Why is gooseberry white? The raid on berries is curable!

Seeing gooseberries, white bloom on the berries,Gardeners, faced with this problem for the first time, give up their arms in bewilderment. Yes, it is a shale disease called powdery mildew. At first the bloom is less noticeable: on the berries and leaves you can see an almost invisible “frost”.

These are fungal disease spores thatgrow and infect the plant more and more. If the shrub is not treated, the white bloom becomes more and more expressive and gathers in whole fluffy flakes, hitting the berries and leaves. Further, it changes in color - becomes brown with black dots (fruit bodies of mushrooms). The shrub begins to lose its shoots - they dry, the berries crumble. The next summer, the disease progresses even more, because the spores multiply more intensively, and as a result the plant dies.

What to do if the gooseberry fruit covered with white powdery mildew?

If, after examining the gooseberry, white bloom on the berriesyou only noticed in the initial stage, you need to take the necessary measures to stop the development of fungal disease. At the initial stage (as in our case), the best way is spraying. The usual laundry soap and copper sulfate can become active substances for this purpose.

Take 20 g of copper sulfate and 150 gsoap on 10 liters of water. It is better to dilute copper sulphate in not too hot water. Thoroughly stir the mixture trickle into the prepared soap solution. Laundry soap can be grated on a coarse grater. When spraying special attention should be paid to the affected areas. For the prevention of the occurrence of the disease, it is desirable to spray the gooseberry completely (white plaque in this case will not appear at all) and the soil around it.

Gooseberry in nature - shrubunpretentious, but prevention against fungal diseases he needs to be carried out regularly, every spring. If we talk about currants, then the spores of mushrooms often affect its leaves and young shoots, while berries are damaged on the gooseberries: they wrinkle, dry and fall. If the shrub is running and your gooseberry is white, the raid on the berries is already well visible, you need to act immediately. All shoots strongly affected by mushrooms should be cut and burned. Do not be afraid that the bush will not give you fruit this year. But you will save him from the insidious disease - powdery mildew.

Preventing the appearance of the disease

In order that the raid on the berries does not appear onNext summer, in early spring, carefully treat the shrub using the above mixture or use special ready-made preparations for spraying - Cumulus, Tiovit Jet or Vectra.

They can be purchased at any hardware store or supermarket.

С целью профилактики начинайте опрыскивание plants at the moment when the first young leaves appeared. Treat the selected drug not only young shoots, but also the ground around the bush itself. The second spraying should be carried out during the flowering period, the third - during the formation of the ovary. When the berries ripen, use for the prevention of more benign drugs.

If you follow our recommendations, then your gooseberry will be healthy, you will not be disturbed by the white bloom on the berries, and you will surely collect the harvest!