Have you ever seen perforated, twisted leaves of plants, on which, looking closely, you can see a lot of small green (black, white or completely transparent) insects? It's an aphid.
Fight against aphids should begin as early as possible, because these insects can create up to 10 colonies in one summer. If you do not get rid of them in time, the trees may die. The fight against aphids on houseplants is simpler and less labor intensive. Boogers can be collected by hand, or washed off with a relatively strong stream of water. True, this will have to be done constantly: aphids on home flowers, as well as on garden plants, start up again and again. You can use ready-made preparations (both in the garden and for home flowers), but they can also harm a person. Therefore, it is best to adopt old proven methods that are safe for humans. First, let's remember what exactly the aphid is afraid of. The fight against aphids will be to use exactly those natural remedies that they cannot tolerate.
Depriving insects of succulent leaves
Aphids love juice, so they choose only juicy onesleaves. And these happen on soils with a generous content of nitrogen. So let's try to deprive harmful insects of food. Scatter a large amount of wood ash under the trunks. Potassium will get into the soil, the leaves will become less juicy, the aphids will go to look for a new pasture. By the way, remember that ants are the main carriers of such misfortune as aphids. The fight against aphids can begin with the fact that the trunk and branches of trees are coated with garden pitch or a special sticky gel. Ants will not be able to get on the tree, which (to some extent) will help save it from insect infestation.
Use harmless sprayers
Of course, you can buy ready-made chemicals in stores and spray them on trees or indoor flowers. And then there are fruits with pesticides. And you can do it easier. What else is the aphid afraid of? The fight against aphids shows that she is afraid of sticky caustic liquids, acids, and some plants. So we use them for spraying.
Composition one. Ashes and aphids
We have already scattered the ashes under the trees. To speed up the process of expulsion, we dissolve laundry soap, ash in water, and spray the wet leaves of trees with this composition.
Composition of the second. "Salad" for aphids
Cooking it like this. In 400 grams of liquid, add liquid laundry soap, vegetable oil and crushed garlic, each ingredient - 2 tablespoons. We send in the dark for a day. Then we take a spray bottle, fill it with this liquid “fire” and water the aphids. You can simply make an infusion of hot pepper or tobacco, or both. Man thisdoes not threaten anything, but the aphid will save the garden from its presence instantly.
Having fun together… chasing aphids away
You can fight aphids with the help of living creatures. If ants like to breed aphids, then ladybugs, tits, kinglets and hemp birds love to eat it. You can walk around the field, collect a large box of ladybugs and move them to an infected tree or flower. It is more difficult to attract birds, but it is quite possible. For starters, you can hang treats for the birds. Accustomed to flying into the garden, they will soon notice the aphids and just…destroy them.
