Root rot tablets. Glyocladin: an effective preventative fungicide for young plants. Application of biological fungicide in floriculture

Protecting plants from fungal and bacterial diseases is much easier than dealing with the problem once it has already arisen. Glyocladin is one of the biological drugs aimed at suppressing fungus in the soil. The scope of application and features of the fungicide will be discussed in this article.

What are Glyocladin tablets used for?

The soil in which garden crops and indoor flowers are grown contains many beneficial and pathogenic microorganisms. To suppress pathogens of fungal diseases, drugs are produced, including the biological fungicide Glyokladin.

The drug was developed by the domestic company CJSC Agrobiotechnology. Available in several forms:

suspension concentrate (5 l canisters);
wettable powder (60 g plastic tube);
tablets (pack of 100 pcs).

Suspension and powder are used for application to the soil and for spraying plants. Glyokladin tablets are used only for soil treatment.

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The active ingredient of the drug is the soil fungus Trichoderma harzianum, which prevents the development of root and basal rot. Once in the soil, the fungus begins to actively multiply, suppressing the proliferation of pathogens. As a result, beneficial microflora is preserved or restored in the soil.

Application Features and Benefits

The greatest effectiveness of the drug is observed when used to protect seedlings, young seedlings of vegetable crops and indoor plants. In adulthood or under stress, the roots secrete substances that prevent the proliferation of beneficial fungi, so the use of Glyocladin does not give the desired result.

Benefits of using tablets:

Effectively inhibits pathogenic fungal spores within a few days after application to the soil.
Safe for humans, fish, animals and birds. Does not harm the environment.
Does not affect the ecological purity of fruit and vegetable crops.
Has a positive effect on productivity.
Does not cause addiction in pathogens.
Convenient and easy to use release form.
Compatibility with other biological fungicides.

Another important characteristic of the drug is that it helps reduce toxic substances accumulating in the soil after the use of chemicals.

Spectrum of action

Glyocladin suppresses pathogens of such common fungal diseases as:

Alternaria blight, late blight and white rot on tomatoes;
Fusarium, Alternaria and fungal wilt of cucumbers;
pythiosis, fusarium of garden and ornamental plants;
black leg on seedlings;
black scab on tubers of garden and indoor crops.

Prevention and treatment with a biological product is carried out in all types of soil: greenhouses, open beds and residential premises.

Interaction of Glyokladin with other drugs

Analogues of Glyokladin - Trichocin, Gamair, Alirin-B.

Chemical fungicides and pesticides destroy the soil fungus Trichoderma harzianum, so it makes no sense to combine Glyocladin with them. The drug can be planted in the soil no earlier than 14 days from the date of application. After adding biological products based on other strains of the fungus to the soil, you must wait about 5-7 days.

How to properly use and consume a biological product

The instructions for use of the drug Glyokladin indicate that the tablets cannot be pre-dissolved in water. Once in a liquid environment, fungi will lose their properties. There is no need to crush tablets. It is this form of the drug that allows you to achieve the desired effect.

General rules for applying Glyocladin in tablet form:

the soil temperature must be at least 14 °C;
the soil must be pre-moistened and not allowed to dry out for 5-7 days;
the tablet is buried (by no less than 1 cm and no more than 7 cm) manually. The drug acts only in the upper layers of soil enriched with oxygen.

The consumption rate for indoor plants is 1 tablet for every 300 ml of soil. For a flower bowl with a diameter of 15-17 cm, you need to use 3 pieces, placing them at the same distance from each other. In this case, 1 tablet is carefully buried as close to the root as possible.

More information about the use of the drug and its analogues is described in this video:

In open ground, for each hole for a plant or seedling, use 1 tablet, placed near the main root. It is possible to increase the dosage taking into account unfavorable weather conditions and washing out of spores by rain.

The drug is non-toxic and does not cause allergic reactions. It is recommended to avoid contact of tablets or solution with skin, store separately from food and not use food dishes or cutlery when working. The shelf life of Glyokladin without breaking the packaging is 2 years. Recommended temperature range – from -30 °C to +30 °C.

Preparation of a solution based on Glyokladin powder

The wettable powder in which the drug is produced is used for the prevention and treatment of root rot on cucumbers and tomatoes. One bottle (60 g) is enough to treat 1 hectare of plantings, the volume of liquid is increased to 1000 liters.

To prepare the working solution, mix the contents of the package into 5-10 liters of liquid, stirring for 2 minutes. Add a solution to a tank filled 1/3 with clean water, mix again and add liquid to the working volume. The preparation prepared for irrigation must be used within 4 hours. No further storage is provided.

