Preparation Maxim, instructions for treating soil and planting material

To protect tubers, bulbs and seeds from rot, gardeners use fungicides. A prominent representative of contact fungicides is the drug “Maxim”. It is effective to use for treating soil, planting material, and protecting them during storage. The drug allows you to reliably protect the root zone and maintain the protective effect for a long time. This fungicide has other benefits. We will describe the drug Maxim in more detail, instructions for treating the soil, and talk about the features of using this fungicide.

Application procedure

The drug Maxim is available in a ready-to-use form.
The suspension contains an adhesive, so adding additional components is not required. According to the instructions, Maxim fungicide can be diluted with water in a ratio of 1:4. The Maxim disinfectant should not be used on sprouted seeds and tubers if they have cracks or other signs of damage. Before starting work, you need to dry the planting material.

The solution is prepared in glass, plastic or enamel containers. The shelf life of the solution is one day after preparation.

Agricultural crops

The drug Maxim protects crops from fungal diseases. Before planting, prepare a solution that is used to treat the seeds before planting.

The disinfectant is effective against the following diseases:

  • fusarium;
  • root rot;
  • gray rot;
  • Alternaria blight;
  • molding of seeds;
  • downy mildew.

If you need to treat rye, wheat, soybeans or peas, according to the instructions for use, the consumption of Maxim fungicide is 10 ml per 5 liters of water. The solution consumption per 1 ton of planting material is 8 liters.

To prepare for planting sugar beets and sunflowers, 50 ml of suspension per 10 liters of water is required. For 1 ton of seeds, prepare up to 10 liters of solution.

Spraying is carried out once immediately before planting the seeds. Treating before storage of planting material is allowed.

Potato

To increase the effectiveness of the fungicide Maxim Dachnik, potato tubers are cleaned of soil. The required amount of fungicide is dissolved in water. The resulting solution is sprayed onto the tubers.

The treatment helps prevent the spread of rot during crop storage: fusarium, scab, alternaria, black knife. Add 20 ml of suspension to 1 liter of water. Before storage, use 1 liter of solution per 100 kg of potatoes, after which it is necessary to dry the tubers.

Pre-sowing treatment protects potatoes from rhizoctonia and fusarium. The solution is prepared according to the instructions for use of the Maxim fungicide: 80 ml is dissolved in 2 liters of water. The resulting solution is enough to treat 200 kg of tubers.

Flowers

The drug Maxim is used to treat bulbous and tuberous flowers: lilies, begonias, crocuses, tulips, daffodils, gladioli, hyacinths. The concentrate protects asters, irises, dahlias, and clematis from the spread of rot and wilting.

According to the instructions, the consumption of Maxim fungicide is 4 ml per 2 liters of water. The resulting solution is used to process 2 kg of planting material. The bulbs and tubers are dipped into the solution for 30 minutes, after which they are dried and planted. Treatment is also carried out in the fall to preserve planting material until spring.

Preparation of the solution

To create a working solution, carefully dissolve 2 ml of the drug per 1 liter of water. Be careful not to penetrate exposed areas of the body. This is a standard solution for watering infected soil; specific dosages depend on the type of plant.

The specific dosage of the solution depends on the type of plant.

Important! Under no circumstances should the solution be made in containers used for storing and eating food or drinks. Before dissolving the Maxim drug, put on personal protective equipment (respirator, special clothing, latex gloves).

Properties and purpose of fungicide Maxim

The main active ingredient of the product is fludioxonil. This is a natural substance. It contains it in a concentration of 25 grams per liter. The drug is a contact fungicide, unique in its origin.

In practice, the product is an antibiotic secreted by soil bacteria that suppress the growth of pathogenic fungi. The fertilizer has a detrimental effect on pathogens, preserving the beneficial microflora of the soil.

The drug "Maxim" is used in the following cases:

  1. to protect potatoes from rhizoctonia, scab, rot, blackleg;
  2. for dressing planting material: tubers, bulbs, corms, seeds;
  3. to protect flower and vegetable crops from black leg, scab, rot before planting, as well as during storage;
  4. for treating plants, flower crops, in particular, tulips and gladioli, against mold pathogens, Fusarium wilt, and various types of rot;
  5. To disinfect the soil, water the planting holes and furrows with a solution of the drug.

Purpose

Belonging to the chemical class of phenylpyrolles, the drug "Maxim" is intended for treating seeds and planting material in order to protect plants from a number of diseases. The range of pathogens against which the product “works” is large:

  • Aspergillus;
  • Fusarium;
  • Altemaria;
  • Helminthosporium;
  • TiIletia and others.


Rhizoctonia on potato tubers
The active substance in the composition suppresses dangerous microorganisms, blocks growth and development, thereby preventing an outbreak of infection. Effective against various rots, rhizoctonia, as well as other soil-transmitted infections.

