How Tuta traps
work:
Tuta traps are simple but wonderful tools used to prevent Tuta
absoluta damage on Tomatoes. They are incorporated with Tuta lures, which have
a chemical that attracts adult forms of Tuta absoluta to the traps. The
attracted insects then either get stuck on the sticky surface or water
incorporated in the trap and die. This way, a farmer prevents these insects
from laying eggs and kills them, eventually reducing on the population. Having
Tuta traps in your field has been proven to reduce Tuta damage by about 80%,
which translates into a higher yield for the farmer. They are a necessity for
every tomato farmer because they serve as an indicator of levels of pest
presence and eliminate both female and male moths thereby serving as a treatment
role besides a preventative one.
Why should
every tomato farmer have Tuta traps in their field?
Answer: Adult Tuta
absoluta moths are only active at night meaning that if you need to control
them using chemicals, you need to spray throughout the night. Can anybody
manage this? Not me, I need to sleep and rest, get ready for the next day's
business. Additionally, most of the most powerful anti Tuta chemicals we have
today target the larval forms of the insect and not the adult forms. By now
everybody knows that killing larvae does translate into eliminating Tuta
because the adults are asleep when you are spraying, they will come back in the
night and lay more eggs which will hatch to produce more larvae and the cycle
continues, so you keep on spraying to no meaningful results. Tuta traps are
present in the field both day and night, trapping and killing adult moths,
thereby preventing the laying of eggs and allowing the farmer to sleep worry
free! Let me emphasize here that I am not saying we should stop spraying, no!!
Traps have no effects on the larvae and eggs that have already been laid, so a
tomato farmer needs both chemicals and traps in their field if they are to get
a meaningful harvest with very few damages.
How to use Tuta
traps:
For seedlings dealers or those preparing their own nurseries: you
need 2 Tuta traps per Green House or a 10 × 10m area if in open field.
For tomato
farmers:
- Put at least 1 trap per
1000 plants in your field 7 days before transplanting.
- Replace the traps every 6
weeks according to the manufacturer’s recommendations. Ensure you maintain
traps in your field throughout the entire life cycle of the crop.
- Enjoy beautiful tomatoes
with few or no damages (trust me, most of the damages I used to have
before I started using Tuta traps were caused by Tuta).
Where do we
find Tuta traps?
Answer: Call or
WhatsApp us on +260-968-081817 or +260-964-141410. We have Tuta lures in stock
at K55 each. We will also teach you an easy and cheap way of setting up Tuta
traps. We also have complete Tuta traps going at K90 each (made on order).
- Polepole
Pascal
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