There are ways to prevent and control orchid pests and diseases that work even better than pesticides
When orchids suffer from pests and diseases, these methods can be used to prevent and control them, with better results than pesticides.
Orchids suffering from pests and diseases is truly a troublesome thing. Especially for home-grown orchid bonsai, using pesticides to sterilize and kill insects is very unscientific for a limited space. Especially for households with small children, using pesticides is even more inadvisable. Because in a limited space, it will affect people's health.
However, when orchids suffer from such torment, they must be prevented and controlled. Today, the editor will introduce several common household items that can be used to prevent and control fungi and insects. Using these daily necessities to prevent and control fungi and insects is both environmentally friendly and healthy, and the orchids will not suffer a second torment!
One is laundry detergent. Besides washing clothes, laundry detergent can also prevent and control orchid pests and diseases. Laundry detergent can dissolve the waxy coating of scale insects, and the foam formed will wrap around the insect body, causing the scale insects to suffocate to death. It can also kill aphids, red spiders (spider mites), and others.
Prevention and control method: First dissolve the laundry detergent with a small amount of water, then dilute it with water at a ratio of 1:1000, and then spray the orchid plants with the laundry detergent solution (spray once, then continue spraying three times). After the pests and diseases die, in order for the orchids to grow normally, it is best to rinse the orchid leaves with water several times.
The second is plant ash, which can increase potassium fertilizer and prevent pests and diseases. Plant ash is the residue left after burning firewood and grass. Its main component is potassium carbonate, and it can be used as flower fertilizer. At the same time, it can also prevent aphid disease in orchids, causing aphids to suffocate and die because their breathing pores are blocked. The specific prevention and control method: soak plant ash and water at a ratio of 1:50 for two days and nights, then filter, and spray with the solution.
The third is using baijiu to prevent and control orchid scale insects. Baijiu itself has the effect of killing viruses and sterilizing. Prevention and control method: dilute baijiu and water at a ratio of 1:2, and use the solution once a week, continuing to spray three times, to kill scale insects.
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