The manufacturer recommends using Glyokladin powder for processing cucumbers and tomatoes in protected soil. After planting vegetable seedlings in the beds, 2 preventive waterings are carried out. The interval between applications is from 3 to 6 weeks. The decision on when to re-treat crops should be based on the condition of the crop (healthy or showing early signs of disease) and take into account weather conditions. The protective properties last for 2-3 months.

Using tablets when growing seedlings

The effect of the drug Glyokladin for seedlings is similar to the use. The tablets protect vegetable and flower crops from the spread of fungal diseases and promote growth and development.

Before sowing the seeds, place the drug in the container at the rate of 1 tablet per 300 ml of soil. The distance between them should be at least 1.5-2 cm.
When planting seedlings in separate containers, place 1 tablet in each hole.
When planting seedlings in a greenhouse or garden bed, 1-2 tablets are buried close to the root or on both sides of it.

It is worth remembering that the mycelium forms over several days in conditions of high humidity, sufficient aeration and at a temperature of 14 °C. If weather conditions favorable for fungal diseases are observed before planting seedlings, then the tablets can be added to the wells in advance, about 7 days in advance.

Material prepared by: Yuri Zelikovich, teacher of the Department of Geoecology and Environmental Management

The biofungicide Glyokladin has qualities common to biological plant protection products – harmlessness and safety(hazard class 4 for humans; does not accumulate in fruits and does not affect the quality of the harvest), mild action (completely non-phytotoxic), lack of strict requirements for dosage and compliance with application regimens. However, this drug in some respects has no analogues (see below). It is necessary to use it knowing its features. In this case, seasonal costs for plant protection can be reduced by 15-20% or more.

Glyocladin – mushroom tablets

Glycladin is sold as tablets in packages of various capacities (see figure below). Unlike most, if not all, widespread biological plant protection products, Glyocladin tablets are not an active substance or complex of substances isolated from the producing organism, but dry compressed hyphae of beneficial soil fungi of the genus Trichoderma. Once in favorable conditions, the “sleeping” mushroom awakens, grows and does its job.

Mushrooms, as you know, are not autotrophs - they are not capable of synthesizing organic matter from mineral substances. Therefore, mushrooms do not consume nutrients, but ready-made nutrients; most of all carbohydrates (starch, sugar). Mushrooms' extraction of energy from nutrients requires a chemical agent to oxidize the food. Fungi Trichoderma sp. They are served, like you and me, by oxygen - they are aerobes, i.e. need air to breathe. But, unlike many higher soil fungi, Trichoderma sp. not symbionts: they live and develop on their own, without entering into mutually beneficial cohabitation with plants. It follows that the use of Glyocladin and its analogues (see below) should be carried out subject to the following general conditions:

It makes no sense to reject Glyocladin according to the principle “the whiter the better.” The normal color of its tablets is greenish-gray, on the right in Fig. A fake is recognized, alas, only by the absence of action.
The tablets of the drug do not dissolve and do not soak! Statements that Glyocladin is produced in the form of a concentrated emulsion of EC or a water-soluble concentrate of VRK, or that they can be prepared independently from tablets, are, excuse me, either ignorant nonsense or a deliberate deception. By putting a Glyocladin tablet in water, you will simply drown the mushrooms.
Also, Glyokladin is not available in sticks (sticks for sticking into the ground). A stick as a plant protection product is a porous (possibly soluble) rod impregnated with an active substance, which it gradually releases into the soil. If someone decided to make Gliocladin sticks, the effect would be the same as from treating frostbite in parts, starting from the fingertips - nothing but gangrene.
Fungal hyphae are much less persistent than spores. After being forced into suspended animation and remaining in it for a long time, the hyphae do not fully come to life. A Glyocladin tablet is the minimum “critical mass” for the revival of the fungus. By the end of the shelf life of 2 years, a viable core still remains in it, but it is impossible to crush or split the tablets or crush them into pieces in other ways - even if the pieces of hyphae come to life, they will be suppressed by competitors.
Glyocladin is effective only for young plants: stronger adults with their secretions will not allow the fungus to develop properly.
For root crops and perennials in open ground (including herbaceous plants that overwinter in underground parts), Glyokladin is not very effective.
Glyocladin used for plants, incl. very young, experiencing or just experienced stress: they “desperately defend themselves” with their secretions, not discerning who is useful to them and who is harmful.
The effectiveness of Glyokladin strongly depends on the type and strain of the fungus, as well as the external conditions of use of the drug, see below.
On open ground, the dose of Glyokladin should be increased, keeping in mind the possibility of worsening external conditions. This will not harm the plants and the quality of the harvest in any way - the “extra” hyphae simply will not survive and will quietly disappear into the soil.

