The smallest and most dangerous garden pest is the aphid. This miniature creature is able to very quickly capture the entire territory and significantly spoil the crop. That is why it causes a lot of trouble for gardeners and causes great damage to young plants, in addition, aphids also infect indoor plants. Plants affected by this insect grow slowly, wither, and may die completely. That is why you should always have aphid preparations on hand.
Appearance of aphids
Any disease is easier to prevent than to cure, so you need to regularly inspect your garden. The first sign of the appearance of aphids is the twisting of the leaves. If you find several insects, then expect an early increase in the colony and the death of the plant. Therefore, do not waste time and immediately apply aphid preparations. Usually, where it is, black garden ants begin to appear. No, they do not eat aphids, on the contrary, they eat its sweetsecretions. That is why aphid preparations are often combined and act simultaneously on ants.
Ways to deal with aphids
There are several options for dealing with this scourge. Chemical preparations for aphids are considered the most effective, but they are not always safe for the human body. Therefore, if there are still few insects, you can use the mechanical method of their destruction. Aphids can be collected, crushed or flushed with water. In addition, biological control methods can be used, that is, natural enemies of aphids. Finally, there are a huge number of folk recipes that can and should be used, as they are inexpensive and very effective.
Plants and insects as natural enemies of aphids
The very first rule: don't kill ladybugs. This insect is excellent pest control. If you happen to walk in a meadow where these slow bugs are found, carefully collect them and bring them to your garden plot. But with a large number of pests, they alone will not be able to cope, so plants are planted to help them that repel aphids. Onions, garlic and chamomile are planted next to the fruit beds. These plants repel aphids. But if you notice a large colony of insects in the garden, sucking the juices from your plants, then it's time to take more decisive action.
Fruit trees
Very often they are affected by aphids. Insects breed very quickly - within a few days the entire tree will be capturedhuge colony. In this case, it is not possible to collect or wash off all harmful insects, you need a safe drug against aphids on trees. One of these is the Tanrek tool. The main advantage of using this tool is the durability of the action. It is not washed off by rain or water, but it is quite safe and does not affect the edible qualities of the fruit. The effect of the drug is completely independent of the ambient temperature, that is, it does not evaporate even at the highest positive temperatures. It is enough to make one treatment per season, and the aphid preparation on the trees will act until late autumn, reliably protecting your garden from pest invasion. It is worth processing during the growing season.
Biological agents for aphid control
If the harvest period has already begun, and a large number of aphids have attacked your garden, then you need to find an effective and completely safe remedy to destroy pests. Today there are modern biological insecticides that are as safe as possible. They are made on the basis of waste products of soil organisms, and therefore they do not harm plants. You can collect fruits starting from the next day after processing. One of these can be considered the drug "Fitoverm". The maximum effect of the drug is visible within a week, unless it was washed off with water or rain. In addition, there are oil emulsions that are completely safe for humans, for example, “30 Plus”. It's modernaphids drug. The instructions for use speak of its highest efficiency when used on a wide variety of garden plants.
From time immemorial
Many generations of mankind did without industrial preparations and learned to deal with harmful insects. Given this experience, it is possible to prepare effective mixtures for pest control at home. These tools have a number of advantages. They are always at hand, you do not have to spend money on their purchase, and they will not harm your body. Folk remedies for aphids are presented in a huge assortment, today we will consider only the most effective of them, which are used from year to year in almost every garden plot.
Recipes for your garden
Very dislikes aphids flowers such as marigolds. Therefore, when the flower bed fades, be sure to collect dry plants and prepare them for future use. For spraying, prepare a tincture, for which you need to pour half a bucket of dry plants with 10 liters of hot water and insist for two days. After that, the infusion is filtered and 40 g of laundry soap is added. It is better to treat plants with this remedy 2-3 times with an interval of 3-4 days. By the way, the solution of laundry soap is also well suited to combat aphids. To do this, dissolve 200 g of it in a bucket of water.
Don't forget to collect potato tops too. Considering folk remedies for aphids, this remedy should be noted as one of the most effective. You will need a kilogram of dry or fresh tops, whichit is necessary to pour 10 liters of warm water and leave for 4 hours. Now the infusion should be filtered and add 40 g of laundry soap. In this solution, soap is not the active element. It is only necessary for the solution to stick to the leaves. Processing is done in the evening, and in the morning 90% of aphids die.
Yarrow is a very effective aphid control plant. You will need one kilogram of dry powder prepared from plants. They are poured with boiling water and infused for 36-48 hours, after which they are filtered. You can prepare a decoction, for this the same amount of yarrow is boiled for 30 minutes, filtered, topped up to 10 liters and 40 g of soap are added to the decoction. It is not recommended to store the decoction for a long time, it is best to use it immediately after cooling.
Saving the flower garden
We most often treat fruit trees with insecticides in early summer, but the rose garden is left unattended until we notice how the plants twist their leaves and lower their magnificent heads. What effective preparations for aphids on roses will solve this problem? There are not so few of them, but let's start, as usual, with the safest ones. We have already talked about beneficial insects that feed on aphids, these are ladybugs and many others. They are attracted to the smell of plants such as cumin and dill, daisy and violet. These plants are planted in the area next to the roses. In addition, you can protect roses if you plant nasturtium and cosmea, poppy, and mallow, which are very attractive for aphids, in a flower garden. They will serve as a natural trapfor insects, where they can be neutralized. If all these methods were not effective enough, then it is necessary to purchase drugs such as Inta-Vir, Sharpei, Karbofos. Since roses do not belong to fruit plants, processing can be done at any time. Aphid preparations on roses can be alternated so as not to be addictive in pests.
Fruit Bush
Probably everyone knows that aphids are very fond of currants and gooseberries. Attacking a tender bush, it can ruin the crop or cause the branches to die. But today there are effective preparations for aphids on currants. First of all, this is "Fitoverm" - a safe and inexpensive remedy that can be used even during the fruiting period. True, the effect is not enough for a short time, you should repeat the treatment about once every 2-3 weeks. So if you haven't treated with chemicals during the growing season, you will have to spend more time caring for the garden.
There are also natural, natural preparations for aphids on currants. This is a tar soap familiar to everyone, with a solution of which the branches are washed. Not bad helps and garlic infusion, which is sprayed on the plant.
Chemical preparations for aphids
There are a great variety of them on sale today, you can choose the one that best suits your requirements. There are two big groups. These are insecticides of contact action, that is, in order to work, the drug mustcontact with insects, and systemic. The second type of drugs penetrates the tissues of the plant and infects the pest when he tries to eat them. The first group of insecticides is used for one-time pest control, as it is washed off the surface of the leaves. These are Envidor, Inta-Vir, Iskra and many others. Systemic preparations are treated once, they are constantly in plant tissues, that is, whenever a pest arrives, death awaits it. These are "Commander" and "Marshal", "Calypso" and others.
