Author: Elena N. https://floristics.info/ru/index.php?option=com_contact&view=contact&id=19 Category: Insecticides Published: February 26, 2012Republished: February 26, 2019Last edits: March 12, 2021
For those who are looking for an effective broad-spectrum product of biological origin to protect their plants from pests, we offer information about the drug Fitoverm, which has proven itself well both in small personal plots and in agriculture. Fitoverm produced by NPC Pharmbiomed LLC is simply a champion among insecticides, so let’s talk about it in more detail.
Purpose of Fitoverma
Fitoverm is a broad-spectrum enteric-contact insectoacaricide that destroys more than twenty types of pests, including the Colorado potato beetle, cabbage and turnip moths, cabbage cutworm, various mites, apple flower beetles and codling moths, all types of aphids, thrips, potato and ermine moths, sea buckthorn fly , root-knot nematodes, circle leaf miner, small apple leaf miner, topside leaf miner, gray beet and raspberry-strawberry weevils, moths, leaf rollers, whiteflies, potato ladybugs and other plant enemies.
Fitoverm is used on grain crops, strawberries, cabbage, potatoes, nightshade plants, raspberries, cucumbers, roses, sugar beets, currants, apple trees, hops, flowers and other crops.
Flaws
Significant disadvantages of the drug include a delay in the effect of action: the pests do not die immediately, but after 2-3 days. Therefore, if you need to quickly cope with a massive invasion of insects or mites, you will have to choose more toxic, but quickly working chemicals.
The practical disadvantages of Fitoverm include the following:
- higher processing costs compared to some chemicals;
- poor leaf wettability without adding laundry soap;
- the risk that high humidity, dew or rain will lead to rapid decomposition of the active ingredient of the drug, significantly reducing the effectiveness of treatment;
- impossibility of mixing with insecticides and acaricides of chemical origin.
A disadvantage of Fitoverm is also the need to use it not once, but several times in order to destroy individuals that have developed from larvae, on which this drug does not have a detrimental effect.
Action of Fitoverm
The active component of the drug is aversectin C, a waste product of the soil fungus Stereptomyces avermitilis. Fitoverm, entering the digestive system, paralyzes the nervous system of pests, and after 2-3 days their death occurs. The beginning of the effect from the moment of treatment is after 6-8 hours in protected and after 8-16 hours in open ground. The maximum effect is achieved on days 5-7. In the soil, the active substance breaks down into non-toxic compounds within 48 hours.
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Observations have shown that Fitoverm on shrubs and fruit trees reduces the number of harmful insects by 94-100%, and ticks by 96-100%. When applied in hot weather, the drug, unlike other protective agents, does not burn plant leaves. Fitoverm achieves optimal effectiveness at temperatures from 15 to 25 ºC. It does not pollute the environment and quickly decomposes not only in soil, but also in water. The waiting period from the moment of processing to harvesting the fruits is no more than three days.
It is advisable to treat plants in soil protected from ticks with Fitoverm three times. After the first spraying, most of the females and nymphs of the tick die. The second spraying is carried out a week after the first, and the third - 2 weeks after the second. Within a month, all females, larvae and eggs of the tick die. The protective effect of Fitoverm lasts up to 3 weeks. To prevent the occurrence of resistance, it is advisable to alternate Fitoverm with acaricides and insecticides of other chemical groups.
Analogs of the drug to one degree or another are Cesar, Zephyr, Abacus, Vertimek, Actofit and Gaupsin.
Advantages of Fitoverm:
- ease of use;
- Possibility of application three days before harvest;
- increased efficiency at high temperatures;
- relative harmlessness to the environment;
- lack of phytotoxicity;
- rapid decomposition in water and soil;
- long-term protective effect.
Shelf life and storage
The insecticide is stored in a dry and dark place where animals and children cannot reach it. It retains its properties in the temperature range from -15 to +30 degrees for 2 years from the date of manufacture.
The remaining product from the opened ampoule is poured into a clean medicine bottle or syringe and used within a month.
Fitoverm working solution is used on the day of preparation; it is not stored at all. It is poured into a sink or into the soil where animals do not walk and crops do not grow. You can also irrigate the soil in pots with home flowers with the solution if you notice signs of aphids or other pests on them.
Video about an interesting method of storing the drug:
Instructions for use Fitoverm
The drug is available in ampoules of 2, 4, 5 ml, in bottles of 20, 50 and 100 ml, as well as in canisters of 1 and 5 liters. The working solution must be prepared immediately before use. Pour 1-2 liters of water into a bucket, open the ampoule or bottle, measure and pour into the bucket the dose of the drug required to prepare 10 liters of solution, stir thoroughly, and then, while stirring, bring the solution with water to the required volume.
