a lot of smoke. Fumigation with mushrooms and tobacco in a beekeeper's smoke is very slow, you cannot move away, you need to walk around the currant bushes and inflate the furs. The smoke is thick and acrid. You can spread damp tobacco leaves to smolder in a small grill, but this is impractical - you need to control the wind and for a very long time (if a dozen currant bushes).
Conclusions: I think that fumigation is not worth wasting time and health, combustion products are too toxic for humans.
Examining the bushes
Spring began, buds turned green, and then young leaves blossomed. We examine the currants, especially the tips of the shoots, if suddenly the leaves began to curl into lumps, corrugation appeared, we immediately cut them off into the stove.
In the future, you need to monitor the shape of the leaves, rarely when it is possible to get rid of aphids by 100%, but you can restrain its rapid reproduction.
Do not forget to prune currants in a timely manner, cut out old branches and partially young ones if the bush is thickened.
How to process currants from aphids
Young currant branches bend well and they are not as prickly and branched as gooseberries, so you can not only spray it, but also dip the branches in a solution of insecticide chemicals or any folk remedy for aphids prepared according to the recipe.
I do this: I dilute an insecticide solution, usually it is either in proportions to a bucket of water, always warm (at least 20 degrees). I am preparing a shoulder-mounted pump sprayer (not a hand sprayer).
I go up to the bushes and take turns dipping all the branches, trying not to miss a single one. By that time, the leaves had barely blossomed, the size of a ruble coin. She dipped, poured, let go.
And so every bush. Then I pour from a bucket into a sprayer, and I spray all the bushes, now from the base of the branches to the tips and always the soil under the bush.
- When treating a garden from aphids, patience and thorough spraying are important.
- It is important to guess with the weather - in the morning or in the evening, always calm.
- It is important to select an insecticide that can work at a specific temperature (some are ineffective in the heat, others in the cold).
- It is important not to poison the bees chemicals, we really need pollinators in the garden and garden.
- It is important to anticipate the rain so that all the spraying work does not go to waste the next day.
- When spraying, push the sprayer tube deep into the bush and direct it in different directions, so the underside of the leaves is better wetted.
Aphid onions on currants
I also have my own secret - a decoction of onion peel, it helps very well, but you need a lot of raw materials. For a bucket of water, half a bucket of well-tamped onion skins.
In the procurement of raw materials I found a way out - all winter I go to the vegetable department of the store, there very often customers sort out onions, and a lot of husk remains in trays and baskets, it is usually thrown away. I ask permission and type in whole packages for free.
I pour boiling water on the onion husk and cook for 10-15 minutes to destroy the spores of harmful microorganisms in the husk. Then I leave the broth until morning.
I filter it and add a tablespoon of green soap. I pour it into the sprayer and go ahead with the song of the war on aphids. I start spraying with onion peels as early as possible. I repeat at least 3-4 times.
I want to note that in the processing of bushes and trees there is no special recipe, except for onions, you can also process other means, in this matter it is important to have good tool... The entire success of an enterprise depends on the sprayer. If the device is good, just fill in the solution, fix the button and stand by the bush, or rather slowly walk around it in a circle.
Plants that repel aphids
There are plants that can scare away aphids from currants and other berries. These are catnip, marigolds, mustard, coriander, chives, fennel, garlic, mint.
I must say that such planting does not guarantee getting rid of aphids. I planted garlic, catnip and marigolds near the currants, it did not help much, perhaps it was necessary to enclose the currant bush in a close circle of defenders so that neither ants nor aphids would get close, but I did not want to fly like Carlson with a bowl in my hands, picking berries.
Therefore, do not particularly rely on the protection of these plants, although, most of them are attracted to the garden. beneficial insects, not only bees, but also hoverflies and ground beetles that eat aphids.
Folk remedies for aphids
During my gardening history, I have tried various means to get rid of aphids. And I made my own rating, periodically tested one method, then another. In no way do I claim, I just share my impressions:
In my garden, spraying with yarrow and chamomile was completely useless: I prepared a solution of 100 g of dry grass per 1 liter of water, boil, cool, strain, add soap.
They did not like the aphids, but spraying with the tops of tomatoes, leaves and dandelion roots (500 g of leaves + 200 g of roots, insist on boiling water for a day) were statistically insignificant.
Citrus infusions helped against aphids: the peels were frozen, not dried. Grind the peel from one orange and steam with 1 liter of boiling water, when it cools down, add 2 drops detergent for hands. But then I checked, not all citrus fruits help, there are such varieties of tangerines and oranges, whose peels are very vigorous - if you chew it stings your tongue - that's what you need.
Another effective remedy: steamed leaves of celandine, if it grows on your site. I have a lot of it, it grows even under currant and gooseberry bushes and in this form does not frighten aphids at all. But an armful of leaves chopped up and steamed in a bucket of boiling water significantly reduced the number of aphids.
