Falcon fungicide: instructions for use for grapes and expiration date

To protect plants from diseases and preserve the grown crop, special preparations called fungicides are used. Their use requires compliance with certain rules, knowledge of how to work with drugs, their properties and principles of action. To combat grape diseases, a fungicide called Falcon is used, detailed instructions for its use can be found on this page.

Composition of the drug

Fungicide includes 3 components: Spiroxamine 25%, Tebuconazole 16.7%, Triadimenthol 4.3%. Spiroxamine has the ability to penetrate plant cells and inhibit the growth of fungal spores.Tebuconazole is a systemic drug that penetrates plant cells and destroys fungal spores at the cellular level.

Triadimenol is an excipient that enhances the effectiveness of all components. Falcon has a narrow focus of action, focused on the fight against the disease of grapes with powdery mildew and oidium.

Preparative form

Falcon is a light brown to dark brown liquid. Available in polyethylene canisters, bottles or glass ampoules of 2, 5, 10 milliliters (for amateur gardeners with small garden plots).

Means Benefits

The advantages of Falcon include the following properties:

fungicide belongs to the systemic group, penetrates into plant cells, is not washed off by rain;
fungicide belongs to toxicity group 3;
low cost of the drug compared to analogues;
duration of the protection period;
use in conjunction with other drugs;
not addictive when spraying plants; it is possible to irrigate the site for several years;
complete degradation of the drug within 40 days after treatment;
economy spraying.

Medication requirements

The main requirements for fungicides, including Falcon, are:

environmental safety;
low toxicity class;
complete disintegration of the drug and its non-accumulation in the soil and crop residues;
non-addictive plants to the drug and the duration of use in one area;
low cost;
long shelf life after opening and resealing the packaging.

Falcon fully complies with the requirements for fungicides.

Impact speed

Subject to the rules for spraying grapes (preparation of a working solution, processing time, presence of wind and precipitation), the waiting time for the start of the drug is about 2 hours. During this time, the fungicide penetrates the plant cells and begins a detrimental effect on fungal spores.

Protection period

Maximum effectiveness of grape protection lasts for 2 weeks from the date of treatment, after which the effect of the drug begins to weaken, due to its decomposition as a result of the vital activity of the plant. The disintegration time of the drug is accelerated at high ambient temperatures.Falcon decomposes at temperatures above +25 ^{C. Plant protection is maintained, depending on weather conditions, from 30 to 40 days.}

Scope and spectrum of activity

Falcon is used for the prevention and control of pathogenic fungal spores that cause diseases of grapes, cereals, sugar beets. Amateur gardeners successfully use this tool in the fight against diseases of the following horticultural crops: rose, currant, strawberry, tomato, cucumber.

Despite the narrow range of its action, it is in demand in areas with a humid and cool climate, where climatic conditions are favorable for the development and vital activity of spores of pathogenic fungi.

Destination

Fungicide applied to treatment:

crops against powdery mildew, spotting, rust, brittle stems, septoria;
sugar beet of different varieties from powdery mildew, phomosis, cercosporosis;
grapes, for the disease and prevention of oidium.

Compatibility with other substances

The narrow focus of Falcon's action suggests its use in combination with protective agents aimed at other types of plant diseases. Compatibility can be determined by mixing a small amount of drugs in water and observing that they do not interact.

In the absence of bubbles, precipitation in the form of flakes, cloudiness, heat, these drugs can be used together, mixing in one container when diluted with water.

Toxicity

Falcon belongs to the 3rd class of toxicity, which defines it as a low-toxic agent. When using personal protective equipment while working with it, nothing threatens human he alth.

Its properties make it an environmentally friendly substance: decomposition in the light and at temperatures above +25 ^{С, complete disintegration after 40 days from the moment of application.}

Instructions for use

Falcon is a narrow-profile drug for the prevention and treatment of grapevine and berries from oidium. For eradicating treatments in spring and autumn (April and October), when the plant is at rest, it can be used in combination with other means.

The instruction for the use of the Falcon fungicide contains all the necessary information about its properties, the rules for working with it, the timing and norms of spraying grapes during preventive work and in case of illness.

Required materials and tools

For spraying in garden plots, ordinary manual sprayers are used; for large areas occupied by vineyards, more expensive equipment is used, with large volumes for working solutions and powerful sprinklers (nozzles).

There are modern new generation devices that, when sprayed, form a fine mixture of fungicide with cold or heated steam.

Consumption rate

The average consumption rate of the working solution when spraying is from 80 to 100 milliliters per 1 square meter of leaf surface. In fact, the working solution should completely cover the surface of the sheet before droplets form.

During preventive work, the main solution is taken 2 times less than during disinfection. Every year, when preparing working solutions, increase the dose of the main solution compared to the previous year.

Preparation of working solution

For preventive spraying, prepare a working solution from the main one by diluting it into 10 liters of water according to the following scheme:

1 year - 3 milliliters;
2 year - 4 milliliters;
3 and 4 years - 6 milliliters;
5 year - 10 milliliters.

To disinfect a sick plant, solutions are prepared according to the following scheme:

1 year - 6 milliliters;
2 year - 12 milliliters;
3, 4, 5 years - 20 milliliters.

Working solutions are prepared immediately before starting work, using personal protective equipment. The working solution retains its properties up to 24 hours.

Rules of procedure

The effectiveness of treatments directly depends on the correctness of the spraying procedure. Spraying is carried out in calm weather, which ensures uniform application of the drug. With the wind, the fungicide quickly evaporates and the amount of the agent necessary for the prevention and treatment of the plant is lost.

Processing is carried out in the cool and evening hours, as the fungicide loses its properties in bright light and temperatures above +25 C.

Processing is carried out no earlier than 2 hours after rain - it is necessary that moisture evaporates from the surfaces of leaves and developing brushes. When spraying, the working solution should completely cover the surface of the leaves, branches, tree trunks and the root surface.

Precautions

When working with fungicide, personal protective equipment must be used: work overalls or canvas protective suit, with buttoned sleeves, rubber boots, rubberized gloves, respirator, goggles, headgear.

Work in calm weather so that the drug does not fall on a person. After processing, wash clothes with detergents. Rinse with water shoes, glasses, gloves, used equipment and aids: pump, bucket.

Terms and frequency of processing vineyards

To prevent infection of grapes with oidium (regardless of the fact of plant disease in the previous year), plants are treated before flowering and after flowering, during the period when berries are set on the hands.

If the grapes are infected with spores of pathogenic fungi, processing is carried out 30 days before the harvest ripens. In case of plant disease, spraying is carried out 4 times during the year: before flowering, after flowering, 30 days before the crop ripens and in the fall, before the plant goes dormant.

Storage conditions and shelf life of the fungicide

The drug is stored in a cool place, preventing it from freezing and heating above +25 ^{С, at high temperatures it loses its active properties. Store in places not used for food storage. The drug has a long shelf life - up to 4 years; when opening a large package, the drug is quickly and hermetically sealed.After opening, the drug is stored for up to 2 years.}

Cost and analogues of Falcon

There are various types of fungicides, with similar properties to Falcon, which have disinfecting properties, directed against pathogenic strains of fungal spores that cause grape diseases.

These drugs include: Horus, Topaz, Strobi, Quadris. The advantages of Falcon are economy, low cost and toxicity; the disadvantage is the narrow effect of the drug. The average cost of the drug is about 12,000 rubles for 5 liters of the product, an ampoule of 2 milliliters costs from 20 rubles.