The best control for strawberry pests is prevention

The best way to control strawberry pests is prevention rather than using various chemicals later.

Strawberries should be processed before flowering or after picking the berries; you can choose the following drugs: actar, intavir, karbofos, karate and others. Such drugs help in the fight against major strawberry pests.

1. Transparent mite, due to which young leaves curl and turn yellow, strawberry bushes become dwarf and the berries become small. Ticks love wet weather, in which they reproduce effectively. Karbofos is used against ticks after picking berries. If most of the plants are damaged by the mite, then the strawberries should be mowed and everything should be sprayed with karbofos.

2. Nematodes. Lives in the axils of the leaves, damages the entire plant, disfiguring it (the strawberry bush becomes small, squat, flower stalks and buds become fleshy, the leaves darken). The affected bushes are completely destroyed, you need to ensure that there are no weeds in the beds, follow the rules of crop rotation, and heat treatment should be carried out before planting the purchased seedlings.

3. Whitefly, weevil, strawberry beetle also often damage strawberries, control measures are prevention, if affected, spray with karbofos, actar, intavir, etc.

4. Snails, millipedes, and slugs cause significant damage to strawberries, especially in shaded, damp planting areas.The drug metaldegride in granules helps well against these pests; it is laid out in places where pests appear after harvesting. You should also collect and destroy pests manually.

Pest control of strawberries should begin in the fall, when it is necessary to disinfect the soil before planting, or spray the strawberries and soil with a special solution (vegetable oil, liquid soap, ash, vinegar) or a chemical.

It helps well in the fight against any pests, as well as strawberry diseases, by mulching the soil with film, destroying all weeds, dry leaves, suspicious-looking leaves and strawberry bushes, loosening the soil, and adjusting soil moisture.