Before the dacha season begins, gardeners are faced with choosing the means to combat all sorts of pests.
According to experienced gardeners, it is very effective and inexpensive insecticide "Lightning".
- Activity spectrum
- Active ingredient and preparative form
- Drug benefits
- Mechanism of action
- How to spray
- Impact speed
- Period of protective action
- Toxicity and precautions
- Compatibility with other drugs
- Term and storage conditions
Activity spectrum
In the instructions for use of the drug "Lightning" for protection against insect pests indicated that the means suitable for use absolutely for all garden and garden crops. It can be used for spraying plants, shrubs, flowers. It is effective in the fight against parasites such as aphid, bug, fly, Colorado potato beetle, cabbage moth. It even kills a tick, which is not a matter of many means. Therefore, it can be widely used for the treatment of all plants in the garden. The greatest popularity acquired in the fight against the Colorado potato beetle and pests of rose bushes.
Active ingredient and preparative form
The drug contains only one substance - lambda-cyhalothrin at the rate of 50 g / l. By chemical composition, it refers to pyrethroids, in nature - pyrethrins. Pyrethroids are part of the group of insecticides, which are so named because of their structural and biochemical similarity with natural pyrethrins. They are found in nature in the colors of some varieties of chamomile and have been used as insecticides, that is, means of pest control, since the 1500s. Later their chemical composition was investigated and synthetic pyrethroids were created. For use in the household "Lightning" is available in 2 ml ampoules or 10 ml bottles. For large volumes of processing on sale there are five-liter cans of concentrated emulsion.
Drug benefits
The "Lightning" has a number of advantages, thanks to which it gained popularity. Note some:
- acts very quickly.Pests die either immediately or in a period of up to 30 minutes;
- wide range of applications;
- harm to both adults and larvae;
- thanks to special additives it is not washed off with water;
- the protection effect lasts for three weeks;
- does not penetrate into plants, that is not phytotoxic;
- low price and low consumption rate.
Mechanism of action
"Lightning" acts at the cellular level by the contact-intestinal method. The substance, penetrating into the cell of an insect, activates the sodium channels of the membranes, destroying nerve cells, and depolarizes the cell membranes, which ultimately blocks the nervous system of the pest. The active substance through the cuticle almost instantly gets into the insect, destroys its nervous system, which disorients the parasite, paralyzes it and leads to death. Also acts on dehydration, which occurs within 24 hours.
How to spray
"Lightning" is used for spraying plants. To do this, dilute it in water at the rate of 2 ml per 10 liters. First stir approximately a liter of water and then pour it into the main container. Spray from spray. The instructions for use of the tool "Lightning" from the Colorado potato beetle states that in order to obtain an excellent protection effect, you must try to get the tool to fall on the entire surface of the culture. As a rule, it is necessary to spray at the time of the growing season of plants, when the largest number of harmful insects accumulate on them. 
Impact speed
The rate of impact of "Lightning" on pests is very high, this also explains its popularity among gardeners. During the process itself, the insect dies immediately, for a maximum of thirty minutes. If the spraying is already completed and the drug acts as a protective substance, then the parasite’s death occurs within a day after it enters its body.
Period of protective action
The instructions for use of the drug "Lightning" described that The protective effect of the drug is guaranteed for a period of at least 14 days. However, plant protection is active for three weeks.
Toxicity and precautions
The substance belongs to the third class of danger to humans and the second class of danger to bees. It can harm a person by entering his body through the skin, respiratory and digestive organs. Therefore, before starting treatment, it is necessary to cover all areas of the body - wear gloves, socks and closed shoes; You need to protect your face, for this you can use a mask, glasses and a respirator are required. Hair should be covered with a kerchief or cap. If ingested, poisoning is possible, signs of which are dizziness, headache, nausea, and general weakness. In the first few days it is possible to increase body temperature up to 39 degrees.
Compatibility with other drugs
The drug can be used in combination with all pesticides, insecticides and other chemicals for agriculture. "Lightning" is incompatible with highly acid-reactive and alkaline-reactive substances.
Term and storage conditions
Diluted form of the drug can not be stored, in terms of sealed - the information is present on the packaging. An obligatory storage condition is a place with low humidity that is inaccessible for children and animals.
Many gardeners oppose the treatment of plants with any chemical compounds, as it harms the environmental friendliness of products. However, if you use, for example, an effective insecticide such as "Lightning" that does not penetrate into the plant and does not act on it toxic, there will be no harm. But it will help you save the harvest.
