Small flying insects appear on succulents; put this on the balcony and the bugs won't dare come

When it comes to pests and diseases of succulents, as the number of collected varieties grows, many problems will be encountered, and the causes may be insect pests, diseases or incorrect cultivation methods. With the right methods, succulents will grow quickly and healthily, but growing them in an environment completely different from their native habitat makes perfection very difficult to achieve, and the threat of pests and diseases is everywhere, whether in a greenhouse or on a windowsill. Recently, some gardening friends have encountered fungus gnats.

Besides those slow-moving pests that cling to the plants and suck plant sap, there is another type of insect that is also very annoying: flying insects. They not only harm succulents but also cause trouble for people. Imagine, when guests come to your home, little flying insects buzzing back and forth between you, which will surely make the host very embarrassed.

For adult insects that have already hatched, we need to hunt them down step by step. At night, hang a lamp on the balcony and hang a flypaper strip below the lamp, or place a basin of water under the lamp. Use an "electronic mosquito killer" on the balcony; the air-suction principle releases light, heat, carbon dioxide, water vapor and so on that flying insects like, attracting them over. Once the flying insects fall into the mosquito-catching air vortex, they become like a turtle in a jar, and finally die of dehydration and air-drying.

If you find that the number of flying insects has increased rapidly recently, you need to evenly sprinkle some small pesticide on the surface of all potting soil, and it is best to buy the kind of small granular formulation used for household flowers. First prevent females from laying eggs in the soil again, and inhibit the hatching of larvae, controlling the source. For adult insects that have already hatched, we need to hunt them down step by step.

For most common pests, systemic insecticides, contact insecticides and insecticidal granules are commonly used. Systemic insecticides are very effective; they are absorbed by the plant into the plant's body fluids and then poisoned when pests suck them. However, this kind of insecticide is highly toxic to humans and can also enter the human body through the skin, so pay attention.

Keeping the cultivation environment clean and tidy can effectively prevent the occurrence of pests and diseases. Remove dead branches and fallen leaves in time; dead and fallen leaves are the best hiding places for pests, and when damp they can breed fungi and produce large amounts of spores. After operations such as replanting and division, be sure to clean up the site. Spraying disinfectant on the walkways and the ground under the flower racks is an effective preventive measure, though of course it will have a somewhat unpleasant smell.

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