Content
- 0.1 Preparation of a working solution for processing tubers
- 0.2 Treatment
- 0.3 Solution for soil treatment during planting
- 0.4 Soil etching
- 1 Description of the drug
- 2 Operating principle
- 3 How long to wait for exposure and potato protection period
- 4 How it helps with the Colorado potato beetle and wireworm
- 5 Difference between Taboo and Taboo VSK
- 6 Compatibility with potato varieties and products
- 7 Harm to health
- 8 Signs of poisoning
- 9 Which is better Prestige or Taboo
The Colorado potato beetle is harmful in the industrial cultivation of potatoes, it takes a lot of time for gardeners to fight it. Taboo is a new, effective insecticide that can facilitate the fight not only with the Colorado potato beetle when used according to instructions. It is used against another dangerous potato pest - wireworm.
The drug is recommended to be used in two ways. The first method is to process seed potatoes from the Colorado potato beetle. The second method is to cultivate the soil when planting from a wireworm. Both methods have proven to be effective if the instructions are followed.
Preparation of a working solution for processing tubers
Seed potatoes should be scattered in one layer on a tarp or plastic wrap. The thinner the root crop is, the easier it is to spray evenly.
Prepare working solution. To do this, take a small (non-food) container. Pour into it 10 ml of the drug, dilute it with a little water.
After dissolving the suspension in water, pour the resulting solution into the sprayer container, add 1.4 l of water... Stir the working fluid several times before use.
Treatment
To carry out processing of tubers on the day of preparation of the working solution... It is impossible to store an aqueous solution of the suspension. Spray seed potatoes evenly, periodically turning them over.
It should dry out before planting. The product forms a thin, durable film on the peel. When placing the potatoes in the holes, the film does not sprinkle. The holes must be immediately covered with earth.
According to the gardeners' reviews, the resulting volume (1.4 l) of the solution should be enough for 125 tubers... The disinfectant diluted with water should be used during the day. You cannot store it. To prepare a smaller volume of the treater, you can use the bottle cap as a measure. It contains 2.5 ml of suspension.
Solution for soil treatment during planting
In a field infected with wireworm, pre-planting soil cultivation is carried out. A solution of a different concentration is prepared. For 10 liters of water, you need 4 ml of the drug. This volume is enough to process 1 weave when planting potatoes in holes or furrows.
One 10 ml bottle is enough to prepare 25 liters of working solution, which can be used to process 2.5 hundred square meters of a potato field.
Soil etching
First, prepare the holes (furrows) for planting. The next step is to prepare the required amount of the disinfectant and fill the sprayer with it. Convenient to use pneumatic garden sprayers, which include a telescopic hose.
The solution needs to be processed every hole (furrow). Spread out seed potatoes and cover with soil.
Many gardeners combine the processing of tubers and soil... First, the planting material is laid out in the holes, then it and the ground are cultivated at the same time.
Description of the drug
Taboo is a modern drug, it contains an active substance imidacloprid (synthetic neonicotinoid) and a number of auxiliary substances that contribute to high-quality processing of seed material.
When processing seed potatoes with a solution of the drug a durable coating is formed in the form of a thin film, which does not crumble after drying, is colored red.
The indication helps to control the volume of the processed planting material. Untreated tubers have a natural color, processed tubers are red.
The substances that make up the emulsion provide comfortable and high-quality processing of the planting material:
- Signal dye.
- Adhesive.
- Antifreeze.
- Special dispersants.
- Thickener.
Operating principle
The active substance is imidacloprid - poison for the Colorado potato beetle and wireworm... It is a synthetic analogue of natural tobacco-based preparations.
To reduce the population of the Colorado potato beetle, it is enough one pre-sowing treatment of planting material... This significantly reduces the time for pest control.
How long to wait for exposure and potato protection period
The tubers treated with the solution absorb imidacloprid. During the growth of potato stalks, it enters the leaves and tops with juice.
The drug begins to work immediately after landing, and protects potato seedlings from the first wave of the pest. Colorado potato beetle is less dangerous for hardened plants.
How it helps with the Colorado potato beetle and wireworm
Colorado beetles and their larvae feed on young leaves and shoots... Imidacloprid enters the stomach with the juice of the plant. You can observe the toxic effect after a day. The nervous system of insects is blocked, they die.
Treatment of holes and tubers during planting protects potato bushes from the larvae of the click beetle (wireworm). The insecticide from planting to harvest keeps these larvae away from the young potato tubers.
Climate and weather conditions do not affect the effect of the drug. This has been proven in practice. Taboos have been tested against wireworms in different regions and have proven effective everywhere.
The tests were carried out in the fields:
- Chuvashia.
- Udmurtia.
- Kaliningrad region.
- In outskirts of Moscow.
- Leningrad region.
Difference between Taboo and Taboo VSK
The seed treater "Tabu" and "Tabu VSK" is produced by the "August" company. She specializes in the production of pesticides for agricultural enterprises and private households.
Release form - water suspension concentrate... For industrial use, they are packed in 5 liter and 1 liter canisters. For summer residents, the VSC Taboo is produced in convenient small bottles with a capacity of 10 ml. This volume is for a single use.
Compatibility with potato varieties and products
Not all potato varieties can be treated with Tabu. It is not recommended to process early maturing varieties. potatoes, in which the period of ripening of root crops is less than the period of action of the insecticide.
Taboo does not have antifungal properties, but it can be combined with some modern fungicides:
- Vial Trust;
- Vitaros;
- Bunker;
- TMTD VSK.
After adding the fungicide, the Tabu solution must be thoroughly mixed. Add the next drug after the final dissolution of the previous drug.
Harm to health
For a person, this drug toxic... Preparation of the solution, dressing of tubers, planting of treated seed potatoes should be carried out taking precautions.
Planting potatoes glovedto exclude contact of the skin of the hands with the dried preparation.
Precautions to be taken when preparing and handling seed potatoes:
- glasses;
- respirator;
- rubber gloves;
- work clothes that cover the skin of the hands and feet.
Do not smoke, drink water or eat while working with the drug. After finishing, wash your face and hands with soap, rinse your mouth.
Signs of poisoning
A doctor should be consulted if a person has the following symptoms:
- be sick;
- dizzy;
- movement is difficult to control.
Which is better Prestige or Taboo
To combat the wireworm before the appearance of the Taboo insecticide, gardeners used the drug Prestige... It is used successfully now. Potato growers are actively debating which drug is better.
The table provides data to help you compare the two treaters.
| Properties | Prestige | Taboo |
| Toxicity class | 3 | 3 |
| when processing potatoes, you must use personal protective equipment | Yes | Yes |
| imidacloprid is found in potatoes dug 60 days after treatment | No | No |
| period of protection against the Colorado potato beetle in days | 37 | 45 |
| wireworm protection period in days | from planting to harvesting | from planting to harvesting |
| processing of early ripening potatoes | No | No |
| fungicidal properties | Yes | No |
| tillage before planting | No | Yes |
| stimulates the growth and development of potatoes | Yes | No |
| number of treatments | 1 | 1 |
| Price | Expensive | Cheaper |
Tabu disinfectant - effectively combats the Colorado potato beetle and wireworm. Compliance with the recommended concentration of the drug in the working solution, harvesting not earlier than 60 days from the day of planting - a guarantee of the safety of potato tubers for human health.
