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Every gardener or gardener who is seriously engaged in his personal plot wants to reap a rich harvest and protect his plants from various infections. When conventional measures to combat them fail, agrochemicals come to the aid of summer residents. Coside 2000 is a modern broad-spectrum fungicide. We will give detailed instructions for the use of the drug, get acquainted with its features and reviews of agricultural workers.
Features of the drug
Fungicide Coside 2000 – one of the newest, contact preparations copper based, which is designed to protect vegetable and horticultural crops from infectious lesions. He effectively prevents both fungal and bacterial diseases. The protective effect lasts up to two weeks.
Purpose and form of release
Potatoes, tomatoes, onions, peaches, grapes, apple trees, strawberries and many other crops are treated with a fungicide. Koside is used to prevent a wide range of diseases:
- alternariosis (dry spotting);
- late blight (brown rot);
- peronosporosis (downy mildew);
- scab;
- moniliosis (fruit rot);
- mildew;
- gray rot;
- bacterial spotting.
The drug is available in the form water-soluble granules of green-blue color. In the markets and online stores they offer various packaging of the pesticide Koside. For private gardening, you can purchase bags of 10, 20, 25 and 100 g of the substance. Large agricultural producers prefer to buy fungicide in large volumes – 1, 5 and 10 kg each.
Mechanism of action
The active ingredient of the drug Coside 2000– hydroxide med, the concentration of which in dry matter is 54% (for 1 kg of granules – 540 g of copper). For preventive spraying a protective film forms on the surface of the plantwhich protects the culture from pathogens. This layer is created by small crystals of copper that envelop the leaves.
As soon as the fungicide solution enters the plant, divalent copper ions disrupt the vital processes of bacteria and fungi: protein synthesis, the functioning of cell membranes and various enzymes.
Pros
According to summer residents, the main advantages of Koside agrochemical are:
- simultaneous control of fungal and bacterial infections;
- high content of bioactive copper;
- has unique, chemical and physical properties of the formulation;
- the likelihood of addiction of pathogenic organisms to the drug is small, since it has a versatile effect;
- the fungicide is not sensitive to changes in weather conditions, therefore resistant to rain and watering;
- economical consumption;
- possesses low toxicity for both insects and humans;
- the agent quickly dissolves in water, does not generate dust during processing;
- has good compatibility with many drugs.
A distinctive characteristic of the drug is that it is suitable for many crops and has a wide spectrum of action.
Cons
Despite a number of positive aspects, one should not forget that Kosid fungicide belongs to pesticides. Therefore, when dealing with it, it is important to follow standard safety precautions.
The disadvantages of the drug include:
- suitable only for preventive measures. Not used for therapeutic purposes.
- Protects plants only from the outside, as it does not penetrate the plant tissue.
- Inconvenient packaging and storage.
- If the air temperature is above +26 degrees, then spraying is not worth it, as burns may appear on the leaves.
Subject to all recommendations for the use of Koside 2000 fungicide, disadvantages can be avoided.
Preparation of working solution
To spray plants with Kosid fungicide, you need to choose evening or morning time so that the sun cannot burn the leaves. It is desirable that the weather was dry but overcast. The working solution is prepared according to a special technique. The required amount of granules is measured and dissolved in a small amount of pure water. The resulting concentrate is poured into a spray tank filled with water. The liquid is well mixed with a wooden stick until smooth.
Processing of horticultural and vegetable crops is carried out during their growing season. The first spraying is carried out to prevent infections in early spring. Subsequent – with the manifestation of visible symptoms of the disease. The maximum number of sprays – 2-4 depending on the type of culture. The interval between them should not be less than a week. Do not treat flowering plants with fungicide.
Tomatoes
Fungicide Kosayd 2000 prevents alternaria, septoria, macrosporiosis and late blight on tomatoes. These insidious diseases reduce the quality and volume of the crop several times, and in advanced cases can lead to the death of the plant.
To protect the beds, a solution of the fungicide Koside 2000 is prepared at the rate of 50 g of the substance per 10 liters of water. According to the instructions for use, tomatoes can be sprayed no more than 4 times with an interval of 1-2 weeks. On average, 300 liters of working fluid (2,5 kg of the preparation) are consumed per hectare. You can collect and eat vegetables no earlier than two weeks after the last spraying.
