Ways to get rid of aphids on trees

general information

Many people ask questions: “How can I treat aphids?”, “How to defeat aphids?”, “How to deal with aphids,” “How to remove aphids.” More on this later.

Depending on the origin of the means of disposal, methods are divided into several groups .

1. Chemical methods of controlling aphids. They involve the use of chemicals - insecticides. This method is very effective and not labor-intensive. The main disadvantage can be considered a toxic effect on people and animals.
2. Biological methods. They include the use of biological preparations and the attraction of natural enemies of pests. This method is much more environmentally friendly and safer than chemical ones. However, it does not guarantee complete elimination of aphids.
3. Agrotechnical methods. They will not instantly save you from aphids; all measures are aimed at worsening living conditions, reducing the number of pests and preventing their appearance in the next season.
4. Traditional methods. Very simple and easy to use, economical and safe. Folk remedies against aphids are used. The range is very extensive, you can always use what is at hand. The main disadvantage is the not very high destructive and repellent ability.

You will learn further about what to do if an aphid attacks, how to choose an effective way to combat aphids, what to water, treat, and spray against aphids.

How to get rid of aphids on cabbage

The best results in the fight against aphids on cabbage leaves are obtained from infusions of garlic, onions, and ash.

. Prepare an infusion with a pungent odor that repels aphids.

Add 100 g of grated onion, 50 g of chopped garlic, and 150 g of wood ash to 10 liters of water. Bring the mixture to a boil and leave to steep for a day. Strain, add 1 tbsp. l. liquid soap and spray the cabbage leaves.

A solution of ash and tobacco helps a lot

. Infuse a glass of ash and a glass of crushed tobacco in 10 liters of hot water for 24 hours. Strain and spray the plants.

Effective ways

Folk remedies have maintained their popularity among gardeners for many years. Their main advantages are absolute harmlessness, low cost and availability. You can read about this in the material “The best folk remedies for combating aphids (part 1).”

Biological drugs are not far behind chemical ones. A properly selected product can completely eliminate a colony or ensure the non-viability of subsequent generations of pests.

In addition, the substances have selective destructive activity and are safe for people , beneficial insects and animals.

The most effective method has long been recognized as chemical. Ease of use, availability of drugs, guaranteed excellent results - all this allows chemical insecticides to take first place in terms of effectiveness. The fly in the ointment can be considered the negative impact on the environment and the relatively high cost of funds.

Pest control is a complex process, and aphids are one of the most harmful insects. Next, you will learn how to treat aphids and much more.

Rating of the best aphid remedies

Measures

Very numerous and varied. However, it is worth remembering that the greatest effectiveness will come from a set of a number of measures , including all available methods for combating aphids.

To minimize the number of existing pests and prevent their reproduction in the next season, it is recommended to combine different measures to get rid of aphids .

Agrotechnical

• timely destruction of weeds;
• autumn deep digging of soil;
• changing the place where potatoes are planted every new season;
• planting plants that repel aphids or distract them between potato bushes;
• cleaning and recycling of plant waste in the fall.

If you don’t know what aphids and their colonies look like, then look at the photo, and also read below about fighting them.

Chemical

Chemical means of controlling aphids are used in different ways.

They include spraying ground parts and treating the soil with insecticides from different groups of chemical compounds.

Biological

• attracting natural enemies of aphids to the garden - lacewings, earwigs, ladybugs, ground beetles, wasps, hoverflies and birds. To do this, plants that are attractive to them are planted, houses are built for the birds and food is provided. Umbrella plants are suitable for attracting hoverflies; containers with wood shavings placed throughout the garden will help to attract earwigs;
• destruction of anthills and extermination of ants;
• the use of biological drugs effective against aphids.

Folk

• sprinkling and dusting with wood ash and other powdery products;
• treatment with decoctions and infusions of herbs and other plants;
• washing with solutions containing soap and alcohol;
• fumigation with thick smoke obtained from lighting tobacco;
• use of essential and vegetable oils.

For more detailed information, read the material “The best folk remedies against aphids (part 2)”.

How to get rid of aphids on cucumbers

melon aphid

attacks beds with cucumbers. When the weather is humid and warm, aphids appear. If a pest is detected on cucumber leaves from the underside, it is necessary to begin pest control. Aphids begin to move from shoots to leaves, then to flowers and ovaries, causing damage to plants.

Bushes damaged by aphids lag behind in development, bloom and bear fruit poorly. Aphids also carry dangerous diseases. Ants contribute to the spread of aphids by transferring them to new cucumber bushes, and for the winter they hide the insects in an anthill.

Try to start fighting at the beginning of the destructive activity of aphids on cucumbers, so that the pest does not have time to increase the number of the colony.

If you do not start processing on time, unfortunately, traditional methods will not be able to help you, and it is unacceptable to treat with chemicals during the fruiting period.

During flowering, do not spray, as you may harm the insects that pollinate the cucumbers. For a positive effect, you will need 3-4 treatments with a break of 5-7 days.

The easiest way to kill aphids

– table vinegar. Prepare a solution: 1 liter. water add 1 tbsp. l. vinegar 9%, stir and spray damaged plants through a spray bottle. Spraying should be done in the evening.

Sprinkling dry mustard powder helps a lot

in ant habitats, they will disappear. To treat cucumber bushes, prepare a solution: 10 g of mustard powder per 1 liter of water, a couple of drops of liquid soap, mix and spray the plants.

Use garlic infusion

– Peel and chop 500 g of garlic, stir in 3 liters of water, add a branch of celandine. Place all ingredients in a jar, close tightly and leave for 5 days. Strain the solution, add a few drops of liquid soap and spray the cucumber bushes.

