Aphids are dangerous insects for young leaves that feed on sap and weaken the plant. Gardeners have come up with many effective ways to get rid of the pest.
Watering with boiling water
This is a good way to protect berry bushes - for example, currants or gooseberries. In early spring, when the snow near the bush has already thawed, you can water the plants with boiling water.
Boil the water and fill the watering can with boiling water. When pouring into a cold metal product, the temperature of the liquid will drop to about 80 degrees, and when processing branches - to 70. It is necessary to put a sprinkler attachment on the watering can.
Without waiting for the water to cool, quickly water the branches and soil around the plant. One small bush will need a medium watering can.
The watering technology is as follows: the watering can constantly moves in different directions, and thus the branches with dormant buds are not rinsed in boiling water, but are sprayed with high quality.
This technique helps to destroy the eggs of harmful insects that have been preserved on young shoots since winter. Other troubles will also be eliminated, for example, mite clutches and powdery mildew spores. You can add a few drops of iodine to boiling water (3 drops per 10 liters) to rid the bush of other diseases.
Mechanical impact
At the height of summer, ants bring hordes of aphids into gardens. If the bush is under attack, you can protect it with your own hands:
- crush insects;
- wash away the parasites.
Fragile pests will not tolerate mechanical stress. All you have to do is put on gardening gloves and spend a few minutes of your time.
- Carefully examine the bush - trunk, branches, leaves.
- Start squeezing the aphids with your fingers, not missing a single section.
- Make sure that all parasites are killed and the plant is cleaned.
This is not the most pleasant method, but it is completely free and safe for trees.
You can simply wash off the parasites with warm water. It is important to support thin branches so that they do not break under the pressure of the liquid.
Fumigation
This method requires several steps:
- Take a metal bowl or bucket.
- Light a fire in it - a small fire made of thin twigs or wood chips.
- Pour tobacco dust into the dishes. Tobacco can be obtained from cigarettes, cigarettes, or purchased dust.
- Direct the smoke coming from the dishes towards the bushes.
The method is suitable for both greenhouses and plants planted outside.
Thus, in order to completely get rid of aphids, you can not buy chemicals, but do everything quickly and safely for the shrubs with your own hands or with improvised means.