While the mushrooms are fighting...

Mushrooms are perhaps the quietest, but also the most violent of living organisms. Fungal diseases, judging by paleontological data, are capable of devouring a dinosaur the size of a steam locomotive. Many mushrooms also wage a life-and-death war among themselves.

Fungi Trichoderma sp. They are warlike, but their natural targets of attack are plant-pathogenic fungi. Trichoderma know how to fight: at pos. 1 pic. it is shown how they, according to all the rules, surrounded the pathogenic fungus Fuzarium sp. (pink) on wheat residue. If the use of chemical fungicides is equated to area bombing, and biological products based on active ingredients to targeted strikes with “intelligent” weapons, then Gliocladin is already an army of disciplined soldiers fired upon; result (also on wheat) on pos. 3.

The most seasoned and hardy veterans are fully combat-ready only if they receive full allowances. Soil fungi obtain it from the soil. Actively developing plants are the main food competitors of lower fungi, so the use of Glyocladin will be effective in the future. cases (item 2 in Fig.):

For sowing and planting seed (bulbs, tubers) - most effectively. Especially for seedlings in peat pots, see below;
Before planting vitally active planting material (seedlings, rooted cuttings);
When transferring indoor plants with a lump of earth into a large container (pot, container).

Note: complete replanting of indoor plants with clearing the roots from the soil, pinching them, removing diseased ones, etc. – a therapeutic procedure from which plants receive severe stress. The use of Glyocladin in this case is ineffective; against harmful fungi, other chemical or biological products should be used when replanting plants.

Glyocladin and picking

The use of Glyokladin when picking seedlings is completely justified. The pick for plants is stress is very weak and passes quickly: the primary taproot will die off one way or another. Picking plant seedlings can be compared to defloration (deflowering) women: it may be somewhat painful, but not at all scary and necessary for entering the age of maturity. Among some peoples (by the way, famous for their health, for example, the Polynesians), aboriginal women's health specialists regularly examine teenage girls and, when deemed timely, deflorate them through non-sexual means or give permission for marriage if there is already a groom. At the same time, there are no reasons for rumors.

Spectrum of action

Glyocladin suppresses or completely eliminates the development of such genera and species of fungi that are pathogenic for plants and diseases of the root system caused by them (root rot, see figure on the right):

Alternaria spp. – Alternaria blight on tomatoes.
Fusarium spp. – the same, fusarium; except tomatoes on cucumbers and other garden and ornamental crops.
Phytophthora infestans – late blight of tomatoes.
Pythium spp. – pythiosis of garden and ornamental plants.
Rhizoctonia spp. – rhizoctonia (black scab) of garden and ornamental crops.
Sclerotinia sclerotiorum – white rot of tomatoes.
Verticillium dahliae – verticillium blight (fungal wilt) of cucumbers.

Note: abbreviation sp. (specie; always written with a small) means an indeterminate species or one of the species of a genus or a higher taxon of the same name (usually not higher than a family). spp. (species; spelled the same way) means several species of the genus.

Features of application

The Glyokladina mushroom needs time to emerge from suspended animation and grow. In the temperature range of 21-23 degrees, this requires 3-4 days; in the range of 20-25 degrees a week, this is the waiting time for the drug to take effect. Below +20 and above +25 Celsius, Trichoderma in pure culture awakens and grows, but in real conditions it turns out to be unable to suppress pathogenic fungi; on the contrary, it itself is inhibited by them - Glyocladin loses its effectiveness outside the specified optimal temperature range.

For successful development, Trichoderma also needs an environment saturated with organic matter and permeable to air: it is useless to add Glyocladin to sandy loams and sands, clays and loams, fallow or poorly cultivated compacted soils. Optimal soil moisture is 60-80%. In drier conditions, the mushroom wakes up sluggishly and does not do its job; in more humid conditions it awakens vigorously, but quickly dies, giving rise to spores. In water-filled soil, dormant trichoderma generally rots before it has time to awaken.

The duration of the drug in all cases is 50-85 days: the longer, the lighter the soil, and its humidity and temperature are closer to the minimum values within the optimum. Keeping in mind the need for air, Glyokladin tablets should be placed at a depth of 5-8 cm: higher - it will overheat and dry out; deeper - it will suffocate. The preparation is laid deeper on lighter soils; smaller on denser ones.

