Clotiamet from the Colorado potato beetle: instructions for using the product

It is difficult to fight voracious potato planting pests. Summer residents are offered potent drugs, including Clotiamet from the Colorado potato beetle. After all, it acts not only on adult insects, but also on larvae. Namely, the larvae cause damage to potatoes, devouring leaves and flowers. Pests destroy a vegetable plantation, leaving the summer resident without a crop.

Insecticide characteristic

The main substance of the insecticidal drug Clotiamet, clothianidin, belongs to the group of neonicotinoid chemicals. The concentration of the toxin in the product is high, but it does not have toxic properties in relation to humans and animals.Therefore, it belongs to the third class of danger. The drug is poisonous to insects, including beneficial ones.

Use an insecticidal preparation once during the growing season of potatoes, spraying the tops of the plant with a working solution. The consumption rate of a toxic substance is one liter per twenty square meters. You can also pour toxic liquid under the plants. In this case, the filtration of the insecticide into the potato sap system increases.

Produce Clotiamet in ampoules of 0.5 milliliters and granules, easily soluble in water.

Mechanism of action

Clotiamet poison, falling on the tops of potatoes, penetrates into the stems and leaves, spreading over the green body of the plant. The toxic effect on the beetle occurs during:

• get the chemical on the body of the pest;
• eating insects poisoned leaves through the digestive organs;
• breathing toxic fumes.

In this case, the nervous system of the insect is paralyzed. Due to a violation of the transmission of nerve impulses, irreversible paralysis of organs occurs. This leads to a stop of vital processes and the death of the Colorado potato beetle.

Benefits of using the drug

Description of the positive characteristics of Clotiamet includes:

• quick action on the parasite;
• economical spending;
• beetle protection for two weeks;
• combination with other insecticides and fungicides;
• safety for humans and animals;
• convenience of release form.

The only downside of the product is its toxicity to bees.

Rules of application against the beetle

The treatment of plants with Clotiamet is carried out using all means of protection - a headgear, overalls, a respirator, goggles and rubber gloves.

You can not spray the drug near apiaries, ponds, bird nests.

The procedure is carried out in the early morning or evening. From exposure to direct sunlight, the chemical evaporates from the leaves. Then the procedure will fail. Do not spray potatoes during wind or before rain.

Dissolve the emulsion or granules in fresh air directly in the sprayer tank.

Instructions for using Clotiamet says that the volume of one ampoule or a bag of granules is dissolved in two liters of water. After stirring thoroughly, add another eight liters of water.

Do not drink water or smoke while working with insecticide.

After spraying the potato field, clothes are removed and soaked in warm soapy water. It is stretched, rinsing several times with clean water. Face and hands are washed with soap. The mucous membranes of the nose and mouth are rinsed with water.

The container in which the working solution was located is washed. Water from it is not poured into reservoirs.

Do not walk dogs, cats, or graze cattle near the treated area.

If the rules for the use of Clotiamet are observed, the drug will not harm a person or a pet. Only a gluttonous bug will die from it.

Drug toxicity

There are several hazard classes of insecticides.Clotiamet belongs to the third class. This means the moderation of the toxicity of chemical nicotine in the composition of the drug in relation to warm-blooded animals. It is almost safe for birds and mammals. The human and animal organism has adapted to chemicals, so it is not poisoned when in contact with them.

But cold-blooded - lizards, fish - die even from a slight ingestion of poison in their body. The toxicity of the insecticidal preparation for bees exceeds the well-known DDT by a thousand times.

No wonder that in some European countries Clotiamet is banned for use on agricultural land due to the fact that bees suffer from neonicotinoids. After all, potato plantings are sprayed with a chemical during the period of active honey collection - in July, August.

Reviews of gardeners

Summer residents have been using Clotiamet from the Colorado potato beetle for a long time.Vegetable growers are satisfied with the fast and powerful action of the chemical. Farmers use the drug, processing large areas under crops. Attracts in the insecticide not only its toxicity to the beetle, but also the cost-effectiveness of using the product.

Summer residents note that among insecticides Clotiamet is convenient and easy to use, the solution is easy to prepare. Within five hours, not a single Colorado potato beetle remains on the field, both the larvae and the eggs of the pest die. It is enough to spray once per season and you can save the potato crop. At the same time, safety precautions must be observed when processing plants in the garden. You can only enter the field five days after spraying.

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