This method helps against aphids: in warm weather, when the water is not cold, water the currant bushes under the strong pressure of the hose, some of the aphids are simply knocked down with water. Then sprinkle the powder from the mixture on wet leaves: 1 glass of ash (fine sieved), 1 teaspoon of mustard powder. The method is effective before the leaves are strongly twisted and deformed, when the leaves are still small and the skeletal branches are clearly visible.
But do not flatter yourself about folk remedies, especially when, in addition to currants, aphids have chosen plums, cherries, rose bushes - with a massive pest infestation, you simply cannot find enough folk remedies - they do not get to aphids in twisted leaves. Here the systemists are to help: Aktara, Confidor, - they soak the leaf through and through, and the aphid dies in any case.
Fighting ants
Those who have not tried it yet should know what to expect - a long war. Ants feed on aphids, cultivate, someone even assures that they milk - tickle aphids' sides until they describe themselves with sweet syrup. I haven't seen it myself, I won't lie.
I tried chemistry against ants, and various infusions of herbs, skirts and Velcro on the trunks, by the way, they helped with plums and cherries, but you can't put such protection on currants, you need to eradicate anthills in the area.
What helps against ants: pee in the anthill from the heart, and pouring boiling water with acetic acid (for 1 liter of boiling water, 1 tablespoon of 9% vinegar). Urine and acid are categorically disgusting to them.
I fight with ants only in spring and early summer, the rest of the time all useful animals in the garden fight with them. I don’t know who exactly eats ants, except for hedgehogs, but even without my efforts, their number is sharply reduced, and with them the number of aphids.
If you want to use chemical poisons industrial production, then pay attention that the drug was intended specifically for the destruction of garden black ants. Homemade ginger ant remedies don't work.
Keep the garden clean, do not plant weeds up to the waist, while mowing, inconspicuous anthills will be visible.
Julia Reshetnikova, Vladimir
The presence of aphids on currant bushes can be determined by curled leaves and a large accumulation of ants on the plant. If reddish swellings appear on the leaves of the currant, this indicates the presence of a gall aphid. And in either case, you need to immediately start treating the plant from the pest.
How to deal with aphids on currants
First, decide how you will deal with aphids, that is, with the help of folk remedies or bio and chemical. drugs. If this is the first option, then you will have to be patient, since you will have to process the currants more than once. But it seems to be environmentally friendly. The second option is the destruction of aphids with special preparations that will destroy the aphids in 1 application and protect the plant from further attack by the pest. These drugs usually work for at least 30 days. Of course, this is chemistry, but if you follow the instructions for use, then harm to humans is minimized, since a waiting period is indicated for all drugs, that is, after how many days currants can be eaten without fear for their health.
As a prophylaxis against aphids on currants, it is advisable to plant around the bushes those plants that scare away this pest: marigolds, calendula, garlic, dill, parsley, basil, mint, coriander, tansy, yarrow. Maybe this will not help 100%, but in any case, the number of the pest will be much less.
How to process currants from aphids
Consider the methods of struggle with folk remedies, biological and chemical preparations. Folk remedies are good in that they can be used to process a plant at almost any stage of plant development, even on the already formed berries. But chemical. drugs after setting berries are not recommended.
Ants and aphids are inseparable, so if you have garden plot there are a lot of aphids, then fight the ants too.
Folk remedies for aphids on currants
Spraying soapy water ... Grate 300-400 g of laundry soap and dissolve in a bucket of water. You can dip the flexible currant branches directly into a bucket of working solution (usually the tops of the branches are more damaged by aphids), or you can pour it into a sprayer and process the bushes from it, wetting the leaves on both sides.
Spraying with garlic infusion... Chop 200 g of garlic and pour 1 liter of water and leave for 3-5 days. Then take 50 ml of this infusion in a bucket of water and generously spray the entire currant bush.
Spraying currants with celandine infusion... Pour half a bucket of crushed plant (cut celandine with gloves, since hands do not wash from it for a long time) pour water to the brim. Day to insist. Strain and spray the bush affected by aphids with this liquid.
Processing of currants from aphids with iodine and milk... Combine 100 ml of any milk with iodine (from 1 pharmacy bottle) and 1 liter of water. This mixture can be sprayed on bushes and trees and even roses from aphids.
Spraying aphids with vodka... Take cheap vodka (the price is at your discretion), add a little liquid soap to it (to stick the solution to the leaves) and spray the branches and leaves affected by aphids with this solution.
Spraying currant bushes from aphids with soda... Consumption rate: 75 g of soda per 10 liters of water. This spraying can be applied at any stage of plant development.
Preparations for aphids on currants
- From biological products coping with aphids we will advise the time-tested Fitoverm or Aktofit... Prepare the spray solution strictly according to the instructions for use given on the back of the package with the drug. Moisten the leaves on both sides.
