How to Safely Repel Small Flying Insects on Summer Flowers
In the hot summer, for friends who grow flowers and plants at home, small flying insects can be a real nuisance. If you do not pay attention to prevention and control, these little flies will be everywhere. And using pesticides or insecticides to get rid of these small flying insects will not only cause environmental pollution but is also harmful to human health. Here, the editor introduces four relatively safe methods for repelling small flying insects.
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1. Color-based insect repellent method:Hang silver-gray plastic strips above the plants to repel flying insects. You can also hang a yellow plastic board above the flowers, coat it with machine oil or petroleum jelly, and lure and trap the flying insects. The effect is quite good.
2. Dish soap insect-killing method:Dilute dish soap at a ratio of one part per thousand, then spray it. It can kill pests within 24 hours. Then spray clean water to reduce the side effects of the dish soap on the flowers. In addition, you can also use diluted essential balm, and the effect is just as good.
3. Mosquito coil pest control method:Break a mosquito coil, light it, and place it in the flower pot. Then cover the pot together with a plastic film bag for about 1 hour, and it will kill the insects.
4. Mothball insect-killing method:Crush camphor balls and scatter them into the potting soil, turning them in, to effectively kill insects. This method also has a special killing effect on root-knot nematodes in flowers such as peonies, dahlias, lilies, and spider lilies.
What to Do When There Are Insects in Flower Pots in Summer
Once summer arrives and the temperature rises, many flower growers report the same problem: nasty insects have appeared in their flower pots. Besides ruining the look, they also affect the growth of the flowers. So what should you do when insects appear in flower pots in summer? Come take a look with the editor!What to Do When There Are Insects in Flower Pots in Summer
Orange peel pest control
Sometimes we find that many small flying insects gather around the flowers. In this case, orange peel can be a big help! Soak fresh orange peel in water, then use the orange peel water to water the flowers, and it can repel black fungus gnats. In addition, placing orange peel directly into the flower pot and watering as usual can also prevent and control small flying insects.
What to Do When There Are Insects in Flower Pots in Summer
Milk carton pest control
Cut open a milk carton, flatten it, then fold up the edges, smear some oil in the middle, and afterward place this milk carton in the flower pot. It can then help prevent and control insects. Also, a reminder: be sure to handle the edges of the milk carton properly, and do not let the oil flow into the flower pot!
What to Do When There Are Insects in Flower Pots in Summer
Sand pest control
This method can be said to solve the problem of insects emerging from the potting soil at the root. First, we can think about why insects appear in flower pots. It is because insect eggs are present in the soil. So if you spread a layer of sand or crushed stone on top of the flower pot, these larvae cannot get out. Does that not solve it?
Lure-based pest control
We all know that yellow is a color that strongly attracts insects. To deal with small flying insects, the key is to prepare a yellow cloth or board, smear it with something insects like such as sugar or oil, and hang it beside the flower pot. These insects will be lured into flying onto it and then get stuck and unable to escape. That solves it.What to Do When There Are Insects in Flower Pots in Summer
Pay attention to ventilation
Actually, insects appear in flower pots because the soil in the pot is moist, and combined with the higher summer temperatures, insects are very likely to breed in this situation. To fundamentally solve this problem, everyday care is very important. In daily life, you should place flower pots in well-ventilated spots such as a balcony, pay attention to reasonable watering, control the amount of water, and promptly clean up fallen leaves and the like in the pot to keep the potting soil clean. Then you will not need to worry about insects growing in the soil.
Do you usually water flowers with tap water? Have you ever used vinegar, milk, salt water... and so on?
In our daily lives, many flower-growing enthusiasts, besides watering flowers with tap water, use methods circulating online such as watering with milk. In fact, you can also use many specially treated types of water to water flowers, which can produce special effects on flowers and trees. Some can control insects and prevent disease, some can make them bloom earlier, and some can make the flowers lush and the leaves abundant, and so on. Today the editor has put together watering methods from expert flower growers. If you are interested, you might as well give them a try.
1. Watering flowers with vinegar
About every half month, water flowers with vinegar water made from water and vinegar at a ratio of 50:1. It can prevent and control chlorosis in acid-loving flowers such as azaleas and camellias, and can also promote larger flowers and brighter flower colors.
2. Watering flowers with beer
Use water rinsed from beer bottles to water flowers. In summer it can promote growth, and in winter it can make the leaves deep green. If used on clivia, it can increase leaf width and make the veins clear. When flower buds appear, watering chrysanthemums with it can make the fragrance stronger.
3. Watering flowers with rusty water
Soak old iron nails, screws, iron pieces and other scrap iron in water until the water turns yellow and becomes rusty water. Using this water on yellowing gardenias can turn the leaves from yellow to green and gradually give them luster.
4. Watering flowers with milk water
Fermented milk (spoiled milk) contains relatively more phosphorus and potassium fertilizer. Diluted with plenty of water and used to water flowers, it can make the flowers lush and the leaves abundant. Unfermented milk should not be used to water flowers, because when it ferments, the large amount of heat produced will "burn" the roots (that is, cause root rot).
5. Watering flowers with salt water
Watering cacti with 1% to 2% light salt water can enhance their disease resistance, because cacti have a certain salt tolerance.
6. Watering flowers with leftover tea
Watering flowers with fermented leftover tea can both maintain moisture and slowly release nitrogen fertilizer, improving the granular structure of the potting soil. However, you should water regularly and in proper amounts according to the temperature conditions of the flower pot, and you should not casually pour leftover tea in to water them.
7. Watering flowers with cooled boiled water
Watering flowers with cooled boiled water can help flower buds appear earlier and make flower colors more vivid. If used on asparagus fern, it can promote sideways growth of branches and leaves, and make the plant shorter and denser.
8. Watering flowers with cigarette butt water
Watering flowers with water in which cigarette butts have been soaked for 1 to 2 days can both prevent and control pests and improve the potting soil.
9. Watering flowers with rice-washing water
Using fermented rice-washing water on camellias, gardenias, osmanthus and other flowers and trees not only makes them grow robustly, but also allows them to bloom more, have a longer flowering period, and produce a stronger fragrance.
10. Watering flowers with egg-boiling water
Water used to boil eggs is rich in minerals. Using this water on flowers can make them lush with abundant leaves and vivid flower colors.
11. Watering flowers with soaked orange peel water
Soak 50 grams of fresh orange peel in 1000 grams of water for 24 hours, then use it to water flowers. It can not only kill flying insects, but also remove the unpleasant smell of fertilizer in the potting soil.
12. Watering flowers with rainwater
Use various devices to make equipment for storing rainwater. In this way, the collected rainwater can be used as general water for watering flowers and can replace a water source.
13. Watering flowers with fish tank water
If you keep both flowers and plants and fish at home, you can use the water changed out from the fish tank to water the flowers. This water contains fish waste and is more nutritious than other water used for watering flowers.
The water in the fish tank has to be changed every day anyway, and the flowers and plants also need watering every day. In this way, a lot of water is used every day. If you adopt this method, you can not only save quite a bit of water, but also let the flowers, plants, and fish all grow better.
In addition, when changing the water, you can use a tube to siphon the sediment at the bottom of the fish tank into a basin. After it settles, filter the water in the basin once, then use the filtered clear water for the next day's water change, and use the remaining dirty water to water the flowers. In this way, when changing the fish tank water every day, you only need to add a small amount of tap water.