🔬 What is Simpell?
Simpell is a modern biological insecticide, based on a natural substance, used to combat pests in vegetable growing, fruit growing and viticulture.
👉 It is a very good alternative to classic insecticides, especially in eco-friendly or low-residue programs.
⚗️ Active substance
- Spinosad – 480 g/l
👉 Origin:
- produced by fermentation of the bacterium Saccharopolyspora spinosa
⚙️ Mode of action
- It acts through:
- ✔ contact
- ✔ ingestion
- It has translaminar action (enters the leaf, but is not systemic)
👉 Effect:
- insects stop feeding very quickly
- death in 1–3 days
🎯 Combat spectrum
Very effective against:
- thrips
- caterpillars (Helicoverpa, Spodoptera)
- Tuta absoluta (tomato)
- Colorado red beetle
- moths and larvae
👉 including hard-to-control and resistant pests
🌱 Crops where it is used
- tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers
- potato
- grape vine
- apple, pear
- melons, zucchini
- lettuce, beans, etc.
📊 Indicative doses
- 0.075 – 0.25 l/ha (depending on crop and pest)
✅ Advantages
- ✔ biological product (eco-friendly)
- ✔ comparable effectiveness to chemical insecticides
- ✔ not washed away by rain after ~2 hours
- ✔residual effect up to 2–3 weeks
- ✔ safe for beneficial entomofauna (mostly)
⚠️ Recommendation
- Apply when pests appear
- Most effective on young larvae
- Avoid application during very hot hours.
- Ideal in integrated pest management (IPM) programs
💡 Conclusion
👉 Simpell is a modern, biological insecticide, ideal for:
- pest control in vegetables and orchards
- eco and export programs (reduced waste)
- rotation with chemical insecticides (anti-resistance)