Note: If the soil on the site is systematically reclaimed with homemade composts, Glyokladin should be placed no deeper than 6 cm.

Glyocladin, Trichocin and acidity

There are several species of mushrooms of the genus Trichoderma. Glyocladin is made from the VIZR-18 strain of the Trichoderma harzianum species, see video:

Video: about Gliokladina

There is also an analogue of Glyocladin Trichocin on sale. It is made from the mushroom Trichoderma lignorum. Under optimal real-life conditions, Glyocladin is more effective: it suppresses all of the above pathogens, while Trichocin successfully copes only with Phytophthora infestans, see story:

Video: Glyocladin and Trichocin

However, Trichocin in relation to Glyokladin is not at all the same as “China” and “company”. The fungus Trichoderma harzianum has a serious drawback in this capacity - it needs an acidic environment for normal development: pH = (4.5-6). Already in neutral soil with pH = 7, the development of Trichoderma harzianum is suppressed, and at acidic pH<5,5 подавляется развитие многих культурных растений. Поэтому Глиокладин наиболее эффективен для рассады в торфогоршочках, и для комнатных, требующих кислой почвы: азалий, крупнолистовых бегоний, глоксиний, миртовых. На открытом грунте Глиокладин целесообразно вносить в почвы, регулярно удобряемые органикой (навозом, компостом) либо луговые или аллювиальные красноземы и каштановые. На карбонатных черноземах и степных каштановых почвах от Глиокладина толку не будет.

Trichoderma lignorum is much more tolerant of changes in the chemical reaction of the soil. At the same time, of the listed objects for suppressing late blight, it is perhaps the most dangerous. Therefore, in vitro (test tube) experiments do not provide a complete picture of the real comparative effectiveness of these drugs: in living open soil, Trichocin may be better than Glyocladin.

Compatibility

Glyocladin is incompatible with any other agrochemical and plant protection products. If they have been used previously, Gliocladin can be used no earlier than the expiration date of the predecessor product. After Glyokladin, no earlier than a week after its application, you can use preparations of similar action to protect the apical (aerial) parts of plants: Alirin, Gamair and Planriz. The use of Gliocladin with and is especially effective, see video:

Video: biological products Glyokladin, Alirin and Gamair

Application procedure

One tablet of Glyokladin is designed for 0.3 cubic meters. dm (300 ml of soil). An overdose several times will not harm anything except the cost of the drug, so in open ground, 2-4 tablets are given per copy of passive planting material (bulb, tuber); in this case, they are laid simultaneously with planting. Several tablets are placed in a nest as close to the roots as possible (or in the place where they will be thicker), but so that the tablets are no closer than 1.5-2 cm to each other: the hyphae of one clone must grow properly before they feel each other.

It is better to give Glyokladin for active material (cuttings, bushes) a week before planting, marking the planting site so that the mushroom has time to wake up and grow. But it’s better to take a mayonnaise cup (disposable ones are not suitable - they let in a lot of light) and poke small holes on its walls. Then pour 2-3 cm of damp soil onto the bottom and put the tablet(s). If the drug is applied to seedlings, roll over the bush with a lump of earth (possibly together with a peat pot) and fill the side gap with soil. Under the cutting that has taken root, another 2-3 cm of soil is poured onto the tablet and the cutting is planted on this pie.

Laying Glyokladina for fairly large indoor plants has some subtleties. Firstly, when calculating the number of tablets, you need to take into account not the diameter, but the volume of the pot. Secondly, if it is a low pot, there should be at least 2-3 cm of soil under the tablets. Thirdly, you can place the tablets under the bottom of a coma with plant roots only in breathable, unglazed clay pots. If the transfer is carried out in a plastic, glazed or wooden container, the tablets need to be pressed into the sides of the old lump 2-4 cm from its top.

Note: Place a Glyocladin tablet in peat pots under the seeds to a depth of 2-3 cm.

Precautionary measures

Glyocladin is classified as hazard class 4 only because it is prohibited to assign hazard class 5 (not a dangerous substance) to agrochemicals, otherwise there will be complete confusion. There are no harmful substances in Trichoderma; If they produced fruiting bodies like higher mushrooms, they could probably be fried and eaten. Glyocladin is approved for use even in sensitive systems such as fish farms. The hazard class of Glyokladin for bees is 3rd, but this is if the tablets are crushed and the powder is sprinkled on flowers. For a person to feel sick from Glyokladin, they need to eat it. In this case, first aid is to drink 3-4 glasses of water, induce vomiting and consult a doctor. There is no need to take activated carbon: it absorbs molecules of chemical substances, not fragments of living ones. As for working precautions, it is enough to wear gloves and wash your hands after work.

