Summer resident's remedy for ants Destruction of ants in the garden - perhaps every owner of a suburban area has had to face this problem. It is for this purpose that Russian scientists have developed the drug Dachnik against ants. The product is based on natural phytocomponents, thanks to which it is completely harmless to people. This article will tell you more about the drug.
Description of the drug
Maxim summer resident acts as a protective antibiotic, preventing infection of tubers, bulbs, and seeds during storage, planting and plant growth.
Compound
Unlike the fungicide Maxim, the drug Maxim Dachanik contains only one antifungal substance - fludioxonil at a dosage of 25 g/l. According to its chemical class, the compound is a derivative of finylpyrroles. It is a natural antibiotic with high pathogenic efficiency, synthesized from the bacteria Pseudomonas pyrocinia.
Action
Fungicide Maxim summer resident reduces the growth and development of fungal mycelium by destroying the process of glucose phosphorylation. Destabilization of cell membrane functionality reduces pathogenic viability.
After spraying, a protective film is created on the surface and in the root system, which provides a barrier against micellar lesions for the entire period of storage and active growth.
Fludioxonil accumulates and acts in cellular processes of membrane formation. This reduces the likelihood of pathogen resistance to the pesticide.
Release form and price
The fungicidal drug Maxim Dachanik is sold in glass ampoules of 2 and 4 ml, bottles of 40 and 500 ml with a measuring cap. The price of the drug in ampoules ranges from 15 to 25 rubles. A 40 ml bottle of pesticide costs between 210-280 rubles, a 500 ml package costs 1,700 rubles.
Maxim summer resident disinfectant is stored at temperatures from -5 °C to +35 °C °C in a cool place inaccessible to animals and children. The shelf life of the fungicide is 3 years. Used packaging is disposed of with household waste. Excess solution is poured into the drain hole.
Characteristics of the fertilizer "Dachnik"
Fertilizer "Dachnik" is a completely organic product. It is developed by anaerobic fermentation of horse manure under thermophilic conditions in bioreactors. The peculiarity of this product is that it has a special microflora that can suppress the development of pathogenic microorganisms in the soil.
It is precisely due to the fact that the fertilizer does not contain pathogenic microflora, weed seeds, and is saturated with beneficial microorganisms that it can be used for fertilizing in closed ground. When using liquid organic fertilizer “Dachnik”, a high uniformity of distribution of nutrients in the soil and their rapid absorption by plants is achieved, which allows you to obtain a high yield of excellent quality.
The fertilizer is sold in bottles of 250 and 500 ml. The shelf life of the "Dachnik" fertilizer is 2 years.
Advantages and disadvantages
According to the instructions for use, the benefits of using the pesticide Maxim Dachanik are as follows:
- prevents the spread of pathogens in storage facilities;
- effective in the fight against root rot, smut, snow mold and other diseases of micellar pathogenesis;
- increases the germination of seeds and seedlings;
- one preparation for disinfection of many different crops;
- advance processing possible;
- improves productivity;
- provides long-lasting protection (up to 6 months);
- safe for soil microflora;
- release form with the addition of a signal dye.
The drug Maxim Dachanik is deadly for marine and freshwater fauna. This is his minus. Therefore, crop treatment should be carried out further from reservoirs, rivers and other water sources. The treated crop cannot be used as animal feed.
Another disadvantage of the fungicide is the prohibition on re-dressing. If fungi adapt to its action, the effectiveness of the product will decrease.
What types of insects may appear on the site
The list of “garden ants” includes the following insects: black garden, yellow garden, red forest and house ants. Let's look at their main qualities:
Red forest
The ant is large, approximately 1 cm in length. The family of these insects build huge anthills, in which several tiers go underground. Harm to humans and the garden: ants breed aphids, spread them and protect them. Leaves and fruits of plants are eaten, especially from fruit bushes and trees.
Black garden
Garden insects of this species, on the contrary, are very small. The length of the goosebump reaches only 4-5 mm. The color of the shell is almost black. Despite their size, black garden ants breed aphids better than other species. Harm: in addition to eating fruits, berries and leaves, in the spring they can eat all the seeds sown in the soil.