In addition, the fungicide helps increase immunity in plants, stimulates rapid growth and full development.

Processing of flower crops

Using the drug Maxim, you can treat the bulbs and corms of such flower crops as: tulips, begonias, lilies, gladioli, daffodils, hyacinths, etc. To do this, they must be immersed in a solution with a diluted drug and kept in it for half an hour, after which dry. The remaining solution is suitable for pickling the next batch of bulbs.

Such treatment will help protect planting material during storage and also before planting in the ground. The drug is also used to treat the roots of indoor plants when they are propagated by division. To do this, you need to spray the roots before planting.

How can I use the remaining solution after treatment?

The drug "Maxim" for bulbous plants dissolves in water. After treating the flower bulbs, you can use it as a disinfectant to water the area of ​​soil where the flowers are to be planted.

The pest control product "Maxim" does its job perfectly: it protects any flowers prone to furasious and verticillium wilt. To protect asters, dahlias, irises or other flowers, it is necessary to treat the root system and planting hole before planting the flowers.

Description of the fungicide

Fungicide Maxim is an effective means for treating seeds, tubers and bulbs by storing or planting in the ground. The drug protects garden and agricultural crops from harmful fungi.

The main active ingredient is fludioxonil, which destroys the fungus at the cellular level. As a result, plant immunity to diseases during the growing season increases.

The active substance is of natural origin. After use, the concentrate is valid for 48 days.

The disinfectant Maxim belongs to substances of hazard class 3

Take precautions when interacting with it

The drug is produced in ampoules and bottles with volumes from 2 to 100 ml. To treat large quantities of planting material, the fungicide is purchased in containers from 5 to 20 liters.

The Maxim disinfectant has the form of an odorless suspension and is easily diluted with water. Bright red pigments are added to the concentrate, which allows you to control the quality of etching.

The drug has several varieties depending on the scope of use. For personal farming, it is better to purchase the fungicide Maxim Dachnik. Farmers purchase concentrate in cans.

Precautionary measures

Fungicide "Maxim" belongs to drugs of hazard class 3. When working with it you need to follow the rules :

  • work in special clothing with long arms and gloves;
  • do not smoke, drink or eat while working with the drug;
  • exclude the use of utensils for storing food and cooking;
  • after finishing work, wash the dishes, wash your face, wash your hands and rinse your mouth;
  • In case of contact with skin or mucous membranes, rinse with plenty of clean water;
  • If ingested, rinse the stomach and contact a medical facility.

The working solution of the Maxim fungicide should not be stored for longer than one day after preparation. If there is any unused liquid left, it can be poured into a compost pit.

Security measures

The drug Maxim is a chemical substance of moderate danger to humans and belongs to class 3. Does not exhibit phytotoxicity.

When using the drug, the following safety precautions must be observed:

  • Do not allow the solution to get into open water bodies, because it poses a danger to fish and drinking water sources;
  • When preparing the working solution, do not use containers in which food is prepared;
  • while processing plants, it is prohibited to drink, smoke, or eat;
  • processing should be carried out using personal protective equipment: gauze bandage or respirator, headgear, gown, rubber gloves;
  • treatment should not be carried out at close range from children or animals;
  • After completing work, thoroughly wash your face and hands with soap, rinse your mouth with clean water, and change clothes.

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.

How to use the drug Maxim

To prepare a working solution, you need to take 2 liters of water and dilute 4 ml of Maxim in it. Stir until the product is completely dissolved. When calculating the amount of consumption, you need to take into account that a liter of solution is required per kilogram of planting material.

To treat indoor ornamental plants, the ratio of water and fungicide should be no more than six drops per 200 ml of liquid. Processing is carried out only once. The treatment solution must be prepared immediately before use. The solution retains its active properties for about a day.

Flower processing

To treat flower crops, the drug must be diluted strictly according to the instructions. "Maxim" is an ideal product for treating corms and bulbs of lilies, begonias, tulips, hyacinths, and daffodils. Planting material is placed in the prepared solution and left for about 30 minutes. Then the tubers and bulbs need to be dried well at room temperature. The remaining solution can still be used; the next batch of bulbs is immersed in it.

Processing the planting material will protect it during storage and prepare it for planting in open ground. The “Maxim” product can be used when propagating plants to treat the roots of domestic flowers. The roots are sprayed before planting using a spray bottle.

Potato processing

Treating seed potatoes with Maxim is very effective; this will make it possible to protect the crop from diseases such as:

  • fusarium;
  • Phomasis;
  • wet rot.

