Spring is in full swing and in a moment we have summer. If you want you to have a rich cherry harvest in the summer, you need to take some steps. See how to achieve perfect growth of cherries.
Spring is in full swing, the sun shines and warms up nicely and in a moment the cherries begin to bloom. This happens in May and after flowering, fruits begin to form where everyone likes to enjoy the holidays. Everyone would like a rich harvest of cherries for the summer, but unfortunately it will not be successful. In spring and summer, only nature and the sun, but also pests, are not involved. See what you need to do so that this pest does not endanger the growth of your cherries.
YouTube video about the spring section of the cherry can be found on the channel Jan Urbánek – grower:
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Cherry propeller
The cherry propeller is a small fly that awakens in about mid -May. And where there are cherries or cherries as you could judge by name. The propeller will fly around the unripe yellow fruits of the cherry. They put eggs into them, which will then become larvae. Certainly it happened to you that you were about to bite in the cherry, but suddenly you noticed a small white worm. That was exactly the larvae of the propeller.
No one wants to experience the larva together with the cherry. But the problem is not just a disgusting thought that you ate the cherry with an IS uninvited guest. The invasion of the larvae in the icing can depreciate the entire harvest. The fruits will soften quickly, then succumb to rot and fall off prematurely. Therefore, you need to protect your cherries from the air raids and thus save your crops. How to do it?
How to increase the crop of cherry
Of course, the first way to get rid of the propeller is insecticides. However, if you do not want to spray chemistry on your cherry, there is another proven way to get rid of the cherry propeller. Get adhesive boards that act as an indicator of pests, as well as reduce their population density. To make the trap as effective as possible, it is ideal to have a yellow color. This is because the female laying larvae, the yellow color resembles the immature fruits of the cherries in which they lay eggs.
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