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Fufanon belongs to a class of insecticides that are active against various garden and household pests. The basis of the drug is the active substance malathion, which paralyzes insects and leads to inevitable death. The substance can be used in open areas and in closed spaces. In the house, fufanon quickly destroys cockroaches, bedbugs, aphids, fleas, and ants.
Description
The active ingredient of Fufanon is malathion - the commercial name of karbofos, which is familiar to gardeners. This is a monodrug of the class of organophosphorus compounds. Karbofos contains active sulfur, which increases its effectiveness at high temperatures. The substance malathion has a strong unpleasant odor and oily consistency.
In its pure form it is not a dangerous substance, but its aqueous solution has a detrimental effect on insects. Due to its rapid solubility in water and other organic solvents, malathion permeates plant juices on which garden insects feed. This leads them to death.
The pests stop feeding within a couple of hours after the spread of the pesticide, and death occurs within 24 hours after poisoning. The poison paralyzes the nervous activity of the insect, which leads to blocking of all vital functions.
The product's validity period in open ground is up to 15 days; in greenhouse conditions, the product protects against pests for up to three weeks inclusive.
All drugs in the Fufanon line are deadly to the inhabitants of water bodies.
The drug is available in several forms:
- emulsion concentrate;
- water emulsion.
A simple emulsion concentrate has a strong odor, which persists in the fruits even without exceeding the dosage of the drug and violating the timing of spraying. Therefore, EC is used for spraying industrial crops, grains and stocks. For horticultural crops, an innovative preparation based on a water emulsion is produced - Fufanon Nova - odorless. For ease of use on individual plots, the drug is packaged in ampoules of 2 and 6.5 g.
You can also find another drug from the line on sale - Fufanon Super. It differs from Fufanon Nova only in packaging and place of sale - the household goods department.
Is it possible to mix Fufanon with other preparations for treating a garden plot? This drug is not compatible with all chemicals, so before mixing you should check the instructions for compatibility.
Characteristics of the product
Fufanon is a multifunctional drug in the form of a yellow liquid concentrate. Its active substance remains effective for up to two weeks after spraying.
It has a poisonous effect on insects in a variety of ways:
- During contact with the pest.
- Once inside the parasite.
- Through the respiratory system during crop processing.
The chemical is used to eliminate insects that can destroy plants, fruits of trees, shrubs and vegetables. It reveals properties well when destroyed:
- Cockroaches.
- Aphids.
- Ticks.
- Weevil.
- Locusts.
- Klopov.
- Komarov.
- Bloch.
The active particle - malathion, getting inside the insect, suppresses the course of many important processes, which causes disruptions in the transmission of nerve impulses. As a result, the pest becomes paralyzed and then dies.
Features of the drug
Fufanon has the following advantages:
- Suitable for processing various agricultural plants.
- Effective for sucking and gnawing parasites.
- The active particle does not lose its functions when climate conditions change.
- Combines with other chemicals.
- Copes well with insects that are not susceptible to natural insecticides.
Disadvantages of Fufanon
However, the drug Fufanon has weaknesses, one of them is the adaptation of pests to the poison. If an insect manages to survive after consuming poison, it mutates and perfectly adapts to all poisons of a similar effect. In this case, you will have to treat the area with insecticides based on a different chemical base.
The drug Fufanon Nova is very dangerous for bees; use during flowering of plants is strictly prohibited.
The danger of the Fufanon Nova insecticide for bees is great; it can destroy the entire apiary. The infected bee does not die immediately; it manages to inform other bees about the honey-bearing place.
The effectiveness of Fufanon decreases in proportion to the increase in air humidity and the number of pests. Therefore, it is better not to use it in wet weather. If there are too many insects on the site, Fufanon may not be able to cope with them.
An overdose of a pesticide is dangerous for plants. Even a minimal excess of the specified dose of the substance can lead to the shedding of leaves. Therefore, before spraying, correctly calculate the dosage and area of application of the solution.
Advantages of the insecticide
- Safety for humans, animals and birds.
- Possibility of using the drug to protect almost all agricultural crops.
- "Fufanon-nova" also causes the death of blood-sucking insects.