The procedure is carried out before the potato tubers are stored. At this time, the solution is sprayed. It is prepared at the rate of 4 ml of substance per 100 ml of water. This small amount is enough to process 20 kg of potatoes.

To treat rhizoctonia and fusarium, you can use a concentrated solution: 4 ml of product per 50 ml of water. The volume of solution is intended to process ten kilograms of potatoes.

For soil dressing

The drug "Maxim" for soil treatment is diluted at the rate of 40 ml per 20-liter container of clean water. To cultivate 10 square meters of land on a plot, this volume should be enough. The spill should be maximum. After the spill has been made, the area on top is covered with black plastic film. This allows you to increase the efficiency of fertilizer use. The active components of the drug will act most effectively against pathogenic microflora.

After four days, it is necessary to remove the film cover and repopulate the soil with beneficial microflora. You can use the drugs “Baikal”, “Fitosporin”, “Trichodermin” for this. Sowing or planting is carried out ten days after all these activities have been completed.

The need to process garlic before winter

To prevent diseases and pests, it is necessary to treat the teeth before planting in open ground:

  1. Carry out disinfection. For these purposes, the bulb is soaked in potassium permanganate, Fitosporin or a solution of wood ash.
  2. For storage, select intact cloves of the correct shape; garlic seeds are periodically renewed.
  3. If necessary, deoxidize the soil with dolomite flour.
  4. Observe the planting depth: it is twice the height of the garlic bulb.

The problem of yellowing leaves can be avoided if you set the optimal planting time (before frost), treat the plant before winter, and apply fertilizer.

First aid

If drug poisoning occurs, before the doctor arrives, it is necessary to provide first aid to the victim:

  • provide access to fresh air;
  • wash the areas where the drug comes into contact with the skin with plenty of running water; you can use a soap solution for the same purpose;
  • if the drug gets into your eyes, rinse them open with clean running water in sufficient quantity;
  • if the drug is swallowed, you need to take a suspension of activated carbon at the rate of 1 gram per 1 kg of body weight, washing it down with a sufficient amount of water. After this, you need to drink a saline solution, which will help provoke a gag reflex;
  • Seek advice from a specialist or poison control center as soon as possible.

Help with drug poisoning

If drug poisoning occurs accidentally, you must call an ambulance and provide first aid to the victim:

  • Thoroughly rinse the area where the drug comes into contact with a sufficiently large volume of running water; it is better to use a soap solution.
  • If the fertilizer solution gets into your eyes, they should be washed with running water for several minutes.
  • When swallowing the solution, ensure a supply of fresh air. The victim should be given activated carbon at the rate of gram of medicine per kilogram of body weight. Charcoal is washed down with plenty of water. After which you drink a saline solution, it will provoke a gag reflex.
  • You need to contact a toxicologist very quickly, since the drug does not have an antidote. The victim needs professional medical assistance.

Storage of the drug

It is recommended to store Maxim for three years, away from children and in a dark room with a temperature not lower than -10 degrees and not higher than +30. Naturally, food and medicine should not be nearby. Empty containers after the drug cannot be reused. It is destroyed or buried in the ground. The prepared solution can be used no later than 24 hours, otherwise its effect will be ineffective.

Today, the drug Maxim has quite a lot of reviews. People involved in growing various types of crops note its effectiveness and beneficial effects on growth, and protection against bacteria and fungi.

What to do if you have been in contact with the drug

In case of careless handling, when the drug gets on the skin, mucous membranes or eyes, the affected area is washed with plenty of water. There are cases when the fungicide gets inside the body. Many people don't know what to do in this situation. Do not run in panic, but immediately drink several glasses of water, dissolving activated carbon in it in the required amount (1 tablet per 10 kg of weight). After a few minutes, take a saline laxative solution and go to the hospital. Treatment of fungicide poisoning is carried out symptomatically. There is no special treatment regimen, nor is there an antidote.

Composition and release form

The drug is available in 40 ml bottles and 2.4 ml ampoules.
In order to prepare the solution, the drug must be dissolved in water. The active component of the product is the natural substance fludioxonil. Its content concentration is 25 g.

The drug is unique. This is a kind of analogue of an antibiotic, which is produced by soil bacteria that destroy pathogenic fungi. Beneficial microflora is preserved, despite the fact that the drug kills pathogens.

Analogs


Analogs of Maxim Dachanik in terms of active substance include preparations used for industrial areas of grain and vegetable crops.
  1. Sinclair – fludioxanil suspension concentrate 75 g/l for treating seeds and tubers;
  2. Switch is a fungicide for protecting gardens and vegetable gardens;
  3. Fludimax is a concentrated suspension of fludioxanil 25 g/l.
  4. Wrestler - designed for disinfection of peas, soybeans, corn, sunflower;
  5. 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.