Tar soap

used in the fight against aphids on cucumbers. Grate 100 g of soap, add 10 liters of water, wait until completely dissolved and spray the plants.

Ash infusion

used in the fight against aphids. Prepare the solution: sift 2 cups of ash, add 10 liters of water and leave for 1 day. In a separate container, dilute the 4th part of a bar of laundry soap; within a day it will dissolve well in water. Before spraying, mix the ingredients, strain and spray the beds with cucumbers.

How to cultivate the land?

Experienced gardeners have long noted wood ash as a means of killing aphids. The use of stove ash significantly reduces the number of pests. It is enough to simply scatter it under the potato bushes on top of the soil.

Other means you can use:

1. Infusions of garlic and onion peels;
2. Tobacco infusion;
3. Potassium permanganate solution is medium pink in color;
4. Copper sulfate;
5. Insecticides : Aktaru, Force, Hrolpyrifos, Regent, Thunder 2.

The best remedies for intestinal aphids

The second category presents products that enter the insect’s digestive tract and thus poison the aphid’s body.

Biotlin

Rating: 4.9

The nomination opens with the widespread product “Biotlin”, which surpasses other participants in the rating in terms of duration of effect. The composition contains imadacloprid, which has acaricidal properties. It paralyzes the digestive tract and causes the death of the pest within a few hours.

The drug is suitable for the destruction of adults, larvae and eggs. The product is not addictive and can be alternated with other chemicals. It is not recommended to mix it. Biotlin costs 55-65 rubles.

Advantages

• prevalence on sale;
• adequate price;
• destroys ants and aphid eggs;
• long lasting effect.

Flaws

• No.

What to spray with?

A huge number of folk, biological and chemical remedies can be used to spray potato bushes .

All any gardener needs is to decide which method appeals to him and choose a remedy from the list.

Chemical insecticides

• group of organophosphorus compounds - Actellik, Marshall, Nurell D, Fufanon;
• synthetic pyrethroids - Intavir, Iskra “Double Effect”, Karate, Kinmiks;
• neonicotinoids - Bankol, Biotlin, Calypso, Commander, Confidant, Tanrek.

Neonicotinoids are recognized as the most effective because they have pronounced systemic and translaminar qualities.

Biological drugs

Completely natural products that are the result of the activity of fungi (radiata). They affect the nervous system of aphids, causing paralysis .

1. Agravertine.
2. Akarin.
3. Aktofit.
4. Vertimek.
5. Lepidocide.

Folk remedies

How to remove aphids using folk remedies? Here are some of them:

• solution of tar, potassium or laundry soap;
• herbal infusions or decoctions : garlic, onion, tobacco, dandelion, marigold, chamomile, horse sorrel, hot pepper, dry peels of any citrus fruits, celandine, tomato tops;
• a mixture of iodine and milk;
• Coca - Cola of American origin;
• alcohol solutions;
• essential oils of cedar, clove, tea tree, lavender;
• suspension of any vegetable oil and water.

How to withdraw?

In order to get rid of aphids, it is not at all necessary to kill them. You can use the repellent abilities of plants and drugs and simply drive the pest out of the garden.

Plants whose smell cannot be tolerated by aphids.

• lavender;
• pyrethrum or Dalmatian chamomile;
• peppermint;
• garlic;
• coriander;
• fennel;
• marigold;
• basil;
• parsley;
• mustard.

These plants can be planted next to potatoes , sprayed with infusions or applied with essential oils.

Fumigation with smoke, for example from burning tobacco, also repels aphids.

Recipes for herbal infusions against aphids

Garlic infusion:

chop 200 g of garlic, add 1 liter of water, leave for 4-5 days in a sealed container. Before spraying, use 25 ml of infusion per 10 liters of water.

Onion infusion:

Pour 35 g of chopped onions into 1 liter of water and leave for 5 hours. Before spraying, add 4 g of laundry soap, strain, bring the volume to 1 liter and spray the plants.

Chamomile:

1. 100 g of dry grass and inflorescences, pour 1 liter of water, leave for 12 hours. Before spraying, dilute the infusion 1:3 with water and add 4 g of soap per 1 liter of solution.

2. Take 250 g of Dalmatian chamomile flowers, grind into powder, add 1 liter of water, immediately spray the plants after preparing the solution.

Dandelion infusion

1. Blooming dandelions: 200 g of roots and 400 g of leaves, pour 10 liters of water, leave for 4 hours.

2. Dry roots and leaves 30 g, pour 10 liters of water, leave for 3 hours.

Sorrel infusion:

Take 400 g of horse sorrel, chop, add 10 liters of hot water, leave for 3 hours.

Pine infusion:

Pour 1 kg of pine needles into 4 liters of water, leave for 7 days, stirring once a day. Before spraying, dilute the infusion in a 1:1 ratio.

Citrus:

take 100 g of peels from any citrus fruit, add 1 liter of water and leave for 3 days.

Pepper infusion:

you will need hot pepper pods, 1 kg of fresh fruits or 300 g of dry fruits, infuse in 10 liters of water for 24 hours. Before spraying, dilute the infusion in a ratio of 1:10 with water.

Marigold infusion:

chop half a bucket of plants with flowers, fill with water to the top, leave for two drains. Before spraying, strain, add 40 g of soap (per 10 liters of solution), and spray the plants.

Potato infusion:

Take 1 kg of healthy, undamaged potato tops, chop and leave in 10 liters of water for 3 hours, strain and process the plants.

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