Preparation HOM: instructions for use of the fungicide, reviews, composition, analogues, pros and cons, treatment of cucumbers, tomatoes, trees, flowers

Description of the drug

Khom is not a new product and has long been actively used by gardeners both for the preventive protection of plantings and for the treatment of already diseased plants.

. Quickly eliminates downy mildew, late blight, scab, rust, mildew, spotting, rot.

Outwardly it looks like a greenish-blue powder. Hom contains copper, which was once practically the only effective remedy until new fungicides of biological origin appeared.

Photo of the drug Hom from Green Belt

Attention!

In order for the Hom preparation to remain on the surface of the leaves for a longer time, it is recommended to add milk to the liquid in the amount of 1% of the total volume of the solution.

Features of application in practice

The powder product is used to prevent and protect plants from various fungal pathogens. It has a contact effect; being on the surface of leaves and plant shoots prevents the penetration of microorganisms into tissues.

HOM is not a therapeutic drug; it cannot cure infected plants. Its task is to provide protection, so all treatments are carried out in advance, before signs of the disease appear. After spraying, the crop gains immunity, so the risk of contracting an infection is reduced. But even if the plants get sick, it will happen later (after fruiting) and on a small scale.

On a note! The usual scheme for treating a vegetable garden is 3-4 procedures per season.

For work, prepare an aqueous solution of the powder and use it according to the norm, taking into account the specifics of the infection, the characteristics of the crop, the growing season, and weather conditions.

Pharmacological properties

So, the basis of the drug Hom is copper oxychloride, which has a suppressive effect on pathogens. Getting into cells, it interferes with the mineralization of organic substances, neutralizing them. As a result, gradual death of cells with the causative agent of the disease occurs.

It is especially worth noting that the drug Hom is not addictive and ensures 100% death of microbes.

It is important to know!

The substance leads to metal corrosion, which is why you should not use metal containers to prepare the working solution.

All processes neutralizing the activity of pathogens take place in the leaves and trunk, without entering the plant cells. Salt crystals are insoluble in water or other organic liquids. They are not affected in any way by sunlight or high temperatures.

Description of the drug Hom and method of use - video

However, they can easily be neutralized by an alkaline environment, as well as washed off by rain.

. The natural decomposition of the drug into harmless elements lasts approximately 6 months. To speed up this process, you can use alkali.

Composition and dosage form

The basis of the drug (active ingredient) is COPPER CHLOROXIDE , 861 g/kg, chemical class - inorganic substances and copper compounds.

This is an inorganic pesticide used as a substitute for Bordeaux mixture and in mixtures with other fungicides. Synonyms - copper oxychloride, basic salt of copper chloride, copper chloroxide, copper oxychloride, etc.

Preparative form – wetting powder, packaging – 20g, 40g bags. The drug is light green in color, odorless, resistant to elevated temperatures, moisture and sunlight, but is destroyed by alkalis. Causes corrosion of iron containers and galvanized iron.

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Advantages and disadvantages

The fungicide Hom has both positive and negative sides.

Pros of Hom:

suitable for both prevention and treatment of plants;
Hom combines well with other drugs and gives good results;
easy to use;
acts against a wide range of pathogens;
does not cause resistance with frequent use.

Remedy for diseases Hom (Green Belt)

Minuses:

Hom is easily washed off by rain, so it is recommended to add a gluing liquid to the working solution;
dangerous to pollinating insects;
validity period is 12 days;
unpleasant odor;
may cause burns when used in direct sunlight.

Overall, Hom is a strong drug and has many advantages.

When and how often to process tomatoes

"Hom" does not contribute to the development of resistance in pathogens , so each treatment with the drug will be effective. The product can be used repeatedly, but usually 3-5 applications per season are sufficient.

The validity period of one treatment is 10-14 days . The drug is very quickly washed away by precipitation, dew and water during watering, so the beds can be treated every 12 days.

Fungicide Hom: instructions for use

To use the drug, it should first be diluted in a small amount of water. Then gradually add the required amount to obtain the full volume specified in the instructions.

Hom spraying is carried out in “calm” weather without wind. Preferably on a cloudless day, when the likelihood of rain is reduced to a minimum. It is important to apply the product evenly over the entire surface of the leaves and stems. It is necessary to use the entire prepared solution, without leaving it “for later.”

