What to Do When Flowers Get Pests? Pest Control Methods for Growing Flowers
Growing a few pots of flowers at home is not only beautiful but also purifies the air, killing two birds with one stone. But if not grown properly, they are prone to pests. So what should you do when flowers get pests?
1. What to do when flowers get pests?
Flower pests can be removed by manual capture or pesticide killing, but different pests require different pesticides. For example, for piercing-sucking mouthpart pests such as aphids and planthoppers, pesticides like imidacloprid and acetamiprid can be used; for chewing mouthpart pests, organophosphates and pyrethroids can be used.
2. What are the common flower pests?
1. Aphids
Aphids are one of the most common pests, also called greenflies. They can harm almost all flowers and are one of the pests with the greatest harmfulness, fastest reproduction and most varieties. Their reproduction speed is astonishing; some can complete a generation in just a few days, some aphids can reproduce as soon as they are born, and some aphids can complete parthenogenesis without male insects.
2. Red spider mites
Red spider mites are also one of the most common flower pests, also called leaf mites. They harm many flower varieties and are highly destructive to flowers. Because of their small size, they are not easily noticed at first.
3. Scale insects
Scale insects are also one of the common pests on flowers. Common ones include red round scale, cottony cushion scale, giant mealybug, oleander scale, brown round scale and so on. They are highly harmful, and because their body surface is covered with a waxy layer, they are relatively difficult to control
4. Whiteflies
Whiteflies, also called small white moths, are also one of the common pests on flowers. They reproduce quickly, harm a wide range of flower varieties, and cause great damage to flowers, often transmitting viruses, injecting toxins, causing mold diseases and so on.
5. Thrips
Thrips are also one of the common flower pests, mainly harming the leaves, stems and fruits of flowers. They have many varieties and reproduce quickly, occurring in all four seasons. They prefer warm, dry environments and cannot survive when humidity is too high.
Preventing pests in flower growing is very important, and different pests have different control methods, so everyone should treat the symptoms with the right remedy.