Earthen (yellow) garden
Ground goosebumps are even smaller than black garden goosebumps, only up to 0.5 mm in length. Large workers, since they loosen the soil well, eat the larvae of small insect pests. But they build huge anthills that go several tiers deep into the ground. Such construction damages the roots of bushes and trees if the anthill is located nearby. Earth ants do not breed aphids. But they are great hunters for eating berries and fruits.
Brownie
This ant is also called the ship ant. Having settled on the site, he soon moves into a house, greenhouse, and barn. Doesn't build an anthill. This small pest (only 2.5 mm in length) eats everything it comes across on its way.
Instructions for use
The treatment of grain and vegetable crops with the pesticide Maxim Dachanik is carried out according to the scheme.
| Culture/Disease | Mode of application | Norm | Working mixture consumption | Frequency of treatments |
| Potato seed tubers (planting) / Fusarium, rhizoctania blight | Soak for 30 minutes | 4 ml per 100 ml water | For 10 kg | 1 |
| Cereal peas / Fusarium (root rot and wilt), gray rot, ascochyta blight, mold | Soak for 30 minutes before planting and storing | 2 ml per 400 ml water | Per 1 kg | 1 |
| Onions / Neck and bottom rot, penicillosis, black mold | 2 ml per liter of water | For 2 kg | 1 | |
| Winter and spring garlic / Donets rot, black and gray mold, penicillosis | ||||
| Flower seeds / Fusarium, penicillosis, helminthosporium, gray mold, rhizoctonia | ||||
| Flowers / Verticillium, root rot, fusarium | Watering at the root, tillage | 2 ml per liter of water | 100 ml per plant | 2 |
| Seedlings and flower seedlings / Root rot | 1 ml per liter | Liter per 5 meters | 2 | |
| Seed potatoes (storage) / All types of rot (including wet rot), Alternaria blight, Phomosis, silver scab, anthracnose | Spraying followed by drying | 2 ml per 100 ml water | For 10 kg | 1 |
| Houseplants / Wilt, fusarium wilt | Disinfection before planting, soaking for 30 minutes | 2 ml per liter | The solution is valid for 24 hours | 1 |
| Watering at the root, tillage | 6-7 drops per 200 ml |
Vegetables
The Maxim Summer Resident dressing agent is used to treat seed potatoes, onions and turnips, winter and spring garlic, peas for grain, beans, soybeans, sunflowers, and beans. Onions and garlic are loaded into a mesh or fabric bag and dipped into the solution. Can be soaked in bulk. Potato tubers are dipped into the working mixture individually or evenly sprinkled with the solution. The peas are kept in the mixture, dried and immediately planted.
Despite widespread practice, the drug Maxim Dachanik cannot be used to process tomatoes.
Flowers
Judging by reviews from flower growers, the fungicide is effective for any flower plants, especially those that are susceptible to wilt and fusarium rot. Disinfection is carried out when planting or dividing a bush by watering the planting hole with a solution.
Maxim summer resident is an ideal product for processing tulip bulbs, lilies, daffodils, hyacinths, and begonia corms. The fungicide can be used to treat the soil when propagating home flowers or rooting purchased plants.
The drug Maxim Dachnik disinfects only dormant plants, that is, bulbs, tubers, seeds. Living roots are not soaked in the solution, only by watering.
Useful video on how to treat orchid roots with Maxim summer resident fungicide
Tillage
Maxim summer resident is used for treating the soil before sowing seeds, planting seedlings or rooting adult plants. The solution is prepared at the rate of 40 ml per two buckets of water. They carefully pour the soil over it, then cover it with a polyethylene film. After a week, the film is removed, after 10 days they begin planting or sowing.
How to use
The principle of using the Summer Resident ant repellent is quite simple.
- Before unscrewing the cap, shake the contents of the bottle thoroughly.
- Having released the dispenser, the substance is poured into a bucket of water (the concentration of the solution is indicated in the instructions for use). After which the solution is mixed using any available item.
- To destroy garden ants, it is necessary to remove the top soil layer from the ant nest.
- This area is irrigated abundantly with the prepared solution (at least 2-3 l).
