Spider mite on cucumbers. How to destroy?

And you know that a rich harvest of cucumbers candestroy such a small pest as a spider mite? If you do not react in time and do not start destroying the insect, the cucumber whips from healthy and strong plants will instantly turn into stunted withering twigs.

Spider mites are harmfulan insect of light green color, no more than two millimeters in size. He leads to death not only cucumber plantings, but also many other crops. Spider mite on cucumbers is not immediately detected not only because of its microscopic size, but also because it lives mainly on the underside of the foliage. The first signs of damage to the plant are, as a rule, small light spots, sometimes you can see a grid of cobwebs with larvae.

Spider mite on cucumber reproducesquite fast, which is promoted by high temperatures. These insects are very resilient creatures, they easily tolerate any frost. Spider mite on cucumber (photo shown) requires immediate action when it is detected. It is desirable, of course, to use such methods that would help in the future to prevent the appearance of pests on the site.

So, if there is a spider mite on cucumbers, the methods of combating it must be considered. They require the following operations:

• Thoroughly spray the underside of the leaves.For spraying use decoctions of wormwood or garlic. To achieve the best effect, it is recommended to use chemical preparations. In any specialty flower shop, you can purchase these products.
• Remove leaves damaged by a spider mite with their subsequent burning.
• Weeding weeds that can be infected by a pest, and also burning weeds.
• Remove and burn after harvesting all cucumber weaves.
• Disinfection of greenhouses and greenhouses in which cucumbers grew.

Spider mite on cucumbers is very dangerous foryoung seedlings. Unseen danger can lead to rapid death of plants. Treatment of contaminated crops should be done systematically: approximately every 10 days. The fact is that the pest is very resistant to the effects of various drugs, at one time it can not be destroyed. Even with the use of chemical preparations, they should be alternated, because the mites are able to develop resistance to certain chemicals. Because of these features of parasites, the use of one total means subsequently becomes ineffective. Spider mite on cucumbers is able to quickly restore its strength, because a female parasite can lay up to 300 eggs per day.

Interesting Facts

Spider mite destroys plant cells, because ofwhich, in turn, become weak and susceptible to a wide variety of diseases. The pest does not only damage the plantations, but also carries a number of infections: gray rot, various viral diseases.