Protection against the Colorado potato beetle with prestige. “Prestige” from the Colorado potato beetle: how to treat potatoes before planting Prestige insecticide instructions for use

Kira Stoletova

In order to grow a rich harvest without loss, gardeners have to use chemicals. If not treated with disinfectants, the development of any crop will be accompanied by pest attacks, which will reduce productivity. What is Prestige and how to use it? Let's look at the strong and weak sides facilities.

Every year, on the way to a rich potato harvest, gardeners are faced with all sorts of diseases and pests that take a lot of effort and time. Tired of fighting, they turn to chemical exposure. Today, many products have been created that differ in their range of applications and degree of toxicity. One of them is Prestige, a German complex-action preparation for processing potatoes.

Prestige Properties

The drug Prestige is released German company Bayer. It acts on potatoes as an insecticide, fungicide and growth stimulant. Range of its application:

• creating a barrier from harmful insects, including the Colorado potato beetle;
• protection against diseases such as rot, scab, rust and powdery mildew;
• acceleration of plant growth and development;
• improvement appearance tubers.

Prestige is produced in the form of a suspension with a volume of 15 to 500 ml. It should be stored at a temperature of -5...+30°C out of the reach of children and animals, away from food products. Prepare the solution immediately before use. After treatment, the plant will be protected for 40 days from pests and diseases. Prestige components completely disintegrate within 60 days, so early varieties This drug is not treated for safety reasons.

When using Prestige, you must carefully follow the instructions.

Of the advantages of Prestige, gardeners note the following:

• efficiency;
• increase in productivity;
• increasing the immunity of potatoes to unfavorable environmental conditions: temperature changes, high humidity, drought.

The only drawback of the drug is its toxicity - Prestige belongs to the category of “moderately dangerous”; if the technology of use is violated, it can harm human health. Some gardeners note high cost facilities.

How to process potatoes with Prestige

Prestige is intended for pre-planting treatment of tubers and root systems. Combined treatment with the drug Maxim gives a good effect. But before using any other product together with Prestige, you need to check their compatibility. If a precipitate forms when mixing these solutions, it means they cannot be used together.

Before germination

Potatoes treated before germination adapt better to the soil, grow faster and bear fruit, which naturally increases the yield.

Pre-planting treatment of potatoes is carried out 2–3 weeks before planting in open ground. Prestige is dissolved with water in a ratio of 1:10. Moreover, 100 ml of the drug is enough to process 10 kg of tubers. Potatoes are laid out on flat surface and spray with the prepared and thoroughly mixed solution on all sides. After the tubers dry, they are sent for germination.

Treatment before germination increases potato yield

Before boarding

You can treat potatoes after germination 2–3 hours before planting in the ground.

Potatoes treated before planting will better tolerate temperature changes, lack or excess of moisture. Any vegetable crops can be treated with Prestige

Tubers treated with Prestige cannot be cut. Otherwise, toxic substances will get into them.

Processing of seedlings

Before planting in the ground, you can also treat potato seedlings with Prestige. By soaking its roots for 7–8 hours in a solution prepared in a ratio of 1:100, you will protect the plant from pests and diseases for 30 days.

Processing of potatoes propagated by sprouts

If there is not enough seed material, potatoes are propagated by sprouts. Before planting, they can be kept in the Prestige solution for about half an hour. So it will play the role of a growth stimulator and immunomodulator: the sprouts will take root better in the soil, grow faster, and the plant will be protected from diseases and pests throughout the growing season.

Before planting, potato sprouts can be kept in Prestige for about half an hour.

Use of the drug during the growing season

During the growing season, potatoes are not treated with Prestige, because until the tubers are fully ripened, its chemical components will not disintegrate. Accordingly, such a product should not be eaten.

Video: processing potatoes with Prestige

Precautionary measures

To avoid chemical poisoning, when processing potatoes with Prestige, you must follow the following safety precautions:

1. Use rubber gloves, a respirator and special clothing for protection.
2. Carry out processing away from fruit and berry trees and bushes.
3. After treatment, wash your hands well, rinse your mouth, take a shower, and rinse your equipment and protective equipment.

Analogues of the product

Prestige has analogue drugs with similar properties, including those made in Russia.

Table: analogue drugs of Prestige

PRESTIGE is a drug that has both insecticidal and fungicidal (antifungal) properties. According to the instructions for use, Prestige protects the plant from lepidopteran and homoptera insects, and also helps well in the fight against aphids, thrips, wireworms, sawflies, cereal and bread midges, darts, sawflies and the hated Colorado potato beetle. As an antifungal drug, it has proven itself well in protecting crops from brown rust, mold, various rots, powdery mildew, septoria.

Instructions for use of Prestige

Before treating potatoes, the Prestige insecticide must be diluted, and the ratio and method of treatment for potato tubers and seedlings is excellent. To protect potatoes from pests, it is necessary to treat them with Prestige during or before planting. To do this, you need to prepare a solution using the following ratio of 1:20. This amount should be enough for about 10 kg of potatoes.

• The tubers should be sprayed evenly.
• After spraying, it is better to let the potatoes dry.
• After which you can safely plant the tubers in the ground.

Action of the Drug quite long, so for about 40 days it will protect not only the potato tuber, but also the emerging tops.

At the same time, the penetration of any component into young tubers is completely excluded, since after this time after treatment the drug completely disintegrates.

The use of Prestige for protecting seedlings is slightly different. Rhizomes of pepper, tomato, cabbage or eggplant seedlings must be soaked for 7-8 hours in a Prestige disinfectant solution diluted in the following proportion: 1 ml of the drug per 100 ml of water. After which the seedlings must be immediately planted in the soil. If everything is done according to the instructions, then within 30 days you can rest assured about the treated seedlings.

Advantages and disadvantages

Negative qualities .

• Of course, it is no secret that the use of a disinfectant, although to a small extent, still leaves its “traces” in any treated crop, so it is better to use such preparations as a last resort, when they have been tried conditionally chemicals. But there are situations when pest control is very difficult - or the area is too contaminated big amount insects (or severely affected by the disease), or maybe the area of ​​the site is huge. It is then that various chemicals have to be used.
• Quite an expensive drug

To the positive properties it can be attributed to the fact that the insecticide:

• Effective and meets all the indicators described in the instructions;
• Plants do not experience stress after treatment;
• At the same time it kills a number of pests and counteracts numerous fungal diseases.
• Stimulates the growth and development of the treated crop.

Compatibility test

To find out whether the drugs are compatible with each other, you need to do a test. To do this, mix equal amounts of one and the other and dissolve them in water. If a precipitate occurs, it is better not to use the drugs at the same time.

Security measures

Insecticide Prestige– a moderately dangerous drug, has a hazard class of 3. Work with the drug as with any chemicals, should wear rubber gloves, a gauze bandage, a work coat, and a hat. At the end of the work, all this must be removed and washed, and you yourself need to wash your hands with soap, take a shower, and ideally rinse your mouth. While working with Prestige, you cannot drink or eat, or anything else. The tubers must be transported to the planting site in closed plastic bags without damage. Children and animals should not be allowed into both the dry composition and the solution of the drug. Do not store Prestige near food or drinking water.

Storage

In order for the drug to preserve all its properties, it is necessary to follow storage precautions.

• Store at temperatures from -5 to +30 degrees in a dry place.
• It is important to use the diluted product on the same day, and stir well before use.