Advantages

The popularity of the drug Maxim is explained by its following advantages:

  • ease of use;
  • the ability to carry out treatment at any time before planting crops;
  • used in conjunction with other fungicides and insecticides;
  • low consumption;
  • long period of action;
  • safety for soil microorganisms;
  • does not accumulate in fruits and tubers, does not affect their presentation and taste;
  • versatility: suitable for treating tubers and seeds of vegetable, grain and flower crops;
  • is not phytotoxic if the consumption rate is observed;
  • does not cause resistance in microorganisms.

Reviews

Evgenia (Kuban). I used Maxim to cultivate greenhouse soil and did not regret it. My strawberries look good and taste good. The substance did not affect the culture, but on the contrary, improved the quality of the product.

Vasily Leontievich (Moscow region). I am an inveterate summer resident, but I regularly check new products to eliminate problems on the site. Maxim is an effective remedy that acts quite quickly. The only negative: it is not recommended to use it more than three times for more than two years.

Safety precautions when working with fungicide

As already mentioned, the drug “Maxim” is a drug of the third class of danger. It does not exhibit phytotoxicity, but there is a moderate danger if used incorrectly.

When using the product, the following safety precautions must be observed:

  • Treatment should not be carried out if there are animals or children nearby.
  • Be sure to carry out the treatment in special protective clothing. You need a hat, rubber gloves, a gown, a respirator or a gauze bandage.
  • It is prohibited to eat, smoke or drink during treatment.
  • The solution should not get into any open water bodies or sources of drinking water.
  • Do not use food containers to prepare a solution of the drug "Maxim".
  • After completing the work, you need to wash well with soap. You should rinse your mouth with clean water. Clothes must be removed and changed into clean ones.

What kind of miracle remedy?

The drug "Maxim" is a means for pickling a modern sample of unique origin. The spray substance is based on an active composition of natural origin. Country of origin - Switzerland, Singenta company, official distributor in Russia - Green Pharmacy Sadovoda LLC.

The drug is available in the form:

  • powder in bags;
  • suspension concentrate in ampoules;
  • solution in canisters from 1 to 5 liters.

The peculiarity of the fungicide is that it has a composition similar to the antibiotic released during the life of a soil bacterium. “Maxim,” which is similar in composition, has a lethal effect on bacteria that cause plant diseases, but does not in any way disturb the soil microflora, which is very important for the fertility and healthy growth of plants.

Fungicide "Maxim" is a contact type product. Compared to potassium permanganate, which has a short-term effect, Maxim has a long-lasting protective effect throughout the entire period of plant preservation and growth.

Interestingly, the solution also has a beneficial effect on the health of the plant itself, strengthens immune activity and stimulates growth.

Common mistakes gardeners make when processing garlic

It’s easy to get confused in the large number of recommendations for gardeners. To get a good harvest, you should study and not repeat mistakes:

  1. storing and planting bulbs infected with viral and fungal diseases;
  2. violation of crop rotation: planting bulbous plants in the same place;
  3. using soil with high acidity: using dolomite flour will help solve the problem;
  4. feeding garlic with slurry during planting: this action will lead to plant burns and lack of growth;
  5. non-compliance with the dosage of substances for treatment.

To preserve garlic, it is important to detect pathology in time and establish its cause. Timely measures taken will help preserve the harvest and avoid yellowing in the future.

Garlic is a very healthy and fairly unpretentious crop. But even if planted and cared for incorrectly, it produces an unsuccessful harvest.

If the planting material is not properly processed before its autumn planting, then next year the segments will turn out to be small and quickly rotting, even after good drying.

A small note

In our eco-garden, we haven’t treated the cloves with anything for a long time, since we have restored the soil, constantly replenish it with organic matter and observe crop rotation. But when a mudflow passed through the area and deposited clay, our beautiful garlic sank underneath it. And nothing survived through the winter, and what was planted in the fall almost didn’t sprout.

I had to purchase planting material and process the garlic before planting. It’s a pity, of course, we had an excellent variety of winter garlic that lasted without problems until the new harvest. We did not remove the entire layer of clay, we only cleared the paths.

But over the summer the worms mixed up all the clay and now the soil is quite loose. All this is thanks to the constant replenishment of the mulch layer on the beds. So don’t neglect mulching - garlic is much more comfortable in loose beds, we recommend it firsthand, it’s been proven by experience.

When preparing for autumn gardening, assess the condition of the soil and planting material. If the phytosanitary conditions on the site are favorable, do not waste time on pickling the cloves - it is enough to carry out a light disinfection with ash or spill Fitosporin on the beds. If the agricultural background is not very favorable, a two-stage preparation of garlic for planting before winter will be required.

  • Author: Maria Sukhorukikh
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