- The product affects both adult pests and their larvae.
- The effect of the drug lasts 10 days, the effectiveness does not depend on the weather.
Application in subsidiary farming
The area should be sprayed on the day the solution is prepared, as it gradually loses its properties in the air. It is better to treat the area in dry, cloudy weather at dawn (after dew) or at sunset. You also need to choose a calm day so that gusts of wind do not carry the spray in another direction.
Fufanon in the garden should be used according to the weather forecast. After spraying, at least 4 hours must pass before the first drops of rain, otherwise the work will be done in vain. In damp, cool summers, fruit trees and vegetable crops cannot be treated with simple Fufanon, as the fruits will give off a chemical taste. It is better to use the Nova or Super option, which has no odor.
When treating fruit trees and shrubs, do not allow the toxic mixture to get on the soil. This will worsen the taste of root vegetables: carrots, potatoes, beets, radishes.
Signs of poisoning and first aid
Always remember the dangers of chemicals to humans! They can be fatal. Here are the signs that indicate poisoning: cramps in the abdomen and chest, constriction of the pupils, tears, increased salivation, headache and dizziness, muscle cramps occur.
Intoxication is very dangerous. If you notice such symptoms, you should definitely call an ambulance, and before the doctors arrive, you should be given one liter of water to drink with two large spoons of salt dissolved until vomiting is caused. The victim is taken outside and provided with peace.
Dosage for different crops
In order not to exceed the drug consumption rate, it is recommended to use a regular medical syringe.
Cucumbers, tomatoes
These crops are attacked by aphids, mites, whiteflies, sprout flies, and thrips. Seedlings should be treated when pests appear. If spraying does not help the first time, re-treatment is carried out after 10-14 days. The working solution is prepared from 2 ml of the drug per 1.5 liters of water. For an area of 100 m2, 10 liters of the finished solution are consumed.
In greenhouses, agriculture is attacked by greenhouse whitefly, leafminer flies, aphids and thrips. Plants are treated when parasites appear en masse. One application is enough for up to 35 days. The solution is prepared from 6.5 ml of pesticide per 2 liters of water; up to two liters of the finished solution are consumed per 10 m2.
Cabbage, peas, corn
To treat these crops, you will need 10 liters of ready-made solution per area of 100 m2. To prepare a working solution, you need to mix 2 ml of Fufanon with 1.5 liters of water. Crops are attacked by various pests: cabbage cutworms, aphids, whiteflies, moths, pea weevils, whiteflies, thrips, leafhoppers, bean moths, and pea codling moths.
Beet
To treat seedlings, you will need to dilute 2 ml of concentrate in a liter of water. To treat an area of 100 m2 you will need only 10 liters of the finished solution. Fufanon protects beets from leafhoppers, bedbugs, leafminer flies, beet aphids, and moths.
Sunflower
To protect the crop from attack by parasites, seedlings are sprayed. For the working solution, use 2 ml of concentrate per 3 liters of water. To protect an area of 100 m2, 10 liters of the prepared mixture are needed. Sunflowers are attacked by aphids and bugs.
Apple tree, pear tree, grapes, currants, gooseberries
To process these crops, prepare a mixture of 2 ml of concentrate and 1.5 liters of liquid. One adult tree requires up to 5 liters of the prepared mixture, and a young seedling - from 1.5 to 3 liters. For berry bushes and grapes, 1.5 liters of mixture is consumed for an adult plant and 1 liter of mixture for a young bush.
Cherry, sweet cherry, plum, strawberry
To treat plants, prepare a mixture of 2 ml of concentrate and 1.7 liters of water. Young fruit seedlings need about 2 liters of the mixture, and an adult plant - 5 liters. To spray strawberries, it takes 1.5 liters per 10 m2. Plants are treated when there is a massive attack of insects.
Raspberries
This plant destroys raspberry beetles, aphids, raspberry bud moths, mites, and raspberry weevils. To treat the bushes, make a mixture of 6.6 ml of concentrate and 3 liters of liquid. The first spraying should be carried out a week before flowering, and the second after harvesting.