Attention!

When the temperature on the thermometer rises above +30 degrees, spraying is not recommended.

Traditionally, processing is carried out during the growing season.

. For flowering plants, the procedure is carried out before and after flowering. The duration of action of Hom is 2 weeks.

Treating roses with Hom

Fruits and berries must be treated with Hom 20 days before harvest, and grapes - a month before harvest.

During the season, Hom is used from 3 to 6 times, based on the condition of the plant being treated.

Purpose

“Hom” is intended for treating tomatoes and potatoes against Alternaria, late blight, cucumber against peronosporosis, and powdery mildew. The spectrum of action of the pesticide also extends to grape diseases - mildew, black spot and anthracnose. On shrubs and fruit trees, “Hom” is used against leaf curl, moniliosis, coccomycosis, scab and clusterosporosis. The drug partially destroys pests - Colorado potato beetles - on potatoes.

Application of Hom for individual crops

Potatoes from late blight and macrosporiosis are treated with a solution of the drug Hom, prepared in an amount of 40 g per 10 liters of water. Sprayed during the growing season.

Sugar beets are treated for cercosporiosis with the same solution in the amount of 40 grams per 10 liters during the growing season. The indicated amount of liquid is sufficient for 100 m2.

Consumption rates for the drug Hom for plants:

The drug Hom is also effective for tomatoes against late blight, brown spot, and macrosporiosis in an amount of 40 grams per 10 liters.

Khom is also used in the same quantity for cucumbers against bacteriosis, peronosporosis, anthracnose, for onions (except for onions), and hops.

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When treating fruit trees with Hom, the solution is made in such a way that there is from 2 to 5 liters per plant.

Hom works well against mildew on grapes. For spraying, prepare a solution in the amount of 40 g per 10 liters. For 10 m2 it takes 1.5 liters.

For ornamental crops against rust and spotting, prepare a solution in an amount of 30 to 40 grams per 10 liters. You can spray with Hom at any time except flowering.

What preparations are needed in spring to protect plants?

When to use Hom

According to the instructions for use, the fungicide Hom is recommended for use in the initial stages of fungal infections, regardless of the phase of plant development.

Food crops

Khom is used to protect tomatoes from brown spot, late blight and macrosporiosis. The drug is effective against anthracnose, bacteriosis, peronospora and cercospora, affecting onions, cucumbers, potatoes and beets. With the help of Homa, fruit trees and shrubs are protected from fruit rot, scab and leaf curl. The optimal dosage of fungicide for treatment is 40 g of the substance per 10 liters of water. The recommended number of treatments is 3-5 times per season.

Treatment with the drug is stopped 2-3 weeks before harvesting.

Ornamental plants

Garden and home shrubs and flowers are treated with a 0.3% Homa solution (concentration - 30 g of the drug per 10 liters of water). After spraying with a fungicide, it is recommended to temporarily isolate indoor plants affected by the fungus from healthy ones. The remaining solution should not be washed off or washed off from the leaves of treated orchids (in this case, the procedure will not give the desired effect). It is enough to just let the flowers dry naturally.

Compatibility of Hom with other drugs

Hom has the best compatibility with pesticides of organic origin, which are included in the “dithiocarbamates” group. This combination reduces the likelihood of burns on foliage. It is good to use on crops that are hypersensitive to copper.

An additional effect is an extension of the validity period.

Good compatibility with the following drugs:

Entobacterin;
Epin;
Fufanon;
Inta-Vir.

Attention!

It is worth remembering that alkali neutralizes the effect of copper oxychloride, so do not combine it with products that contain this chemical compound.

Fungicide storage

Despite the low toxicity of the drug, “Hom” is advised to be stored in places inaccessible to children of any age. The fungicide is also dangerous for birds and domestic animals. The copper-containing product is left in a room with cool air and low humidity. When sealed, copper oxychloride powder will not deteriorate for 5 years. Violation of the integrity of the package will reduce the shelf life.

Safety precautions for use

The drug Hom belongs to hazard class III.

Although it is not a highly toxic substance, there are limitations to its use. For example, it is prohibited to use it near water resources, because the drug can poison fish.

Hom also poses a danger to bees, which is why it is not used during the flowering stage. At the time of processing, bees should not be closer than 2 km.

Additional Information:

Hom reduces the number of earthworms in the soil.

