Once the weather gets hot, little bugs come out to activity; spraying these liquids can effectively prevent and control them

Growing flowers inevitably brings some pests and diseases, and when the weather is hot the bugs are even more rampant, so hurry and wipe out all the pests and diseases now while you can, otherwise once the weather turns cold the bugs will hide away and frantically lay eggs, and next year you will regret it!

Mealybugs

Damage: mealybugs are extremely stubborn; if you let your guard down, they cling to the plant like psoriasis and won't let go, and succulents, moss rose, Christmas cactus, hanging fuchsia and so on will all get them!

Solution 1: Baijiu

Take 10ml of baijiu at over 50 degrees, add 20ml of clean water, stir well and spray it on the mealybugs; you can spray 2-3 times a week, and it works even better than alcohol.

Solution 2: Cigarette butts

Soak 10 cigarette butts in 100ml of clean water for 1 day, then spray it on the mealybugs; it can kill the mealybugs on 1-2 plants, so if you have a lot of flowers, you will have to collect more cigarette butts.

Solution 3: White vinegar

The white vinegar at home does not need to be diluted with water; dip a cotton swab or a large brush in it and brush it onto the mealybugs, and after about 2 hours they will die, then rinse with clean water to avoid the white vinegar irritating the flowers.

Aphids

Damage: aphids reproduce quickly and can rapidly gnaw the tender buds of flowers and plants, affecting their normal growth and flowering, and they also attract ants, so you must hurry and wipe them out!

Solution 1: Alcohol, laundry detergent

Use a writing brush dipped in alcohol or laundry detergent water to wipe the flower stems and leaves that have insects; do this in a shady spot, otherwise it will dry quickly and the effect will not be obvious.

Solution 2: Ladybugs

Careful flower growers can look outdoors for the aphids' natural enemy, the seven-spot ladybug, catch two or three of them and put them near the aphids, and they will soon be eaten up.

Solution 3: Garlic water

If you have just wiped out the aphids, you can spray garlic water once every 2 days; smash 3-5 cloves of garlic, add a bowl of water and soak for 3-5 hours, then spray it on the flowers, and it can prevent aphids and other pests.

Red spider mites

Damage: red spider mites lay eggs very quickly; if white threads (spider silk) appear on the leaves, then they are definitely on the underside of the leaves, and they will also get into the stems, and the flowers will be hollowed out!

Solution 1: Flour

Take a handful of flour, add 200ml of clean water and stir well, use a brush to apply it to the front and back of the infested leaves, and after applying wait 2-3 hours; when the flour water dries the red spider mites suffocate and die, then rinse the flour off the leaves with clean water.

Solution 2: Sulfur soap

Cut off a piece of sulfur soap the size of a thumb, then dissolve it in warm water, let it cool and put it into a small spray bottle, spray it on the infested leaves, and the effect can be seen after 3-5 hours; afterward it is best to rinse with clean water as well.

Solution 3: Milk

The pure milk at home, whether expired or not, can be sprayed on the front and back of the flower leaves; after 2-3 hours when it dries, the red spider mites will either drink the milk frantically and burst, or be drowned by the milk, or suffocate and die; finally you also need to rinse the flowers with clean water.

Thrips

Damage: thrips are the most common and most toxic pest; they are very small and hide in curled leaves and flower spots, causing leaves to dry up and curl and flowers to fall prematurely, and in severe cases the whole plant dies.

Solution 1: Essential balm

Leaves that already have thrips can no longer recover; if it is severe, cut them off quickly, drip 3-5 drops of essential balm on the soil surface of the flowerpot, and you can cover it with a bag for 2-3 hours.

Solution 2: Fuyanjie

The disinfecting ingredients in Fuyanjie are even more effective at killing thrips than insecticide; mix Fuyanjie with water at 1:1 and spray it on the infested leaves, spraying 2-3 times each week, and it can wipe out the thrips; it can also treat the flowers' powdery mildew.

Solution 3: Hang yellow and blue sticky boards

Experiments say that thrips like to fly toward yellow and blue objects; flower growers with relatively many flowers at home can hang yellow and blue sticky boards among the flowers, which can not only catch thrips but also catch fungus gnats and leafcutter bees.

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