Gooseberries often suffer from fungal diseases, especially in June. One of the most dangerous diseases for plants is powdery mildew. The disease quickly covers the bush, covering the shoots and berries with a white coating, breaking photosynthesis and weakening the plant. If you put the situation on its own, the bush may die. But this is easy to avoid if you act on time.
How to recognize the disease
The first signs include white-gray raid on the leaves, shoots and ovaries. It gradually compacts, darkens and prevents the growth of the plant. The sooner treatment begin, the less chance that the disease will spread to the entire bush.
Prevention of the disease
It is better not to wait for the raid to appear, but take the necessary measures in advance:
1. Remove the affected parts. Inspect the bushes once a week. Cut all the sick leaves and branches immediately and burn, and do not throw it to the ground.
2. Process gray. The corresponding drugs can be purchased in horticultural stores. They are effective and easy to use. The main thing is dry, calm weather.
3. Use various biological products that help fight the fungus without harm to the garden ecology.
4. Cook folk solutions. A mixture of 30 g of soda and 50 g of soap, dissolved in 10 liters of water, creates a protective film unfavorable for dispute.
5. Follow the agricultural technology. Gooseberries need light, air circulation and regular pruning. Thundered bushes are sick more often.
The sooner you start prevention, the more chances to preserve healthy bushes and get a rich harvest. Correct care in the summer is the key to sweet berries.