- Strong insecticide for contact and intestinal action Aktara protects currants from aphids in 1 application. Treatment with Aktara is carried out as soon as the leaves begin to appear. This drug will protect your plants from many other pests as well.
- You can use an insecticide for aphids Kinmix... It also gets rid of shrubs and other common garden pests. You need to spray the plants strictly according to the instructions.
- It will also help against aphids on currants Confidor... Many gardeners believe that this best remedy... 2 g of the drug is first diluted in a small amount of water and then the volume is brought up to 10 liters. If there are a lot of aphids, then take 4 g per 10 liters of water. Be sure to add some liquid soap (40-50 g) for better adhesion to the leaves.
- Preparations will also help to get rid of aphids on currants. Intavir, Decis, Spark.
If you are faced with the problem of aphids on currants, please write how you solved it. By what means did you defeat this pest? What preparations for the destruction of aphids and methods of control would you recommend to other gardeners? How to spray the bushes so that aphids disappear forever?
Your reviews and additions will help many gardeners get rid of aphids on currants.
Aphids are a very voracious insatiable insect, but they especially like red and black currants, that is, its shoots and leaves. If you notice that the leaves on the bushes have begun to curl and change ugly, take a closer look at the shoots - they are probably completely covered with black - numerous individuals of aphids.
What to do? Of course, fight the aphids on the currants until they kill all the plants in your area. And how to get rid of aphids on currants competently.
Fighting aphids on currants involves a lot of different folk remedies and methods. All of them have been proven by many generations and are good for the reduction and destruction of aphids.
Aphids on currants: how to fight
You can try to get rid of aphids on currants using a soapy solution. Take a bucket of warm water, shave two pieces of laundry soap into it and mix thoroughly until it is completely dissolved, while trying not to raise a strong foam. You can add a glass of ash to the same composition and insist it overnight to increase the effectiveness of this tool. Then spray all the bushes with this solution, you can grab other plants in the vicinity to cut off all escape routes for the aphids.
One more great option how to deal with aphids on currants is to boil onion broth. For 10 liters of water, take a pound of onion skins and boil it for half an hour. After that, you need to cool the broth and sprinkle the currants with it.
In a similar way, you can boil a decoction of dandelion flowers, insisting it for several hours.
Finally, aphids that are especially resistant to adversity can be destroyed by preparing a thermonuclear composition from tobacco shag and red hot pepper. Take a bucket of water, put three hundred grams of tobacco into it, chop a pod of hot pepper and add there. Let all this stand overnight under the lid, and in the morning it is time to spray the bushes. But this should be done exclusively with gloves and a mask, otherwise you can harm not only aphids, but also yourself.
Chemical control of aphids on currants
Of course, you can just go to the store and buy the first chemical you come across to treat the area with it. But, firstly, it is not so difficult to deal with aphids on currants, therefore using chemicals here is the same as firing a cannon at sparrows, and secondly folk methods- still more environmentally friendly and safe than chemicals.
Pest control garden plants plays an important role. It prevents insects such as aphids from damaging shrubs and trees. On the currant, its eggs are located near the buds, and as soon as the plant grows after hibernation, they become active and begin to settle throughout the bush.
The petioles and leaves damaged by them are twisted into tubes. The danger from such a small insect is that if measures are not taken in time, it will quickly take over the entire plant and cannot be saved. To prevent the death of currants, it is necessary to apply at the beginning of summer special means, you can not spend money on purchased drugs, but use the folk recipes described below.
Home solutions
Although these agents are safe for humans, in high concentrations they affect the leaves of the plant as strong chemicals and can cause them burns, as well as pose a danger to other beneficial insects. Based on this warning, the proportions indicated in the formulations must be strictly followed. Why aphids appear on currants and apple trees, and how this problem can be dealt with, is described in great detail in this
Soap solution
Before using it, you need to rinse the plant well under a stream. cold water or wipe its leaves and branches with a cotton swab dipped in ordinary water.
The solution is prepared from laundry soap, in order to prepare it, 300 grams of detergent is rubbed on a grater and then diluted in a bucket of water. A more advanced solution is prepared from ash and soap. 300 grams of ash is added to a bucket of water, then it is put on the fire, and they are waiting for the mixture to boil, then 50 grams of crushed soap is added to it. But how effective it is, and how to use it correctly. set out in the article at the link.
One of these solutions is used to choose from when growing organic products, their processing is carried out in the evening. It is possible after the rain, but in no case in front of it, otherwise the efforts will be in vain.
When processing Special attention paid inside leaves where aphids usually settle. Soap spraying is repeated after a week, but if the remedy does not help even after that, then you cannot do without strong drugs.
