Summer is a high-incidence period for scale insects: what causes it and what should you do

The biggest trouble when growing plants is encountering pests. If you do not deal with them in advance, then the effort you put in over the previous period may be wasted, and everything will suffer from pests and diseases. The consequences are unimaginable, so pest and disease prevention work is very important for growing flowers, grasses, and trees. We keep researching how to prevent and control pests and diseases most effectively,

and we have also made breakthroughs in this area, but we still have a thorny problem: the presence of scale insects in summer is a real headache. These insects are large in number, and completely killing them is extremely difficult, so many growers face a major problem. So why are there so many scale insects?

Reasons scale insects appear

Summer weather is hotter, and scale insects reproduce in large numbers, causing them to constantly harm plant leaves, fruit, and branches. These will all make tree leaves turn yellow and affect the growth of the whole tree. Gradually, plants harmed by scale insects will develop some sooty mold, and finally the plants will die.

The presence of these scale insects is very frightening. You cannot catch the outbreak period, so you have no choice but to prevent them in advance. Plants that are not well protected will all fall victim, and in the end they will slowly be eroded and die. Therefore, pest and disease prevention and control is especially important; do not be careless about this matter.

Of course, these pests and diseases are not so powerful that we cannot control them at all. Naturally, we also have solutions; it is just that the sudden appearance of scale insects sometimes makes them impossible to guard against. Below are the specific methods for pest and disease prevention and control. Read the following steps carefully, and in the future you can avoid the interference of scale insects.

Methods for preventing and controlling scale insects

1. Materials to prepare: 40% omethoate, 50% malathion

2. Rear natural enemies: This is also an extremely effective and environmentally friendly practice. Generally, the natural enemy of scale insects is the large red ladybird beetle. When scale insects are invading plants on a large scale, increasing the number of natural enemies can effectively control scale insects. At this time, it is the best and greenest method.

3. Manual treatment: If we directly spray the pesticide we prepared above, the effect on scale insects is actually not great, because scale insects have a relatively thick shell for protection. The correct steps are: first find the location of the pest damage, pinpoint the location, dip a cotton swab in the prepared pesticide, then continually wipe the affected area with the cotton swab until the pests are wiped away to achieve the goal.

Without this step-by-step method, scale insects cannot be eradicated. The number of scale insects is relatively large. Besides removing the original scale insects from the plant, it is also necessary to continue spraying some pesticide to prevent the plant from being harmed again.