Flowers attracting bugs in hot weather? A spray of milk acts as a protective film
As soon as the weather turns hot, all kinds of little bugs start coming out again, like spider mites, aphids, scale insects... it's enough to drive you crazy! Don't worry, today Huahua is going to sum up the pest-killing tricks of flower lovers everywhere. Bookmark this, it really works!
Spraying milk to kill pests
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Today Huahua is going to teach everyone a method you've never used before, and that is using milk to kill pests. Doesn't it sound amazing?
Steps:
1. First find a clean small spray bottle, open the pure milk, and pour it into the small spray bottle for later use.
2. Use the milk in the small spray bottle to spray the plant, and remember to spray both the front and back of the leaves.
3. Place the milk-sprayed flower directly in a ventilated spot indoors and quietly wait a few hours to let the milk dry on the leaf surface.
4. After the milk dries, it covers the leaves with a film. For small bugs like spider mites and aphids, they are directly fixed in place by the milk film. What's more, spider mites, aphids and the like will keep absorbing the milk until they are completely stuffed to death.
5. The milk pest-killing method is mainly suitable forspider mites, aphidsand other relatively small bugs. Flower lovers can give it a try!
Blasting with a shower head
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Next, Huahua will introduce a simple method, and that is washing with water! Whether it's spider mites or aphids, just give them a rinse with water and it works immediately!
Steps:
1. Place the pest-infested plant in the bathroom, turn on the shower head and spray from bottom to top, so that all the bugs on the undersides of the leaves can be washed off.
2. If you're worried that the shower head will spray too much water on your flowers, you can find a foam board, cut it to an area slightly smaller than the flower pot, then cut a slit in the board, with the slit sized just enough for the plant stem to pass through.
3. Put the foam board over the flower pot, making sure it covers the entire pot surface, then lay the flower flat on the ground (if you're worried that placing it on the ground will damage it, you can put something taller under the flower pot).
4. While rinsing the leaves with the faucet, gently rub the leaves with your hands to wash off the bugs and some secretions on the leaves, then place it in a cool, ventilated spot to dry, and the bugs will be killed.
5. Pests likespider mites, aphids, fungus gnatsand so on can all be killed with the water-rinsing method.
Washing powder + urea to kill pests
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Next, Huahua will introduce a great method to everyone, and that is the washing powder plus urea pest-killing method tested by many flower lovers!
Steps:
1. Mix washing powder, urea and clean water in a ratio of 1:4:100 to make a solution, commonly known as the washing-urea mixture.
2. First take a disposable small toothbrush, dip it into the prepared washing powder and urea solution, and brush the leaves of the plant that have pests and diseases, roughly brushing off part of the bugs or eggs attached to the leaves.
3. Put the remaining solution directly into a spray bottle and spray it on the plant with pests and diseases. Spray about once every 3 days, and 3-5 consecutive sprays are enough.
4. Because washing powder forms an airtight film on the surface of bugs after contact, causing them to suffocate and die, and urea also has the effect of destroying the chitin of bugs, it works a bit better than using washing powder alone. Washing powder and urea water is highly effective at killingaphids, spider mites, cabbage caterpillarsand so on.
Soaking tobacco shreds in water to kill pests
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If there are flower lovers at home who smoke, you can try the next method, the so-called soaking tobacco shreds in water to kill pests. The effect is also very good!
Steps:
1. Collect all the leftover cigarette butts from smoking at home, then pull out the tobacco shreds inside, add water in a ratio of 1:20, and let the tobacco shreds soak fully in the water. To make the cigarette butt pest-killing effect better, you can also add a small spoonful of soapy water to the water.
2. Soak the tobacco shreds in clean water for about 8 hours, letting them soak fully in the clean water, then filter out the tobacco shreds, and what's left is the tobacco shred water.
3. Put the tobacco shred water in a spray bottle and spray it directly on the leaves of the plant with pests and diseases. Remember to spray both the front and back of the leaves carefully. Spray about once every 5 days, and 3-5 consecutive sprays will kill the bugs.
4. Tobacco shred water is weakly alkaline, and the tar in it is also slightly toxic to bugs, so it can kill aphids, spider mites and other pests.
Soaking pepper + chili water to kill pests
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Huahua had always tried chili water to kill pests before, and a few days ago happened to mix up a bit of pepper water. Unexpectedly, the pest-killing effect was also very strong, and it has simply become Huahua's favorite!
Steps:
1. Collect the pepper and chili, and soak them in clean water for 24 hours. For the chili, you can choose spicier varieties like millet chili, and chopping them up makes the effect even better!
2. After soaking for 24 hours, filter out the chili and pepper, and what's left becomes the chili and pepper solution. Pour the solution into a spray bottle and spray it on the plant.
3. If you have a juicer at home, you can also blend the chili in the juicer, then filter out the juice, mix it with the soaked pepper water, put it in a spray bottle and spray it.
4. Whether it's pepper or chili, both carry a strong pungent smell. For aphids, fungus gnats and the like, it's a smell they don't like, so this pest-killing method is also workable.
Sticky pest board + tape to kill pests
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What should you do if fungus gnats are running rampant at home? Aren't all you flower lovers feeling really uncomfortable? Don't worry, today Huahua will talk about the simplest pest-killing method of all: sticky pest boards plus tape!
Steps:
1. If you see fungus gnats at home, place a yellow sticky pest board next to the plant. It only takes about one night before you can see the yellow sticky board covered with fungus gnats.
2. If your flowers have other larger bugs besides fungus gnats, then find a piece of tape, gently touch the bugs with it, and they will immediately be stuck off.
Mosquito coil + mosquito coil ash water to kill pests
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In summer when the weather gets hot, annoying mosquitoes start appearing again. Are you getting your mosquito coils ready at home again? Why not use mosquito coils to kill bugs!
Steps:
1. If you find bugs on your flowers at home, place a piece of mosquito coil in the flower pot.
2. Put the entire flower pot in a plastic bucket, then seal the bucket. After the oxygen in the bucket becomes insufficient, the mosquito coil will go out by itself. It only takes about 20 minutes to get it done!
3. Don't throw away the remaining mosquito coil ash. Just spread a thin layer directly on the pot surface of the plant. When you water, let the mosquito coil ash seep into the potting soil along with the water. It can not only kill eggs in the soil, but also supplement potassium fertilizer for the plant. It's simply killing two birds with one stone!
4. Mosquito coils can killspider mites, aphids, whitefliesand other pests, making your flowers at home healthier!
Florida water + electric mosquito liquid to kill pests
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Nowadays many flower lovers no longer use mosquito coils, and switch to electric mosquito liquid because they think it's safer. We can pour out the electric mosquito liquid, add some Florida water, and the pest-killing effect is also very strong!
Steps:
1. Find a plastic bottle, pour the electric mosquito liquid and Florida water into it together, then add 1000 times its amount of clean water and stir to make the pest-killing solution.
2. Put the stirred solution in a spray bottle and spray it directly on the leaf surface. Remember to spray both the front and back of the leaves. It only takes about 2-3 times to kill all the bugs!
That's all for today from Huahua.
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