Plants should be sprayed in calm and clear weather in the morning, before 10 o'clock, or in the evening, after 18 o'clock. You should not treat plants if precipitation is expected within 6 hours after treatment. The leaves must be thoroughly moistened with the solution on both sides. In the absence of precipitation, the drug continues to act for one to three weeks. If it rains, the effect of the drug is greatly reduced.
| Culture | Pest | Consumption of the drug (per 1 liter of water) | Solution consumption | Time of processing | Number of treatments / waiting period |
| Apple tree | Mite, leaf roller, moth | 1.5 ml | 2-5 l / 1 tree | Growing season | 2/2 |
| Apple tree | Cutworms and codling moths | 2 ml | 2-5 l / 1 tree | Growing season | 1/2 |
| Currant | Leaf rollers, moths | 1.5 ml | 1 l / 1 bush | Growing season | 2/2 |
| Currant | Ticks | 2 ml | 1 l / 1 bush | Growing season | 2/2 |
| Potato | Colorado beetle | 1 ml | 5 l / 100 m2 | Growing season | 1-3/1 |
| Cabbage | Cabbage white and scoop, turnip white | 1 ml | 4 l / 100 m2 | Growing season | 1-2/1 |
| Peppers, tomatoes, cucumbers, eggplants (protected soil) | Aphid | 4-6 ml | 10 l / 100 m2 | Growing season | 2-3/2 |
| Peppers, tomatoes, cucumbers, eggplants (protected soil) | Thrips | 10 ml | 10 l / 100 m2 | Growing season | 2-3/3 |
| Peppers, tomatoes, cucumbers, eggplants (protected soil) | Spider mite | 1 ml | 10 l / 100 m2 | Growing season | 2/2 |
| Houseplants | Aphid | 8 ml | 0.1-0.5 l / 1 m2 | When pests appear | 2-4/2 |
| Houseplants | Thrips | 10 ml | 0.1-0.5 l / 1 m2 | When pests appear | 2-4/2 |
| Houseplants | Spider mite | 2 ml | 0.1-0.5 l / 1 m2 | When pests appear | 2-4/2 |
| Flowers (protected ground) | Thrips | 8 ml | 10 l / 100 m2 | Flowering period | 2-3/2 |
| Flowers (protected ground) | Aphid | 4 ml | 10 l / 100 m2 | Growing season | 2-3/2 |
| Flowers (protected ground) | Spider mite | 2 ml | 10 l / 100 m2 | Growing season | 2-3/2 |
| Flowers (open ground) | Thrips | 10 ml | 10 l / 100 m2 | When pests appear | 2-4/2 |
| Flowers (open ground) | Aphid | 8 ml | 10 l / 100 m2 | When pests appear | 2-4/2 |
| Flowers (open ground) | Spider mite | 2 ml | 10 l / 100 m2 | When pests appear | 2-4/2 |
Biological pest control product Fitoverm
Fitoverm is a biological preparation that destroys an impressive proportion of garden and garden pests.
It is used on all types of open and protected ground crops, including indoor plants.
Fitoverm belongs to the group of insectoacaricides, that is, the product is effective against both leaf-eating insects and mites:
- Colorado potato beetle;
- sawfly;
- codling moths;
- moths;
- all types of aphids;
- gall mite;
- herbivorous mites;
- scale insects;
- leaf rollers;
- whiteflies;
- thrips;
- mealbugs;
- caterpillars;
- cutworm and other pest butterflies;
- moles.
- and so on.
In total, it protects green spaces from 20 types of dangerous harmful insects and ticks.
The drug is produced by LLC NBC "Pharmbiomed" in vessels of different volumes - in ampoules from 2 to 100 milliliters for private use; in bottles of 200, 400 milliliters and canisters of 1-5 liters for farms. The active agent of Fitoverm is Avermectin S, standard dosage 2 g/l.
Usually the name of the pesticide is accompanied by the abbreviation EC. It stands for "concentrated emulsion".
There are several subspecies on sale:
- Fitoverm M has acaricidal and insecticidal properties and works equally well in an open garden bed and in a greenhouse.
- Fitoverm Forte contains more active substance (10 g/l), which allows you to effectively eradicate ticks.
- Fitoverm P is produced in powder form and is intended to combat nematodes.
If the area is large, I advise you to buy the drug in a large package. This makes it more economical.
Precautionary measures
- While working with the drug, it is forbidden to eat, drink or smoke.
- The use of safety glasses, protective clothing, gloves and a respirator is mandatory.
- After spraying, wash your face and hands with soapy water and rinse your mouth with clean water.
If you spill the drug, fill the area with some sorbent: sawdust, sand, peat or granulated clay, then collect the sorbent and neutralize it with a five percent alkali solution.
The container of the drug should not be thrown into landfills or water bodies. Do not use empty containers under any circumstances: they must be burned in a specially designated place, being careful not to inhale the smoke.
First aid
The recommendations below are intended only for providing FIRST aid, after which you should immediately consult a doctor and follow his instructions! DO NOT SELF-medicate!
- If the drug gets into your eyes, rinse them with plenty of running water, trying to keep them open.
- If Fitoverm gets on the skin, it should be washed off with plenty of soapy water.
