Beet pests

The main pests of beets

The main pests of beets: beet flea, ash-colored miner fly, aphid, beet weevil. The color of the beet flea beet is bronze-brown. It is a small bug with light green legs. It is dangerous for any beet, as it eats away the pulp of the leaves.

Flea beetles must be destroyed as early as possible. It is necessary to spray crops with insecticides: kinmix solution, fury, karate. You can use simpler methods, such as: pollination with tobacco dust, having previously sprayed the plants with water, or using some kind of glue, for example, solid oil. Spread it on a small piece of plywood and swing it over the garden bed.

Most often, a pest such as aphids appears on sugar beets. These small insects suck the sap from the leaves. Aphids do not tolerate the smells of plants such as marigolds, wormwood, calendula. To destroy aphids, plants must be sprayed with organophosphate insecticides. It is also necessary to prevent the appearance of black garden ants. They breed aphids.

So that there is no miner fly, you should dig up the beds in the fall, get rid of weeds and loosen the ground between the beds during the entire summer period. Spraying with insecticides will also help control the beet weevil. Decis is best suited for this purpose. It is imperative to pull out all the quinoa in the garden - the weevil's favorite delicacy.

Beet disease

Many factors affect beet diseases: damaged seeds, beets sown at the wrong time, soil affected by fungi, improper plant care and much more.

The greatest harm to crops is brought about by such diseases of the beet root-eater, heart rot, downy mildew, and cercospora. If the soil is waterlogged, the beets can get sick with root-eaters. The bottom of the fruit turns black and the plant dies. It is necessary to add sand to the ground when digging the beds in the fall.

Downy mildew appears in wet summers. This is noticeable by yellowed leaves and a grayish-purple bloom on the back of the leaf. To prevent downy mildew from appearing, it is necessary to dig up the beds in the fall, burn the tops after harvesting, disinfect the seeds before planting in potassium permanganate. Make a dark solution of potassium permanganate and keep the change in it for 30 minutes.

On soils containing a lot of calcium, heart rot is found. This is caused by the small amount of boron in the area. This disease can be recognized by the fact that the beets are hollow inside and with rot. This drawback can be eliminated by spraying the plants with a 0.15% boric acid solution.

Diseases and pests of beets can cause significant damage to the crop, so you need to know how to treat beets from pests.