There are also some warnings regarding the effect on humans. It is enough to follow basic safety rules so as not to harm yourself during processing.

They are all known, but it would be useful to repeat them:

do not use utensils for preparing or eating food to prepare the solution;
put on gloves, glasses, gauze bandage;
the processing process must be continuous.

What should you do if the fungicide Hom gets on your skin or eyes?

It is possible that working without gloves may cause the product to get into your eyes. Immediately rinse with clean water for at least 10 minutes.

Precautionary measures

The fungicide is practically non-toxic. It belongs to the third class of danger. When using this product, the following precautions should be observed:

Do not drink, smoke or eat while spraying.
It is very important to ensure that the solution does not get into the well or pond.
Do not allow pets or birds into the area during treatment.
When spraying, you need to use special protective clothing: gloves, goggles and a respirator.
Naturally, you cannot prepare the working solution in a kitchen container. It is not worth storing it for a long time.
If the product gets on exposed skin, you need to wash it thoroughly using a large amount of soap solution.
If the drug gets into your eyes, rinse them with running water for 15 minutes. If a person inhales it, he needs to be allowed to breathe fresh air.
If suddenly the fungicide enters the body, you must drink activated carbon with water (0.5 l) or milk (1 glass) as soon as possible. After this you should go to the hospital. Vomiting cannot be induced.
At the end of the treatment, it is recommended to wash your face and hands, all exposed areas of the body, and rinse your mouth.
If the work was carried out indoors, it should be ventilated after the manipulations.
The Khoma packaging needs to be burned.

The drug Hom: reviews of use

Margarita Ivanovna, Ust-Kamenogorsk Home - copes well with late blight on tomatoes and potatoes. Especially on tomatoes. She appears there more often. I always spray as a preventive measure, without waiting for the disease to occur. A good, reliable drug.

Egor Yurievich, Tomsk Of all the chemicals that I use in gardening, I trust Khom. It, of course, has its shortcomings. However, there are much more advantages. Proven remedy on many crops. I give it 5 points.

Veronika Igorevna, Pyatigorsk I was not a supporter of chemicals in the garden until the cucumbers began to constantly suffer from downy mildew. Folk remedies didn't help me. I had to look for chemistry. I read reviews on the Internet and chose Hom. Since then I have been using it constantly and have changed my attitude towards chemicals.

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Reviews

Summer residents speak positively about Khoma. They note that it is an effective fungicide that helps prevent a number of diseases. Prevention is better than fighting a disease that has already flared up.

“I constantly treat my tomatoes with Hom, because before I was constantly faced with the fungus and lost my harvest. I didn't like it. This drug was recommended to me by a salesperson in one of the stores. Since then I don’t even remember about the fungus” (Natalia, Moscow region).

They also emphasize that the drug is much more effective than some other drugs. And Hom does not cause any problems in using it.

“My parents used to treat their summer cottage with Bordeaux mixture, but I use the fungicide Hom. The effect is the same, but working with the drug is much easier. And the price for it is more pleasant. For a long time I adhere to this scheme: I carry out the first treatment before flowering, the second after it” (Ivan, Voronezh region).

Summer residents even say that despite the fact that they are against the use of chemicals, they still use Khom because it is safe and effective.

“I rarely use chemicals to treat my dacha; I don’t like such preparations. But I trust Hom. Of course, it has drawbacks - any rain washes it away. But the effect is amazing. There is no talk of any diseases” (Nadezhda, Moscow region).

The product also shows good results when treating flowers or ornamental plants. Home is used by many flower lovers.

“Home saves my flower beds from rot. There was a period when it rained for a week, and mold had already begun to appear on the roses. But timely spraying saves the plants” (Valeria, Tomsk).

About the importance of spring processing of currants

Spring is the time when you can destroy pests and fungi that are still in an inactive state or at the very beginning of their nutrition and development. If no treatment is done, the parasites will come out of their wintering places, begin to actively suck out their currant juices and increase their populations. As a result, you will be left without a harvest, not only this year, but also in subsequent years.