Conclusion

In the stories (more correctly, tales) of “experienced experts” about Gliokladin, the phrase flashes: “For prevention and treatment.” Completely incorrect statement: Glyocladin is an exclusively prophylactic drug. If the first symptoms of a fungal disease are noticed, there will be no benefit from it and its colleague Trichocin. In this case, the plants are treated with more expensive biological products based on concentrated active ingredients: Fitosporin, Trichophyte, etc. If the disease is advanced, you will have to use “evil” and dangerous, but potent agrochemicals. However, in an established economy, regular prophylaxis with Glyocladin will eliminate the second, and reduce the first to episodic in rare cases.

Owners of garden and dacha plots, amateur flower growers are much more demanding than before today regarding the medications they use, choosing those that will cure their plants and at the same time will not have a negative effect on the human body and the soil. This is exactly how Glyokladin works - a bacterial fungicide that is harmless to the environment, humans, animals and bees.

Description of the drug

This microbiological product (biological pesticide, as experts characterize it) eliminates fungal and bacterial problems from all types of plants that people grow:

His secret is that it finds and destroys sources of infection not on stems and leaves, but in the soil, where the infection of our green pets actually begins. At the same time, “Glyokladin” not only treats, but also prevents diseases, and also restores the soil after harmful bacteria and fungi have taken over it.

The Gliokladina activity zone is the top 10 cm layer of soil. Since pathogens do not get used to this drug, it can be used as many times as needed.

Release form and composition

The active ingredient of Glyokladina is Trichoderma harzianum VIZR-18, a fungal culture. The drug is dried mushroom hyphae - microscopic threads from which the mycelium (mycelium) is formed. Many experts consider Trichoderma and Gliocladium (the fungus that gave the drug its name) to be analogues. A drug called Trichodermin, with the same active ingredient as Glyocladin, is its predecessor.

In the retail chain, this domestic fungicide is presented in the form of tablets. Packaging: 100 pieces in a jar or 50 pieces in two cardboard blisters. Glyokladin can also be purchased in the form of a powder or suspension concentrate.

Attention. The suspension is usually used for treating large areas, tablets - for indoor crops and seedlings.

Purpose of the drug and its benefits

The drug is used as a medicine for representatives of garden and home flora, and in addition - for soil disinfection, into which seedlings and plants are planted, which need to be provided with new “housing” during the picking.

With the help of Glyokladin you can disinfect the soil.

Diseases that Glyokladin can treat:

late blight;
rhizoctoniasis;
ascochyta;
athracnose;
Alternaria blight;
fusarium;
pythiosis;
verticillium.

Why do gardeners and flower growers increasingly prefer this drug? Judge for yourself:

it effectively fights pathogenic fungi;
restores the correct soil microflora;
is used sparingly;
can be used for preventive purposes;
used both outdoors and indoors (for treating indoor plants);
safe not only for humans, but also for animals and pollinating insects;
the resulting harvest (when processing fruit, berry and vegetable crops) is environmentally friendly.

Attention. There is evidence that Trichoderma produces substances that activate plant growth, and therefore have a positive effect on their development and productivity.

Mechanism of action

Once in the soil, Glyokladin chooses its own course of action. This may be the penetration of a harmful fungus into the sclerotia (this is what a fungus in the dormant stage is called), which deprives dangerous bacteria of the chance to “wake up” and germinate - they dissolve under the influence of the drug.

The drug Glyokladin does not have an immediate effect.

The second way to destroy the enemy is that Trichoderma harzianum, with its thinnest hyphae, entangles a colony of pathogenic fungi and does not allow it to develop, completely suppressing its activity.

At the same time, trichoderma do not form a symbiosis with the root system of plants, but will remain in the soil for as long as they can find in it the easily accessible carbohydrates necessary for their life activity.

Florists should keep in mind that healing mycelium becomes ready to fight enemies 5-7 days after it gets into the soil, so it is impossible to expect an instant positive result. If the drug is applied too late, when the disease has entered an advanced stage, unfortunately, it is not possible to save the crop plants.

Attention. The Glyokladin mechanism starts working at a temperature not lower than 20 and not higher than 25 degrees Celsius.

