Spider mite - one of most common pests garden and indoor plants. There are many chemicals to combat it.
But before you apply the "heavy artillery," it is worth trying sparing folk remedies. What to cook them from and how to use them?
How to get rid of spider mites folk remedies?
Spider mite - a small insect, but brings great harm. Loves high temperature and low humidity. Feels great on indoor plants and in greenhouses. Ticks feed leaf sap, which leads to their yellowing, death and death of the plant.
To see such a tick very hard, the cobweb on the leaves appears already at the late period of infection.
In the greenhouse
How to deal with spider mite in a greenhouse? In order not to give the mite a chance to appear, you must start with prophylaxis:
- hold regularly weeding and loosening soil in the greenhouse;
- annually alternate planted crops;
- after harvesting in the fall, carefully dig the soil in the greenhouse;
- keep greenhouse high humidity;
- water the plants regularly and mulch the soil around;
- inspect underside of leaves for the appearance of white and yellow dots or cobwebs. Affected leaves are plucked and burned.
Chemistry in the greenhouse is better to use at the very leastif folk remedies do not help. Recipes for home decoctions and infusions have been tested for centuries, and it is not for nothing that they are still used in pest control.
If the spider mite still settled in the greenhouse, then it's time to process. The fight against spider mites in the greenhouse with folk remedies is that you can simply dig up and burn the affected plants, but it is better to try regular spraying with household solutions. For greater efficiency You can alternate different means.
On indoor plants
How to get rid of spider mites on indoor flowers folk remedies? Here, too, do not forget about preventive measures:
- daily inspect plant leaves;
- periodically flush plant under running warm water;
- spray and wipe leaves with a soap solution;
- several times a week for 1-2 minutes to place the plant under the special ultraviolet lamp with long or medium rays;
- if you suspect a tick, quickly treat the leaves pure medical alcohol.
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What are the folk remedies for spider mites on indoor plants?
Recipes
There are popular methods of dealing with spider mites. We present to you a few effective recipes house broths and infusions from a tick.
Soap solution
You can handle them and room plants and greenhouses.
For processing in the greenhouse will need a concentrated soap solution.
In a bucket of warm water bred 200 grams of laundry soap crushed on a coarse grater.
The resulting solution for 2-3 hours, insist well mixed and sprayed infected landings. Instead of soap, you can use dishwashing liquiddiluted in water.
Houseplants wipe with a sponge, well soaped with soap. Special attention given to the leaves and stems. The pot is necessarily processed, and the earth around a plant is slightly sprayed.
It is important not to let the soap solution. to the roots, it can lead to the death of the flower.
The treated plant is left for 3-4 hours, then wash off the soap suds and cover with a plastic bag for a day to maintain high humidity.
Sulfur tar soap from spider mite - quite effective and proven tool. On a bucket of water, add 100 grams of crushed sulfur-tar soap and spend weekly spraying. This treatment is repeated 2-3 more times.
Alcohol solution
Used by ammonia. A solution of ammonia is made at the rate of 30 ml per bucket of water (10 l). This tool can wipe the leaves and process the greenhouse.
Soap-alcohol solution also used on indoor plants. In 1 liter of boiling water dissolve 20-30 grams of soap, cool and pour in 10-20 ml of alcohol. Carefully process the plant and topsoil.
Garlic
With it, you can make several types infusion:
- Ground up 30 grams of garlicadd hot water bucket and leave for a day. Ready infusion filter and process the affected leaves.
- Can be finely chopped 500 grams of garlicadd 3 liters of water and insist in a dark place for 5-6 days. Then drain the infusion, pour 60 grams and dilute in a bucket of water. You can add there and 50 grams of laundry soap.
- Chopped garlic (200 g) is stirred in a bucket of water and spray immediatelywithout insisting.
- There are situations when a houseplant does not tolerate spraying (for example, succulents). In this case, chopped garlic is placed in a small container, put next to the plant and cover it for 1-2 hours with all this package.
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Onion brew also helps in the fight against mites. To cook it is necessary 200 g fresh onion peel Pour a bucket of well warm water and put in heat for 12 hours. The resulting infusion filter, squeeze and spray the plants.
Herbs and infusions of herbs
Dandelion in the fight against tick helps too. To do this, 30-40 g of the roots of the medicinal dandelion are crushed and poured with a liter of water. A few hours insist and process the plant.
Cyclamen roots decoction saves indoor plants. In 0.5 liters of water, boil 50 grams of roots and filter. The resulting decoction can wipe the leaves and stems. After 5 days, the procedure is repeated.
Infusion of yarrow Prepared as follows: in a 10 liter of boiling water, 700-800 grams of dry leaves are drawn. After 3 days, they can process both greenhouse plants and indoor plants.
Infusion of potato tops also helps well from spider mites: 1 kg of fresh tops are ground, and poured with a bucket of water.
Leave for 3-4 hours and filter. Can be used for processing greenhouses.
Infusion and decoction of black henbane. This plant is extremely poisonous, but if you take care, you can permanently get rid of the tick.
For an infusion, 1 kg of henbane should be poured with a bucket of water and left for 10 hours. Then strain and add 20 grams of laundry soap. You can take 2 kg of fresh henbane, add water and cook for 2-3 hours. After straining into the broth, add 10 liters of water.
Infusion of horseradish: 1 kg of chopped horseradish roots poured a bucket of cold water. A few hours insist and carry out processing plants.
A decoction of leaves of gray alder Prepared from 2 kg of fresh leaves filled with a bucket of water. Day he insists, then boil it for half an hour and insist again 12-13 hours.
Decoction of wormwood it helps not only in the fight against ticks, but also with many other pests. 800 grams of dry wormwood is added to a bucket of water and left for 2 days. After that, half an hour, boil, filter and add another 10-12 liters of water.
Rosemary essential oil
Take a few drops in 1 liter of water. Well stirred and rub home flowers.
Recipes for various infusions and decoctions very much. Some of them effectiveSome are not.
But in the fight against spider mite do not immediately use chemistry, because you can spoil the crop and harm the beloved home plant.
After all folk remedies This is why they are called folk, because their effectiveness was tested by trial and error for many years.
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