Currants treated in spring suffer less or not at all from diseases and pests in summer (the picture shows leaves affected by anthracnose)

One summer my currants got sick with powdery mildew. The shoots were covered with a white coating, the leaves turned yellow and fell off, the berries rotted. But somehow I wasn’t worried, we ate too much currants, we don’t make jam, the frozen ones don’t taste good, so let him get sick. The next year the picture repeated itself, but it got even worse - whole branches began to dry out, the bush did not bloom at all. And then I started thinking. I didn’t want to be completely without berries. I undertook to treat: to spray against diseases. And only a year later my currants bloomed again. So I realized from my own experience that without processing currants, I deprived myself of the harvest for two whole years. After all, the fruit buds of the current season are laid in the previous one. And last summer the bush had no strength, all the juices were sucked out of it by parasites. Thanks to the treatments, the currants were able to recover and lay flower buds, which bloomed only the next year.

White coating on leaves and stems is a sign of powdery mildew infection

There is now a good trend among modern gardeners - not to wait for their bushes, vines, trees to get sick, but to do preventive spraying in the spring.

Are copper oxychloride and copper sulfate the same thing?

Vitriols are crystalline hydrates of sulfuric acid with divalent metals and have the formula CuSO4·5H2O. In this case, the formula of copper oxychloride is Cu3H8O7CuCl2. This means that the substances are completely different salts.

However, both substances can be used as a fungicide when growing garden and vegetable crops, since copper ions help cope with fungi.

Copper oxychloride is an effective remedy that successfully copes with various pathologies. In order for the substance to give the desired result, you must strictly follow the instructions.

Shelf life and requirements

Toxicity class – 3. This indicates low toxicity. In this case, it is better to use protective equipment: respirators, goggles. The ban on spraying during the flowering period arose due to the negligible threat to bees and their products after nectar collection.

Reviews say that Hom does not cause side effects, i.e. it is environmentally friendly. Accumulation occurs for up to 3 weeks, after which it evaporates without residue from the soil and plant. Gets along well with other fungicides.

But it should be used wisely, with a time gap. The shelf life in sealed, dry packaging is unlimited. The liquid cannot be stored. Use immediately after dilution.

What are fungicides, their classification

From Latin, “fungicide” is translated as “mushroom” and “kill.” That is, fungicides are substances that are aimed at suppressing and destroying fungi of various origins. Fungal spores are the causative agents of most diseases that infect tomatoes. Depending on the criterion, fungicides are divided into types:

General division of drugs:

chemical origin. To destroy fungi, toxic chemical compounds are used, which quickly eliminate the symptoms of the disease;
biological origin. The preparations consist of 90% beneficial living microorganisms that destroy harmful fungi. Biological fungicides are low toxic.

Depending on the properties:

inorganic. The composition contains compounds of various heavy metals that block the access of oxygen to fungal spores. Most often found in preparations are: manganese, mercury, sulfur, nickel, copper, iron;
organic – environmentally friendly preparations that quickly decompose in the soil.

Depending on the direction of action:

preventative, which prevent the development of diseases;
eradicating fungal spores. Used when the plant is already infected.

Advantages and disadvantages

The main disadvantage of the drug is considered to be poor adhesion to plants. The solution of the substance is easily washed off by sediment. If copper-sensitive crops are heavily moistened, there is a risk of foliage burns and netting on the fruit. In addition, when copper gets into the ground, it does not decompose, but accumulates.

The advantages of the product include the ease of preparing the solution. To obtain the working fluid, you need to mix copper oxychloride with water. Also, the advantages of the substance include the absence of negative effects on plants.

The product is versatile. It can be used for processing fruit trees, berry bushes, and vegetable crops. The composition can also be used to repel Colorado potato beetles.

If you follow the dosage recommended in the instructions, the substance almost completely decomposes in the soil in 1-6 months. This process is accompanied by the formation of chlorine and copper ions.

Analogs

An alternative to Khomu in the fight against fungal diseases can be drugs such as:

Oksikhom, Polykhom, Kuprikol are fungicides based on the same active ingredient;
Bordeaux mixture is an effective copper-containing preparation;
Fitosporin is a biological agent against a wide range of pathogens;
Cupritox is a copper sulfate-based fungicide, also used in tank mixtures.

The listed fungicides effectively cure brown spot, scab, late blight, rust, powdery mildew and many other diseases of cultivated plants.

The drug Hom is an effective and easy-to-use fungicide for maintaining the health of the garden. Regular preventive and therapeutic measures with its use can “reduce to zero” all possible harm caused by fungal infections to cultivated plants.

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