Application of biological fungicide in floriculture

Gliokladin will help flower growers to treat:

fusarium - on, (when flowers droop and wither, as if they do not have enough water);
wilta - on roses, lilacs (the disease manifests itself by the death of shoots during the growing season);
pythiosis, or root rot - in indoor flower crops (plant roots die and dry out);
black leg - in various types of flower seedlings;
white rot - in greenhouse flowers (the disease is associated with waterlogging and is characterized by the formation of mold in the lower part of the stems);
gray rot - on indoor flowers Saintpaulias (violets);
late blight - on perennial flowers.

Glyocladin is effective in the treatment of fungal diseases of garden and indoor flowers.

Since Glyokladin is especially effective on wet soils, experts recommend using it for moisture-loving crops such as azaleas and myrtaceae. When caring for these plants, there is always a risk of overwatering and damaging the roots. “Glyokladin” will help protect flowers from pathogenic microorganisms, for which such an environment is favorable.

Instructions for use (for open ground and indoor plants), dosage

The main mistake that a gardener can make is to try to crush the tablets (Glyokladin does not dissolve in water) and start spraying the plants. The product is intended exclusively for soil.

The instructions for use of the drug, which you should read carefully, recommend burying the tablets into the soil 8 cm, maintaining humidity from 60 to 80% and temperature from +20 to +25 degrees. Alkaline and neutral environments are undesirable.

In open ground, the drug is used for compact crops - for example, when grown seedlings are placed in beds or flower beds. In this case, one tablet is thrown into each hole. For larger specimens (shrubs, trees), Glyokladin is usually used as a prophylactic agent, and preference is given not to tablets, but to powder, which is diluted in the ratio of 50 g of the drug per 0.5 liter of water.

It should be remembered that Glyocladin tablets do not dissolve in water.

“Glyokladin” can help restore soil cover in areas where various “chemicals” have been used for a long time; in this case, powder diluted in water is also used. It must be spent within two hours.

Advice. The drug will be highly effective if the tablets are placed in a layer of organic mulch covering the soil near the plants.

For indoor pets (this also includes seedlings), you will need 1 tablet for each 300 ml pot. If the diameter of the pot exceeds 17 cm, you need to take 3 tablets, if 20 cm - 4 tablets. They should be placed around the root system, as close to it as possible.

Compatibility with other drugs

“Glyokladin” is prohibited from being used simultaneously with any “chemistry”, since such products suppress the development of beneficial mushrooms or completely destroy them.

A good neighbor is the biofungicide "Planriz" - it is active against bacterial rot and does not interfere with the work of "Glyokladin". If there is a need to use such means as fungicides "Gamair" or, then this can be done after 3-5 days, not earlier (some experts insist on an interval of 1-2 weeks).

The drug Gliokladin cannot be combined with chemicals.

If the drug is used in liquid form, it is important to dilute it in a clean container, thoroughly washed if it has previously been used to prepare any chemicals.

Precautions when working with biological fungicide

Despite the low toxicity of the drug, gloves should be used when handling it. During this time you should not drink, eat or smoke. To dilute the powder, it is prohibited to use containers in which you cook food or boil drinking water.

If a tablet of the drug accidentally ends up in your mouth, you need to rinse your stomach, drink activated charcoal and seek medical help. In case of contact with mucous membranes, they should be washed with clean water.

Terms and conditions of storage

Glyokladin remains effective for 2 years. Recommended temperature is from +5 to -15 degrees. The storage location must be dry, inaccessible to children and pets, and isolated from food supplies.

Due to the deteriorating environment, it is becoming increasingly difficult to grow garden crops. They are often affected by various fungal and viral diseases. Chemicals used to control them remain in the soil and contribute to the accumulation of nitrates in vegetables. Fortunately, there is an alternative to such drugs, and that is Glyocladin. Instructions for use and user reviews will be presented in our article.

general characteristics

"Glyokladin" is a biological product that normalizes soil microflora. It is used both for the treatment and prevention of plant diseases. In gardening, it is used in different ways, such as sowing seeds, picking and transplanting seedlings. The soil is treated with a biological product to prevent late blight on tomatoes. Positive results after its use are also visible on indoor flowers. The effect of this remedy is achieved thanks to the fungus Trichoderma harzianum VIZR-18. It suppresses the activity of pathogenic bacteria, thereby preventing the development of diseases provoked by these microorganisms.

Action of the biological product

Blocking of pathogenic microflora occurs due to metabolites contained in biological fertilizer. The interaction occurs as soon as the product enters the soil. The beneficial fungus instantly attacks pathogenic bacteria and significantly slows down their development. The negative effect of the drug is aimed directly at pathogenic organisms, while it does not cause the slightest harm to vegetable crops. Judging by the instructions for use and reviews, “Glyokladin” is a biological agent that is characterized by incredibly fast action and is harmless to people.

