What to Do When Plants Are Always Covered in Pests? A Few Tricks to Quickly Wipe Out the Pests
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Many flower lovers go away traveling for a few days, and their hydroponic plants at home, like pothos and moneywort, can't get their water changed. When they come back, they accidentally notice something moving in the water. Leaning in for a closer look, there are lots of little worm-like creatures that look like earthworms. What's going on with worms growing in the water, and how do you prevent it?
What's going on with the worms in the water?
Worms growing in the water of hydroponic plants should be "wigglers" (mosquito larvae). The environment inside a hydroponic plant container is very similar to that of a wild pond, and mosquitoes love to lay eggs and breed in places like this. And mosquitoes breed extremely fast, hatching new mosquitoes in just two or three days.
How to treat and prevent it
If your hydroponic plants already have worms, then you must completely change the water as soon as possible to prevent the mosquitoes from hatching. Hydroponic plants are lively, clean and easy to care for. In the hot summer, when mosquitoes are active, the water in the hydroponic container should be changed once every two or three days, so the mosquito eggs can't successfully hatch.
If you're worried that changing the water too often will harm the plants' growth, then you can also try the following methods:
1. Keep fish in the water:
Keep small fish in the water, and the fish can eat the worms in the water. Downside: hydroponic spaces are generally small with little oxygen, and fish without oxygen easily die.
2. Use cooled boiled water for hydroponics:
Pour out the original water in the bottle, wash the bottle and the roots clean, then boil tap water, let it cool to room temperature, and pour it into the bottle. After the water is boiled, it can effectively kill the bacteria in the water, so the worms in the water cannot grow normally.
3. Put vitamin B2 in the water:
Put one or two tablets of vitamin B2 in the water (available at pharmacies); mosquitoes rather dislike vitamin B2, so putting one or two tablets of vitamin B2 in the water to dissolve can prevent mosquitoes from laying eggs and hatching in the hydroponic container. Downside: the color of the water doesn't look very nice.
4. Add insecticide to the water:
You can drip a few drops of insecticide into the water, or use a small amount of water that has soaked mosquito-killing tablets, to kill the worm eggs in the water. Downside: insecticides are toxic, use with caution.
Aphids are also the most common pest problem in home gardening. The small piercing mouthparts of aphids can puncture the plant's outer skin layer and suck out the plant's nutrients. In addition, aphids reproduce very vigorously, and if you don't manage them, they will quickly multiply into a huge swarm. Below, Xiaojun introduces two more practical and effective little tricks for dealing with aphids.
Method One
Materials:
Orange peel, cool boiled water, dish soap
How to make it:
Put 50 grams of orange peel into a drink bottle, then add 500ML of warm boiled water, soak for 5 hours, and after it cools, drip in 2 drops of dish soap and shake well.
How to use it:
After spotting aphids, spray evenly on the branches and leaves, and spraying 2-3 times in a row will wipe out the aphids.
Method Two
Materials:
Tobacco (leftover cigarette butts), cool boiled water
How to make it:
Put 20 grams of tobacco leaves into a drink bottle, then add 500ML of warm boiled water, and soak for 3 days.
How to use it:
Filter and then spray. It can control aphids, red spider mites and newly hatched scale insects. Generally, spraying about 3 times can wipe them out.
Method Three
Materials:
Soap (or laundry soap), cool boiled water
How to make it:
Slice up the leftover soap, add hot boiled water at a 60-fold dilution in a drink bottle, and shake well.
How to use it:
After it cools, spray on the leaves where aphids appear. Generally 2 times can kill the aphids, and it can also control red spider mites, thrips, whiteflies and leafhoppers.
Note:
Soapy water cannot be used long-term, otherwise it will cause the potting soil to become alkaline.
What good methods have you used to deal with pests in flower pots? Hurry up and leave a comment to share with everyone!
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