- If the drug gets into the gastrointestinal tract, you must take activated carbon at the rate of 1 tablet per 10 kg of body weight, wash it down with 3-4 glasses of water and induce vomiting.
- There is no antidote for Fitoverm, so treatment eliminates the symptoms of poisoning. If you feel sick, call your doctor or poison control center.
Consumption rates
Application rates for different crops differ, for flowers:
- on garden flowers against thrips 8 ml per 1 liter of water, spraying during the growing season and flowering
- on garden flowers against aphids 4 ml per 1 liter of water, spraying during the growing season and flowering
- on indoor flowers and plants against thrips 2 ml per 200 ml of water, spraying when pests appear
- on indoor flowers and plants against aphids 2 ml per 250 ml of water, spraying when pests appear
- on indoor flowers and plants against ticks 10 ml 1 liter of water (the dosages indicated in the instructions 2 ml/l are ineffective)
Spray against thrips and aphids up to four times, against ticks no more than 2 times, then change the product.
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For fruit trees and shrubs
- on apple, pear and currant trees against ticks, leaf rollers, moths 1.5 ml per 1 liter of water, spraying twice during the growing season
- on apple trees, pears against codling moths and cutworms 2 ml per 1 liter of water, spraying once during the growing season
- on currants against mites 2 ml per 1 liter of water, spraying during the growing season
- on cucumbers, peppers and eggplants, tomatoes against ticks and thrips 10 ml per 1 liter of water, spraying twice during the growing season
- on cucumbers, peppers and eggplants against aphids 8 ml per 1 liter of water, spraying twice during the growing season
- on cabbage against cabbage and turnip moth, cabbage cutworm, cabbage moth - 4 ml of fitoverm per 1 liter of water, spraying twice during the growing season
- on potatoes against the Colorado potato beetle 1 ml per 1 liter of water, spraying up to 3 times during the growing season
Toxicity
Fitoverm belongs to the class of avermectins. Despite the fact that the packaging may say hazard class 4, this is not so! Preparations based on aversectin C belong to the third class of danger to humans and the second and third classes of danger to bees! The information that it is not phytotoxic is correct. The half-life of aversectin C in water is 3 days, and in soil – 25-30 hours.
Security measures.
Processing should be carried out using personal protective equipment. While working, you must not smoke, drink, or eat. After work, wash your face and hands with soap and rinse your mouth. Store the drug in a cool, dry room at a temperature from -15C to +30C, separate from food and medicine, out of the reach of children and pets! Storage of the working solution is not allowed. When used on private farms, mixing with other drugs is prohibited.
First aid for poisoning:
If the drug gets on the skin, wash off with soap and water; In case of contact with eyes, rinse thoroughly with running water; if it enters the digestive tract, drink 3-4 glasses of water, induce vomiting, take several tablets of activated carbon, seek medical help.
Reviews
Maria: the drug is relatively safe, does not overwhelm you with the smell, but requires several treatments. I used it on roses and was pleased.
Marina: I was captivated by the fact that Fitoverm is of biological origin. In addition, it has an affordable price, it dissolves well in water and does not smell very much (sorry). I also liked the fact that the ampoules are not glass (I usually cut my hands with them), but plastic. Well, I liked the effect: not lightning fast, but reliable.
Agasha: This is not the first time I have encountered spider mites on indoor plants, so I know a lot about preparations. I bought Fitoverm because it is relatively safe for the environment. I had to spray the plants twice, but I didn’t expect quick results: I also treated them with Actellik twice. The second treatment is a control shot. I heard people complain about the smell of Fitoverm. People, you probably haven’t snorted any other drugs!
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Sergey: this drug is relatively harmless to the environment, therefore, probably, its effectiveness in the fight against parasites is very relative. I treated currants against aphids with Fitoverm, but the result was more than modest. I had to use the proven Kinmiks. Maybe I was in a hurry and should have waited...
Anatoly: I used Fitoverm against spider mites on cucumbers in a greenhouse. After processing, I closed the greenhouse and entered it only the next morning. The cucumber leaves, which were withered, perked up slightly, and after two days their turgor was completely restored. Just in case, I re-processed it. Since then the ticks have not appeared.
Official website and manufacturer's recommendations: https://dacha.avgust.com/catalog/fitoverm/
When should Fitoverm treatment be carried out - timing of work
You can spray vegetable and fruit plants with this preparation from the first appearance of pests on crops.
The soil can be treated against pests after the harvest, when all the tops have been collected, and also in the spring before plants are planted in the beds and young leaves appear on the fruit trees.
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. Important!
The product is dangerous for bees, therefore, during the flowering period of plants, treatment with Fitoferm cannot be carried out.
Spraying of vegetable and fruit crops with Fitoverm should be carried out in a dry, windless time (preferably before 10 am or after 18 pm).
Leaf blades are sprayed on both sides. The best temperature when spraying is +14+20 degrees Celsius. Treatment cannot be carried out against the wind. The drug begins to act after part of the day in greenhouse conditions, and in garden beds – from 1/3 to a day.
