Insecticides help fight pests; chemical companies produce many drugs with a similar effect. Let's look at how to use Iskra against pests, drug options, composition, action and purpose. Use of products according to instructions, how to work with them according to safety precautions, compatibility with other pesticides, substitute preparations.
What are the types of the drug?
“Iskra” is the name of not one drug, but four from the Technoexport company. Despite the fact that they all have an insecticidal effect, they contain different active substances belonging to several chemical classes.
All Iskras have a common property: they are effective at temperatures of 25 °C and above, which allows them to be used in late spring and summer, when pests multiply intensively. This property is especially valuable, because not all drugs work in the heat and often lose their effectiveness at high temperatures.
In what form are they produced?
The manufacturer produces Iskra preparations in various preparative forms - wettable powder, tablets, water-soluble concentrate, powder, aqueous solution, emulsion concentrate. The dry preparation is packaged in foil bags, the liquid preparation is packaged in bottles and canisters.
"Spark double effect"
Composition: cypermethrin 21 g per kg and permethrin 9 g per kg. Available in tablets and wettable powder form. The insecticide is designed to protect many types of agricultural plants and destroys more than 60 varieties of pests.
"Golden Spark"
This type of insecticide is available in the form of a water-soluble concentrate, powder and tablets (for use in private household plots). The active substance is imidacloprid in an amount of 200 g per l and 25 g per kg. It is used in agriculture on vegetables (tomatoes, cucumbers, potatoes), sunflowers, corn, in private household plots and also for processing indoor and balcony flowers.
"Iskra Bio"
Another name is “Akarin”. Available in the form of emulsion concentrate and powder with the active ingredient Avertin N in an amount of 2 g per kg.The concentrate is used in agriculture against mites, sawflies, beetles, aphids, leaf rollers, moths, thrips on greenhouse tomatoes, cucumbers, currants and potatoes. The powder is used against root-knot nematodes on greenhouse tomatoes and cucumbers.
"Iskra M"
The active substance is malathion in an amount of 525 g per liter, available in the form of a concentrated emulsion. It is used in agriculture against a complex of pests on grains, flax, fruit bushes, cabbage, tomatoes, cucumbers, alfalfa and pastures (against locusts).
What is the product used for?
“Iskra” is used to treat major crops against insect pests of various types, including locusts and some types of mites, for example, spider mites. Can be used throughout the growing season.
Instructions for use of insecticide
In agriculture, the application rate of Iskra (in l per hectare):
- cucumber, tomato – 0.5-1.5;
- potatoes – 0.1;
- corn, sunflower – 2 l.
Consumption - 1000-3000 liters per hectare for vegetables, potatoes - 200-400 liters, for corn and sunflower seeds from wireworm - 8-10 liters per ton. 1 treatment is carried out, the period before harvesting the fruits: cucumber - 3 days, tomatoes - 5 days, potatoes - 20, corn and sunflowers - 60.
In addition to insecticides, the “Spark Double Effect” product contains potassium and mineral elements, so it can be used as a fertilizer that will help plants recover from damage by pests. Rate of use in private household plots: 1 tablet per 10 liters of water. Consumption:
- fruit - 2-5 liters per tree;
- strawberries, berries, grapes - 15 liters per hundred square meters;
- potatoes, beets, cabbage, carrots, corn, melon and sunflower - 10 liters per hundred square meters;
- cucumbers, tomatoes, nightshades, ornamental plants and flowers - 20 liters per hundred square meters;
- peas - 15 liters per hundred square meters.
The rate of use of Iskra in private household plots is 10 g per 10 liters. They process potatoes, flowers, shrubs, cucumbers, tomatoes, apple trees, and currants. Consumption - 10 liters per sq.m. for potatoes, 10-20 for cucumbers and tomatoes, flowers and shrubs - up to 20 liters, apple trees - 2-5 liters per plant, shrubs - up to 15 liters per sq.m. The number of sprays is 1-2, the waiting period after treatment is 20 days, for currant bushes - 60 days.
Safety precautions
In terms of toxicity, Iskra insecticides belong to class 3 (low toxicity) for humans and animals. These are highly toxic preparations for bees (class 1), so they cannot be used in gardens and pastures during the flowering period of trees and grasses.
After finishing, wash your hands and face with soap, neutralize your clothes in a weak solution of soda and rinse in clean water. If splashes get on your skin, wash them off with water; if the solution gets into your eyes, also rinse them with plenty of water. If the insecticide gets inside, rinse with activated carbon. If the condition worsens, consult a doctor.
How does the Iskra insecticide work together with other drugs?
“Spark” can be mixed with non-alkaline insecticides and fungicides. “Iskra Bio” or “Akarin”, as a biological product, can be mixed with “Albit”, “Fitoverm”, as well as humates, colloidal sulfur, growth stimulants such as “Epin” and “Zircon”. Such mixtures protect vegetables well from diseases and pests.
If the specifics of use are not indicated, when mixing, you need to take the average volume allowed by the dosage, dissolve the substances one by one, after the previous one has completely dissolved. Do not mix more than 2 products in one solution.
Storage rules
Iskra preparations are stored for 2 years in original packaging or bottles, tightly closed. Storage conditions: dry, dark and ventilated room, at a temperature from -10 to +30 °C. Do not place food, household products, medicines, or livestock feed nearby. You can store other pesticides, agrochemicals and fertilizers nearby.
After the expiration date, insecticides should be thrown away. Do not store diluted with water for longer than 1 day - the solution loses its working properties during long-term storage.
What can be replaced?
“Iskra” can be replaced with drugs with an insecticidal effect: “Aktara”, “Aktellik”, “Arrivo”, “Alatar”, “Inta-Ts-M”, “Inta-Vir”, “Vega”, “Fitozan”, “Rangoli” -Noril”, “Tsiraks”, “Superkill”, “Shaman”, “Volley”, “Tsipi”, “Patriy”, “Citox”, “Tsiperon”, “Tsipi Plus”, “Nurbel”, “Tsiperus”, “ Cyclone", "Shar Pei", "Nurimet Extra", "Karbotsin". Many of them are used both in agriculture and on private plots.
“Iskra” insecticide is available in 4 types, with different active substances, in different formulations. The products act against many types of pests and treat various crops with them. All products are effective at temperatures above 25 ° C, so it is recommended to use them in the summer, in the heat, when the effectiveness of other drugs decreases. Because of this, they are recommended for use in southern regions.