Cuttings
To protect the cuttings from pests, they are soaked in the prepared mixture for a couple of minutes. The mixture is made from 2 ml of concentrate and 3 liters of water.
Ornamental plants
Ornamental crops are loved by mites, leaf miners, apple borers, leaf rollers and aphids. To protect plants from parasites, up to three sprayings are carried out during the growing season. The mixture is made from 6 ml of concentrate per 3 liters of liquid. Three liters of the prepared solution is enough to treat an area of 10 m2 of visible crown.
From domestic cockroaches and bedbugs
The use of Fufanon indoors against bedbugs, ants, fleas, flies and cockroaches has its own peculiarities. Sometimes there are even more insects than before using the drug. This is explained by the different body structure of domestic parasites from garden pests.
For bedbugs, it is better to use Fufanon Green Belt. 100 ml of the finished mixture is consumed per square meter of room.
To treat the room, you need to dissolve an ampoule (2 ml) in two liters of clean water. If there are a lot of insects, you should take two ampoules instead of one. To prevent insects from hiding behind the furniture, it is moved away from the walls. The room is well ventilated beforehand, and after spraying the apartment is left for 2 hours. But it’s better to leave the premises for a day. After a couple of weeks, disinfection is repeated to destroy insect larvae and eggs.
To properly disinfect the room, you should use a paint brush or spray bottle.
You cannot leave even a centimeter of untreated surface. Furniture begins to be disinfected from the back. Don't forget about carpeted floors and walls - insects can hide there too.
Upon returning home, you should do a general cleaning and wipe the floors and doors with a weak soda solution (st/l per liter): this will protect against the penetration of toxins through the skin or through the respiratory tract. It is also recommended to wash all items and wash all dishes. Toxic substances settle densely on all surfaces and pose a certain health hazard. If there are animals in the house, you need to wash their bowls too.
How to use correctly (instructions)
- The volume of the container for the solution must be at least 10 liters. Initially, one or one and a half liters of water should be poured into it, and the contents of the ampoule or bottle should be added there.
- The solution must be stirred and wait for the reaction to complete.
- When it becomes transparent, you need to add clean water to the container until you obtain the total volume indicated for a specific crop. The instructions for use always contain accurate information. After this, the solution can be used for its intended purpose.
Spraying of garden plants and garden trees should be done only in the early morning or in the evening, in the absence of wind. It is advisable that the weather be cool.
These conditions are necessary so that, under the influence of hot sunlight, the solution does not evaporate from the leaves, stems and branches of plants, but is thoroughly absorbed.
Precautionary measures
When making the mixture and working with Fufanon, you need to wear protective overalls (or other clothing), leather shoes, and special gloves for working with toxic substances. The respiratory tract should be protected with a respirator rather than a regular mask. If you don’t have a respirator, then you need a multi-layer mask (4 layers of gauze) soaked in soda solution. As the soda solution dries, the mask should be re-wetted.
The contact time with karbofos is limited to two hours.
On top of work clothes, a raincoat down to the toes must be worn, always with a hood. There must be a helmet on the head up to the ears and below. The body should be protected as much as possible from possible contact with the pesticide. Increased precautions are necessary due to the ability of karbofos to easily dissolve in organic liquids, such as human sweat.
When working with pesticides, smoking, drinking liquids and chewing food is prohibited. If poisoning does occur, you should immediately call an ambulance. Medical assistance is necessary even at the slightest sign of malaise or internal discomfort. Symptoms of poisoning can appear for a very long time (up to three days), but the body needs help on the day of intoxication.
Signs of poisoning:
- labored breathing;
- disorder of the entire digestive system;
- blue discoloration of the skin;
- increased blood pressure, accompanied by lethargy and headache;
- constriction of the pupils.
If you notice that a toxic chemical has come into contact with the skin, you should immediately wash the affected area with a weak soda solution (a couple of tablespoons per liter). If the poison gets on the mucous membrane of the eye, you need to rinse the visual apparatus with plenty of water (running).
If a toxic chemical penetrates inside, you should immediately take activated charcoal and induce vomiting. After vomiting, you need to take activated carbon again at the rate of 1 tablet per 10 kg of body weight. However, these manipulations do not cancel a visit to the doctor, even if the condition seems satisfactory.