Benefits for plants

Fighting diseases is not the only benefit of the drug. It also plays an important role in the nutrition of vegetable crops. Penetrating into the root layers of the soil, spores of the biological fungus penetrate into the root shoots, germinate and form myceliums on it. This dense plexus, which serves as a natural pump, is called mycorrhiza. The new formation significantly enhances plant nutrition. It promotes the dissolution of compounds found in the soil into a form that the plant root system can absorb. Thus, vegetable crops receive additional amounts of mineral salts, potassium and phosphorus. Mycorrhiza supplies plants with enzymes, biostimulants and other necessary substances, including moisture.

Under favorable conditions, the mycelium develops within a week, and the effect lasts up to 30 days.

Application

The drug is not hazardous to the environment. If the correct dosage is observed, it can be safely used near apiaries, livestock farms and reservoirs.

A healthy mushroom will give the expected result with the right approach. Therefore, you must strictly follow the instructions that explain how to use Glyokladin correctly. Instructions for use and reviews from people repeatedly state the effectiveness of this drug. They also indicate that the product in tablet form is more convenient to use than a suspension. They are simply laid in the ground, deepened by 1 cm.

If you immerse the tablets in dry and poor soil, it will not bring any benefit. To create suitable conditions, some gardeners use mulch. This helps retain moisture and enriches the soil with additional fertilizers. The biological preparation interacts much more effectively with organic substances. Unsuitable conditions lead to the death of the beneficial mushroom. Therefore, you should always take the weather into account and choose a humid and not too hot day.

Optimal doses for using the product in open ground:

For one plant - 1 tablet when planting. If the plant is large, you can use more product, for example 4 pcs.
To prepare a liquid solution, 1 tablet is calculated per 300 ml of clean water. The tablet must be crushed as it does not dissolve.
To treat 1 hectare of area, prepare a solution from powder per 0.5 liter of settled water and 50 g of biological product. It must be used immediately, as after 2 hours the suspension will lose its properties. After processing, the soil needs to be dug up to 25 cm.

The correct calculation of the dose of Glyokladin is of great importance. Instructions for use and reviews indicate this feature is not accidental. The drug can be used with other biological agents at intervals of 5 days. Simultaneously applying with fungicides is strictly prohibited.

Prevention of cucumber diseases

There is no need to wait until the plant shows signs of disease. It is better to start using natural remedies for preventive purposes in order to prevent the proliferation of pathogenic microbes.

To protect cucumbers from black rot, Glyokladin tablets are used. Their number can vary from 1 to 3 pieces. depending on the size of the bush. Apply the product from different sides and inject it 1 cm into the soil. It is important to know that the product will not work in a deep layer of soil.

Tomato protection

Fungal diseases of tomatoes are quite common. You can often observe how the fruits of this popular crop are affected by gray rot. This can occur from high humidity or excess nitrogen fertilizers. This disease manifests itself in the form of a grayish fluffy coating on the fruit. Leaf spotting and damaged stems also signal danger. A fungal infection quickly spreads from one tomato bush to another. Nightshades can also be subject to other types of rot, such as brown, crown, white and root rot (rhizoctoniosis).

It is important to take preventive measures against such diseases. During the growing season of plants, you need to carefully inspect the bushes to identify the initial signs of rot. If they are detected, you must immediately tear off the affected leaves.

To prevent foci of infection (gray rot) from reappearing, bushes with tomatoes should be sprayed with a suspension of Glyokladina. In this case, you need to pay special attention to the places where the leaves were torn off and coat them well. Spraying is carried out during the daytime to allow the plants to dry properly.

Treatment of fusarium

Something similar can be observed on tomato bushes. Leaf wilting begins with signs of chlorosis. They turn greenish-yellow in color, curl and fall off over time. The root collar of the plant becomes covered with a brown coating.

Treatment of fusarium blight in cucumbers should begin with preventive treatment of seed material. Disinfection is carried out using the method of steaming seeds.

3 days before sowing, Glyocladin tablets are added to the soil. When the seedlings appear, they should be treated several times with this biological product. Improving soil microflora increases the resistance of crops to pathogens.

Diseased tomato bushes must be torn out, removed from the site or burned. It is useless to treat infected bushes, and there is a danger that the infection will spread to healthy bushes.

The best protection against fungus is soil disinfection. For this purpose, potassium permanganate, copper sulfate, dolomite flour or boric acid are used.