Potatoes
Any gardener, both experienced and beginner, may encounter such a problem as late blight and alternariosis on potatoes. Planting crops effectively protect preparations containing copper, such as the fungicide Koside.
To prepare the working fluid, 50 g of granules are poured into a ten-liter bucket of water. Potatoes are sprayed 4 times with a spray bottle. The interval between preventive procedures is 8-12 days. 1 liters of solution (300-1500 g of agrochemical) are used per 2000 hectare of land. The last treatment should be 15 days before picking tubers.
Bow
In cold and rainy weather, onions can attack downy mildew. This is an insidious disease that is especially dangerous for the testes, since the resulting seeds will not bring a crop.
The disease is best prevented with Koside fungicide. To do this, measure 50 g of the substance, add it to a bucket of water with a volume of 10 liters and mix thoroughly. The resulting solution is sprayed on the affected plants. four times with an interval of 2 weeks. Prophylaxis should be carried out 2 weeks before harvest.
Grapes
The most common and dangerous disease of the vineyard is mildew. Leaves and berries are affected, which become unsuitable for eating and winemaking. Timely prophylaxis with the use of the Koside 2000 fungicide will save the vine from downy mildew.
The working fluid is mixed from 30 g of the drug and 10 liters of pure water. The maximum number of sprayings of the vineyard is 4. Each subsequent treatment should be carried out no earlier than after 10-12 days. Berries are allowed to be harvested a month after the last spraying.
Peach
When flower buds begin to bloom on a peach in spring, the fruit tree can be struck by curly. The spores of this insidious disease are found under the scales of the kidneys. Therefore, it is important to carry out an early spraying of peach with Coside 2000.
Fruit tree treated with fungicide 2 times: before the appearance of flowers and in the green cone phase. The first pulverization is carried out more concentrated solution at the rate of 60 g of the drug per 10 liters water. For the second spraying, a liquid is prepared from 25 g of granules and ten liters of water. 1-900 liters of working solution (1000-2 kg of fungicide) are consumed per 6 ha. The fruits are harvested 30 days after the last preventive procedure.
Apple tree
The preventive use of Koside 2000 guarantees effective protection of the apple tree from scab and brown spot.
The fruit tree is sprayed no more than 4 times. For the first time, it is processed during the swelling of the buds, the second – when the buds begin to separate, followed by an interval of 10-14 days. For apple trees, the fungicide Koside 2000 is used in the following dosage: per 10 liters of water 25-30 g of the drug. 800-900 liters of solution (2-2,5 kg of granules) are consumed per hectare of the site.
Strawberries
Means containing copper are highly effective in the fight against with brown spotting of strawberries. One of these is the fungicide Kosid.
For spraying plantings in 10 liters of water, dissolve 20 g of the drug. The maximum number of strawberry treatments per season is no more than 3. The first procedure is carried out in the spring before the flowering of the berry crop. Spraying with fungicide is repeated after 15 days. In autumn, you can carry out an additional procedure immediately after harvest.
Analogues and compatibility with other drugs
Fungicide Koside 2000 can be used in tank mixes with other drugs. Incompatible with organophosphate insecticides and with preparations containing aluminum fosethyl and thiram. Also, it is not recommended to mix it with substances that have an acidic reaction.
Analogues of Koside are the following drugs: Cupid, Meteor and Mercury. They are all made on the basis of copper sulphate.
Safety regulations
Fungicide Koside not dangerous to humans (toxicity class 3) and moderately toxic to bees and aquatic organisms. It is forbidden to carry out work near apiaries and reservoirs.
Although the drug is not toxic, it may cause irritation of the skin and mucous membranes. Therefore, during preventive procedures, you should adhere to standard security measures:
- wear latex gloves, a respirator-petal or cotton-gauze bandage, goggles;
- if the fungicide gets on the skin and clothes, change clothes and wash in the shower;
- if, when spraying plants, splashes of the solution hit the mucous membranes (eyes and mouth), rinse them thoroughly with water;
- if the drug has entered the digestive tract, take activated charcoal according to the instructions.
Store Koside fungicide in a separate room, away from food.
Reviews of summer residents
Conclusion
Fungicide Koseid is a prophylactic copper-containing agent that is characterized by low toxicity. Not many summer residents know about its existence, which is frustrating, because it is an effective drug that combines many advantages.