Answers to 5 pressing questions
If disinfestation is carried out according to all the rules, then the bedbugs will be completely destroyed - starting from mature individuals and nymphs, ending with larvae and eggs. Insects will begin to die within the first hours after treatment, but the entire domestic population will die out no earlier than three days later. Below are answers to five of the most frequently asked questions.
- What to do if the room is infested with bedbugs? If a house, apartment or office is heavily infested with bloodsuckers, experts recommend re-treatment with Fufanon. When using the Nova variety, the concentration of the drug must be increased. Since the product retains its barrier effect for 14 days, repeated disinsection should be carried out no earlier than two weeks later.
- What if after disinfestation several larvae remain untouched? The procedure must be carried out as carefully as possible. Even a few surviving eggs or larvae will lead to a rapid restoration of the population to its former size.
- Is it possible to open windows during spraying and after treatment? Not only is it possible, but it is also necessary. The pungent odor of the drug can cause poisoning, so the windows in the apartment should be wide open until the household returns from exile.
- Is it necessary to clean up after spraying poison? After baiting insects, a day later, the entire house needs to be washed with a soda solution. To do this, dissolve 400 g of soda in a bucket of water, thoroughly wash furniture, floors and objects that a person comes into contact with in everyday life. There is no need to treat hard-to-reach places - let their smell continue to scare away uninvited guests.
- When can I return home? Not earlier than 24 hours after treatment with soda solution.
If Fufanon gets on the skin, the affected area should be immediately washed with soap and water. If the poison gets into your eyes, you need to rinse them well under running water, and after dropping a 2% solution of novocaine, be sure to see an ophthalmologist or family doctor. If you feel an unpleasant bitter taste in your mouth, rinse your mouth with a weak solution of soda and go out into the fresh air. If the condition does not improve within an hour, call an ambulance immediately.
Users confirm the effectiveness of the drug, but at the same time focus on its unpleasant odor. If this aspect is extremely important to you, give preference to the microencapsulated form of the chemical
This concentrate has almost no smell, but it acts exactly the same as its liquid counterparts - it kills bloodsuckers quickly and on the spot.
Analogs
Substitutes for Fufanon are drugs based on the same active ingredient - malathion. These include:
- Avidust;
- Atlant 50% k.e.;
- Insecto-ESTA;
- Karbofos 50% a.e.;
- Pedilin.
Preparations with organophosphorus substances:
- Alioth;
- Fly eater;
- Vallar.
Nicotine preparations:
- Gaucho;
- Admir;
- Confidor;
- Kopfidor;
- Biotlin Bau.
The drug Biotlin Bau is sold ready-to-use; it does not need to be diluted with liquid beforehand. Nicotinoids are recommended if insects have adapted to organophosphorus substances. Experienced farmers advise periodically changing insecticides so that parasites do not get used to them.
The following drugs effectively neutralize parasites:
- Confidelin;
- Corado;
- Monsoon;
- Tanrek.
The packages indicate the exact dosage of use and methods for preparing the mixture for spraying. The listed drugs cope well with pests such as:
- aphid;
- whitefly;
- thrips.
Rules for choosing insecticides:
- You cannot purchase drugs for future use; it is better to buy in small quantities for one-time use;
- Before purchasing, you should carefully read the instructions;
- When purchasing, you should take into account the ability of insects to adapt to the active substance of the drug.
Farmers recommend preparations based on waste products of beneficial microorganisms: they are safe for pets and do not harm bees. One of these drugs is Fitoverm. It is based on a substance produced by soil fungi. You can use Fitoverm without fear of harming pets, and the substance does not penetrate into fruits and root crops.
Treatment of house plants
Fufanon copes well with whiteflies, mealybugs, and aphids.
Almost every lover of house plants always has Fufanon or Fufanon Nova in stock. They are effective even when other plant protection products are powerless: the fight against whiteflies, mealybugs, aphids, and scale insects. Fufanon treatment of indoor flowers begins with preparing the solution and preparing the place where the spraying will be carried out.
