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Protecting cherries – without chemicals

For cherries we recommend PATRIK UVH: UVH light directly on leaves and fruit – without chemicals and with no residues.

PATRIK UVH: light bar over strawberry rows, seen from above

Recommended machine · Use anywhere · UVH only

PATRIK UVH

With cherries, leaves and fruit are openly exposed and easy for the light to reach. PATRIK UVH works with UVH light only and treats them directly. Against insects that fly up, PATRIK UVH with air can be used as well: it sucks them off and crushes them in the fan. Without chemicals.

Infected and healthy plant

Black aphids on a cherry leaf
Infected A colony of black cherry aphids on a leaf. The young leaves curl up.
Ripe cherries on the tree
Healthy Ripe cherries on a healthy tree.

Our devices can be used against these pests and diseases

  • Black cherry aphid Myzus cerasi

    Dense black colonies on the shoot tips. Young leaves curl tightly, honeydew soils the fruit.

  • Powdery mildew Podosphaera cerasi

    White, powdery coating on leaves, flowers and fruit. The leaves curl, infected fruit stays small and can no longer be sold.

  • European red mite Panonychus ulmi

    Tiny red mites on the undersides of the leaves, with red eggs on buds and bark in winter. The leaves turn pale and bronze and drop early, the fruit stays smaller.

Spider mites with eggs, highly magnified. Adults are about 0.5 mm long.
Spider mites with eggs, highly magnified. Adults are about 0.5 mm long.

Is UVH right for your farm?

Tell us which crops you grow and on how much land. We will reply with an assessment.

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