Yarrow solution
Dried stems and leaves plucked at the time of flowering of the plant will help from aphids. To process several currant bushes, you need to take 1 kg of dried raw materials, pour boiling water and leave to languish in a water bath for half an hour.
After that, water is added to the resulting solution to make a total of 10 liters of the remedy. In such an amount, it must still be insisted in a dark place for two days. But what are the folk remedies for kidney ticks on currants, and which of them are the most effective, indicated
Tomato solution
To prepare it, you need to take 5 kg of tomato and pour boiling water over the fruits, then boil them for 30 minutes. The resulting solution is filtered, soap is added to the tomatoes, they should be cooked on fire for 30 minutes. Water is added to the resulting mixture to make a volume of 10 liters.
Pepper solution
You need to prepare 100 grams of fresh capsicum, pour 1 liter of water and boil in a sealed container.
Tobacco solution
In five liters of water, you need to add 200 grams of crushed and dried tobacco leaves, after simmering the mixture on fire for 2 hours, you need to bring the solution to 10 liters.
Herbal infusions
Before using them, it is necessary to check their action on a small area or on one bush, if the selected infusion is really effective, then it can be used for the remaining currants. Its processing is carried out before flowering and after picking berries. 
Potato infusion
Onion infusion
This vegetable is crushed without peeling it. From the prepared onion gruel, 200 grams are taken and poured with 10 liters of water. The mixture is infused for a day, and then it can be sprayed with currants. 
Chamomile infusion
For one bucket of water, you need to collect 1 kg of pharmacy chamomile. It is insisted for half a day, after which it is filtered. Before processing the plants, the solution is diluted with water, observing the proportions of 1 part of the mixture to 3 parts of the liquid. To enhance the effect, you can add another 50 grams of laundry soap.
Garlic infusions
There are many recipes with this vegetable against aphids, here are the most popular ones.
№1
Grind several heads of garlic so that they come out with 200 grams, to which 1 liter of water is added. The mixture is infused under the lid for five days. Currant bushes are sprayed with it. To prepare a solution of the desired consistency, dilute 25 ml of tincture in 10 liters of water.
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The recipe uses garlic arrows. A glass of crushed arrows is poured with a liter of water. The infusion is left for five days in a dark place. After that, when spraying, it is diluted with water, in proportions: 25 ml per bucket of liquid.
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Dandelion infusion
From aphids, the entire plant is applied without residue, together with the roots. It is collected during the flowering period, you need to prepare 600 grams of grass and cut it, then pour 10 liters of water, the components of the recipe after mixing are infused for three hours. 
Horse sorrel infusion
It is necessary to pour 400 grams of this herb in a crushed form with ten liters of boiling water, and then insist as long as time allows before spraying.
Infusion of marigolds
Their flowers are an excellent remedy for aphids. To prepare this infusion, you need to grind half a kilogram of flowers, you can simply separate them with your hands, add 1 liter of water to them, and leave for two days. After settling, the agent is filtered.
Alder infusion
It is necessary to insist one day 1 kg of alder leaves in 5 liters plain water, and then boil them for half an hour, leave to settle a little and spray the plants. 
Infusions of tansy, thyme and rhubarb are also effective against harmful insects.
Homemade products against aphids
Regular food can sometimes save whole shrubs if you know how to use it correctly:
- Take milk and drip a few drops of iodine into it and spray the currants with them until flowering.
- Ordinary vodka is the cheapest, it is poured into a spray bottle and the bushes are treated.
- Cream with essential oils - this tandem is also great for removing aphids. Add 10-15 drops of essential oil of tea tree, lavender or cedar to your choice in 100 ml of cream. 2 liters of water are added to the resulting composition. The bushes are sprayed with this agent three times.
- Coca-Cola is used as easy as shelling pears plastic bottle, in which she is put on a sprayer, and each shrub is sprayed with it in turn. This drink contains orthophosphoric acid that the aphid is afraid of.
Plants from aphids
Garden crops can also resist these insects if they are planted near currants. Some flowers attract aphids to them, and thus distract them from fruit trees and shrubs, such plants include mallow, some types of legumes, kosmeya, nasturtium and begonia.
Begonia in the garden
Other plants repel these insects, including marigolds, garlic, mint, coriander, onions, and a number of odorous herbs. But linden and viburnum, on the contrary, attract aphids, they cannot be planted next to currants.
It is possible to reduce the number of aphids by regularly cleaning the area with currants from weeds and tops on trees on which aphids could lay their eggs in winter period... You may also be interested in information on how it is used
Prophylaxis
It is much easier to prevent the appearance of aphids than to deal with it later, the following measures will help in this:
After spraying, currant berries can be eaten only after a week and a half, not earlier. Although all the compositions described are safe, they can still cause poisoning, especially if someone is used to eating unwashed berries. Spraying is done twice a season, but in severe cases, it is allowed to use solutions to save the plant large quantity once.