- In summer, treatment is best done outdoors; in winter, use a room inaccessible to animals and children.
- Pots with flowers to be processed are placed on the prepared surface (table). It is better if the plants do not touch each other.
- Pour 1 liter of water into the sprayer and add 1 ml of product (20 drops), stir well.
- The plants are sprayed, thoroughly wetting the upper and lower parts of the leaves, and left until the product dries completely.
- Despite the fact that the drug has no odor, the door to the room must be closed.
- Carry out processing only with gloves and a mask.
- After treatment, you need to change into different clothes, wash your hands and face with detergent, and rinse your mouth with clean water.
- After a day, the plants are put in their places.
Bottom line
The insecticide Fufanon and its varieties are widely used to protect gardens and vegetable gardens from insect pests. The drug is ready for use and is available in convenient packaging - vials, canisters and ampoules. To prepare the stock solution, you simply need to dilute the concentrate with clean water.
Fufanon has a significant drawback - resistance. If the insects managed to survive the first chemical attack, they mutate and become accustomed to the toxic substance. Some insects (cockroaches) can use toxic chemicals that are familiar to them as food. To prevent resistance, it is not recommended to use Fufanon twice in one season: you need to alternate insecticides.
Principles of use
To use Fufanon in agriculture, a number of rules must be followed:
- Spray crops at the first sign of parasites.
- On hot days, carry out the procedure either early in the morning or in the evening.
- Have time to carry out the treatment two hours before precipitation.
- It is good to moisten the plant for greater effectiveness of the product.
Frequent use of the chemical on the same crops causes parasites to become accustomed to it. Therefore, it is necessary to alternate the insecticide with other products. But before use, you need to check their compatibility.
To determine whether the chemicals are compatible, it is worth conducting a test. To do this, mix a small amount of each product in water. If flakes or suspensions form, then they are incompatible.
It is not recommended to use Fufanon with the following drugs:
- those that contain copper;
- alkalis containing calcium in the structure;
- products with sulfur;
- mineral fertilizers with sulfides;
- products with an alkaline reaction.
Reviews from gardeners
Professionals
Tatiana Kudryashova
Country expert
Notes a positive result after using karbofos. Thus, treating the bulbs with this product before planting reduces the risk of damage by onion mites and other pests.
Yana Fedorova
Gardener - video blogger
Recommends fufanon as an excellent remedy for controlling aphids and ants, pointing out its low cost and high efficiency. According to the expert, the result is noticeable the very next day after treatment
Irina Isaeva
Gardener
A part-time professional agronomist, she opposes the use of this pesticide (as well as other pest control drugs), calling for the fight against insects with safer means
Fans and people who have used the drug
Here are some reviews from various forums about the results of using the product.
“My mother regularly treats indoor flowers with this product, since aphids come from somewhere on them. He takes them out to the balcony and sprays them. After a couple of hours there is no sign of insects.” Tatyana, 31 years old
“My wife and I have a small country house outside the city. Naturally, like other gardeners, we face the problem of pests. We use fufanon. It is cheap and works effectively. I mainly use this poison to fight aphids, but it also helps a lot against the ants that terrorize my garden. I pour the solution directly into their burrows.” Gennady, 64 years old
“We always take fufanon to fight caterpillars on cabbage. For some reason we always have a lot of them. If we had bought other drugs, we would have gone broke long ago. And this one is cheap - about 50 rubles.” Marina, 40 years old
“I live in a small village in an apartment building. There is a neighbor who lives above me and is fond of alcohol. About a year ago, she brought bedbugs to her from somewhere. They crawled towards me through the ventilation. I began to find out what can be used to poison them, and learned about fufanon. I treated the apartment in accordance with the instructions, and the parasites left. It helped. And inexpensive, most importantly.” Nikolay, 28 years old
Fufanon is a cheap and effective drug that will help defeat not only pests in the garden, but also domestic parasitic insects (cockroaches, bedbugs, lice). The result of using this pesticide is visible within 1 - 2 days after treatment, and it remains effective for 3 - 4 weeks. However, when using the product, you should be aware of its toxicity and take precautions.