"Glyokladin" is sprayed on plants at an early stage of infection and to prevent the disease. Tomatoes should be processed after each rain. If humid weather is also accompanied by increased air temperature, favorable conditions are created for the growth of pathogenic bacteria.

The biological product has a beneficial effect on the growth of tomatoes, but in order for the result to be positive, spraying must be carried out at a temperature of at least +15 o C.

A very effective way to fight fungus is to add the biological product “Glyokladin” to the soil before planting seedlings. Timely treatment of other diseases will help prevent tomato bushes from wilting.

Prevention of late blight

Late blight most often appears on tomatoes. To prevent this from happening, Glyokladin will provide a good service. To cultivate the soil, it is introduced into the ground after autumn digging. In the spring, as soon as the snow melts, the procedure must be repeated.

Unlike chemicals used to treat the soil in early spring, the use of a biological product is allowed at any time of the year. If after using the first vegetables you can eat only a month later, then after treating the soil with “Glyokladin” - in the first days.

If disinfection of the soil around tomato bushes is carried out in the summer, one must not forget about the importance of mulching. After applying the product to moist soil, you must immediately lay a layer of mulching material.

Farmers quite often face the problem of poorly growing plants. Favorable weather conditions are not enough for a good harvest. We also need useful soil microflora, where there will be no pests. This can be achieved by the biological product in tablets Glyokladin. Instructions for use, reviews from gardeners and prices for the drug will be revealed in our article.

Glyokladin is intended to clean the soil from bacteria that are the source of fungal plant diseases. The entire plant is affected from the leaf to the root system. Such diseases are dangerous because the disease is transmitted to surrounding plants. Therefore, preventive measures are simply necessary. They will serve as a shield and protect you from these troubles. Only the soil is treated with the drug. No need to water the plants.

When to treat:

Before planting plant seeds in the soil. First, the drug is poured, then the seeds.
If the following diseases are noticed in the plant: gliocladin, alternaria, verticillium, pythiosis, rhizoctonia, fusarium, late blight. You don’t have to wait for the first manifestations, but stick a tablet into the ground as a preventive measure. It not only treats, but also prevents its occurrence.
When the leaves lose their elasticity, they become soft; the upper, young parts of the stems fall down - no need to hesitate, act immediately.
Before planting crop seeds or seedlings in a permanent place in the garden plot. This is worth doing especially when there are suspicions that previous plants were sick.

It is worth noting that only the soil can be processed; the plant is not watered with the solution. The tablets do not need to be dissolved first.

Unfortunately, this drug is not suitable for every agronomist.

The fertilizer is intended for:

Vegetables
Flowers, both indoor and wild.

After the full course, the soil retains beneficial microflora for 90 days.

Be sure to wear gloves before opening the package. After using the drug, hands should be washed well. Although the product is not toxic, it can cause an allergic reaction in some.

There are several ways to use the drug. The choice depends on which plant and where it will be planted.

How to use Glyocladin tablets correctly:

1 tablet is for 300 grams of soil;
when cultivating land intended for planting indoor plants, you need to put 3 tablets in a medium pot;
4 tablets are placed in a large pot.

Tips for using tablets:

the plant and the soil around it are well watered;
Gliocladin is placed deep into the root;
covered with earth;
relative humidity should be maintained for 7 days.

Important: For the greatest effect, the tablet is crushed into powder and mixed well with the soil. If the drug is used outdoors, then 1 tablet should be placed near the root.

It is worth noting: the product will work much better in humid and cool weather.

The effect of the drug can be noticed after 7 days, which lasts for a month.

Remember: the product is not used in combination with other chemicals. In one year, in order to treat and prevent diseases, soil cultivation is carried out 2 times.

As soon as you start using Glyocladin tablets, you will notice the following changes:

The drug begins to act immediately after using the first tablet. The drug consists of mushrooms that, when interacting with the soil, begin to multiply. Plants begin to grow better, manifestations of the disease disappear.
Safe for both humans and animals.
Does not have a toxic effect on plants.
Restores beneficial microorganisms in the soil.
Removes harmful substances - absorbs them.
Excreted naturally. It is very good to use after treating the soil against rodents and other pests.
With frequent use, bacteria do not develop immunity.
Supplies assimilable phosphorus to plants.

All these qualities enable gardeners to grow healthy produce without adding chemicals. Thanks to Soviet scientists, you can protect your plants without spending a lot of money.

Cost of the drug

The tablets can be purchased at any gardening store. Also, many online stores distribute this substance. The price of Glyokladin ranges from 75 - 110 rubles per 100 tablets.