If these pests in the flowerpot are not removed, the flowers will soon wither and die

What are the surefire ways to eliminate ants?

Ants are dense and annoying, so use these 2 methods to solve the problem!

1. Tobacco water spray

Boil tobacco shreds or chopped tobacco leaves in water for about 1 hour, until the liquid turns dark brown, then pour it out, add water to dilute it to a light brown color, let it cool, and pour it into the flowerpot, soaking thoroughly.

You can also spray the diluted tobacco water on the stems and leaves of the plant, watering once every 7~10 days. After 2~3 times, there will be no more ants in the flowerpot.

2. Pesticide spray

Use miehailing (insecticide spray) to spray the surface of the potting soil and the area around the flowerpot. Be careful not to spray it on the leaves. Generally, spray once every 5 days, and 5 consecutive sprays can control the harm of ants.

What are the surefire ways to eliminate earthworms?

Many gardening enthusiasts think that keeping earthworms in flowerpots can loosen the soil and make the potting soil breathable. However, in fact, the soil in pots has limited nutrients and not enough space for activity. Earthworms will only compete for nutrients and gnaw at the root system, doing harm and no good. So if there are earthworms in the pot, they must be eliminated.

1. Soaking the pot in clean water

Earthworms fear being suffocated, and lack of oxygen will make them crawl out of the soil surface. So you can soak the flowerpot in a basin of clean water, with the water level covering the potting soil. After about 1 hour, the earthworms will crawl out of the water. This method is simple and effective, but it is not suitable for flowers with sensitive roots that cannot tolerate moisture, such as peonies, cyclamen, cacti, and bougainvillea.

2. Garlic water spray

Garlic has strong insect-repelling and sterilizing effects. First water the potting soil thoroughly once, find 3~4 cloves of garlic, crush them and add clean water to make garlic water, then use it to water the flowers. After a while, the earthworms will crawl out of the soil surface. At that point, use tweezers to pick them up and eliminate them.

3. Pesticide spray

If there are many earthworms, you can use dichlorvos emulsion diluted 1000 times to drench the soil, once every 7 days, 2~3 times is enough.

What are the surefire ways to eliminate snails?

The hot and humid summer climate is very suitable for snails to reproduce. If you find several gaps and holes appearing on the leaves for no reason, as if bitten by insects, then you should check whether there are snails under or around the edge of the flowerpot. There are several methods to eliminate snails:

1. Sprinkle salt to eliminate them

First clean up the withered grass and dead leaves on the surface of the potting soil, then sprinkle a layer of salt on top. Snails fear salt the most. After a while, they will dehydrate and die. You can also use quicklime or plant ash instead.

2. Spraying leftover tea water

If there are not many snails, first use tweezers to directly catch the snails, then take leftover tea, add water, and let it sit for 1~2 days. After slight fermentation, spray it around the flowerpot, which can have a preventive effect.

3. Pesticide spray

If there are a lot of snails, you can buy some miewooling (snail killer) or mosquito repellent, dilute with water and spray, once every 10 days or so, 3~5 consecutive times is enough.

What are the surefire ways to eliminate centipedes?

If there are too many flowerpots placed too densely in the yard or on a first-floor balcony, resulting in poor ventilation and light transmission, centipedes will breed. Centipedes like damp and dark environments. You can use the following 3 methods to eliminate centipedes:

1. Insecticide spray

If you find a relatively large centipede in the flowerpot, you can directly find a stick and beat it to death. For small centipedes that are numerous and frequently active, use household aerosol insecticide for mosquitoes and flies, spray it at the centipedes several times and they will die.

2. Sprinkle tea seed cake powder

You can sprinkle some tea seed cake powder on the surface of the potting soil, then water thoroughly once. The tea saponin in tea seed cake can kill young small centipedes and drive away large centipedes. Tea seed cake is also a natural high-quality organic fertilizer, but note that tea seed cake dissolved in water has a certain alkalinity, so it is best not to use it for acid-loving flowers.

3. Pesticide spray

Agricultural avermectin or baichongling (insecticide), after being diluted with water, can also kill centipede larvae, drive away large centipedes, and at the same time eliminate other pests. Its toxicity is very low, making it suitable for household use.

What are the surefire ways to eliminate cockroaches?

Gardening enthusiasts should not think that cockroaches only appear in unnoticed places like wall corners, cracks, and kitchen corners. In fact, there are also cockroaches in flowerpots, hiding one by one in the soil. By the time you discover them, the flowers have long been ruined. There are 3 little tricks to eliminate cockroaches:

1. Cockroach house

Place a cockroach house around the flowerpot, which can suck in and trap cockroaches, ants, and other insects. However, you need to clean it out after a while. Cockroaches have a relatively large need for water to survive, so gardening enthusiasts must pour out any accumulated water in the pot~

2. Pesticide spray

Use 2% trichlorfon or dichlorvos solution, mix it into crushed steamed buns or other food at a ratio of 1:3, and scatter it on the surface of the flowerpot at night, which can effectively kill cockroaches.

Gardening enthusiasts, are there any of these insects in your flowerpots?

How do you deal with them?

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