- Given the long duration of action of the drug Dachnik, there is usually no need for repeated treatment during the season.
- The ant trails should also be treated, and the plants should also be watered at the rate of 1 cubic meter. m. area requires 5 liters of solution.
Security measures
The pesticide Maxim Dachanik belongs to the 3rd class of hazard to humans, which means that safety measures are necessary when working with the solution:
- prepare the solution and process the crops in a protective suit, respirator, gloves, rubber boots;
- while working, refrain from smoking, eating, drinking;
- after treatment, discard the packaging, wash your face and hands with laundry soap, wash your clothes;
Manipulations with fungicide are carried out at a distance of more than 10 meters from children and animals.
At the first symptoms of poisoning with phenylpyrrole derivatives, you must immediately stop working, take the affected person out of the influence of the pesticide, remove the protective suit and consult a doctor.
Elimination of symptoms of fungicide poisoning is carried out symptomatically; there is no special antidote.
Consumption rate of solution diluted in a ratio of 1:10 per 1 sq.m.
| Name of culture | Solution consumption rate (l) | Recommendations for use |
| Potato | 10 l | during the emergence of seedlings, then during the bud formation phase |
| Cucumbers, cabbage | Up to 10 l | Fertilizing is carried out 2-3 times during the entire growing season of crops. |
| Carrots, beets, rutabaga and other root vegetables | From 5 l to 8 l | Fertilizing is carried out 2-3 times during the entire growing season of crops. |
| Fruit trees | Up to 10 l | Watering should be done on the tree trunk circle |
| Berry bushes | From 3-hl to 5 l | Watering should be done during the flowering period |
Compatibility with other drugs
Fungicide Maxim Dachnik can be used in combination with drugs based on metalaxyl (Apron, Metalax, Ridomil Gold, Certikor, Flex), cypronidil (Phlox, Horus) and difenoconazol (Attik, Skor, Rayok, Chistotsvet). The pesticide is compatible with furatiocarb (Rapkol, Promet, Deltanit) and oxolinic acid (Starner).
The drug is allowed for use together with fungicides of bacterial origin (Fitosporin-M, Biokill, Gamair, Alirin-B) in a ratio of 0.5:1.
Pesticide Maxim Dachanik does not come into contact with microfertilizers and insecticides. They can be used together.
Precautionary measures
After working with the drug Maxim, it is necessary to wash all tools and containers that were used in the process with clean water. In the future, it cannot be used for food and drinking water.
Do not pour the remaining solution into water bodies, as it can cause the death of fish. It is recommended to wear a mask and gloves when working with the fungicide, although no cases of an allergic reaction have been observed. To prevent the drug from getting into your eyes, use clear glasses. The treatment is carried out in the absence of animals and children nearby.
Analogs
Analogs of Maxim Dachanik in terms of active substance include preparations used for industrial areas of grain and vegetable crops.
- Sinclair – fludioxanil suspension concentrate 75 g/l for treating seeds and tubers;
- Switch is a fungicide for protecting gardens and vegetable gardens;
- Fludimax is a concentrated suspension of fludioxanil 25 g/l.
- Wrestler - designed for disinfection of peas, soybeans, corn, sunflower;
- Maxim 480 KS is a concentrated suspension of fludioxanil 480 g/l for vegetables and ornamental crops.
Fungicide Maxim Dachanik is a highly effective fungicide for long-term protection against a wide range of fungal diseases. Gardeners know that yield is only half the success. It is important to take care to protect the seed from diseases and ensure its safety for active vegetation.
Banishing goosebumps from the garden
Simple means at hand will help you protect your plantings from small pests; they are found in every home.
Effective ways:
- The anthill, earthen passages and paths along which insects move are sprinkled with salt.
- Elderberry leaves and wild mint placed near cultivated plants will repel pests.
- Fill a laundry bucket (10 l) with water, add 400 g of gray washing soap, 2 tbsp. l. carbolic acid, 10 tbsp. l. kerosene. The components are thoroughly mixed. The solution is poured into an anthill, places where pests accumulate, and the bases of trees. Several treatments are carried out, after which the goosebumps will leave the area.
