What to Do When Bonsai Gets Pests? A Few Practical Control Methods to Teach You

I believe anyone who has kept flowers has encountered this phenomenon: during the plant's growth period, pests appear and leaves turn yellow, especially with plants like pothos, where pest problems are the most serious. So what to do when bonsai gets pests?

Method 1, use tobacco water: drop used cigarette butts into a cup of water, and after half an hour pour the water into the pot.

Method 2, soak in water: if there are earthworms, ants or other pests in the bonsai, put the whole flower pot into water and soak for a while, and the pests will be soaked out.

Method 3, bake the soil over a fire or in a microwave: pour out the potting soil with pests, put it over a fire or in a microwave and bake it, and after a while the pests will be killed.

Method 4, soak with laundry detergent water: put laundry detergent into water to soak, then pour it into the flower pot to kill the pests. Generally, one spoon of laundry detergent mixed with 4 liters of water, applied once every two weeks, can effectively control them.

Method 5, use mothballs: grind mothballs into powder and sprinkle them evenly near the pests for effective control.

Method 6, plant one or two tomato plants: during growth, tomato plants give off a special odor that drives pests away.

Method 7, place essential balm or cooling oil in the room: put a few boxes of essential balm or cooling oil in the room, and the pests will not fly in.

Method 8, use dichlorvos: near the pests, dip a cotton swab in a few drops of dichlorvos and insert it into the potting soil, and they will be eliminated. However, this method is not safe, especially in homes with elderly people or children, as it is easy to come into contact with, and accidental ingestion can cause poisoning.

Method 9, spray milk: mix 4 cups of flour and half a cup of milk with 20 liters of water, stir well, then filter through gauze and spray on the leaves to kill mites and their eggs.

Method 10, pour in beer: pour beer into a saucer, then place the flower pot on it, and the pests will crawl out and drown.

Method 11, add floral water: drip a few drops of floral water (Liu Shen brand) into a small spray bottle, spray about twice, and the small flying insects die.

Method 12, homemade pest repellent: take 200 grams of scallions, chop them up, soak them in 10 liters of water for a day and a night, filter the liquid, and use it to spray the affected plants several times a day for 5 consecutive days. You can also take 200-300 grams of garlic, mash it to extract the juice, dilute it with 10 liters of water, and use it immediately to spray the plants.

Overall, once there are pests in a bonsai, you can apply tobacco water, floral water, dichlorvos and so on to the places with pests, and the pests can be effectively killed.