How to treat aphids on flowers? Practical control methods shared
Household flowers may be affected by aphids, so what should be done once aphids appear? What pesticides can be applied to eliminate aphids?
Steps for controlling aphids on flowers:
To prevent aphids, you absolutely must prevent ants, because the liquid secreted by aphids (their excrement) is a food ants love to eat, so ants and aphids are good friends. Ants often carry aphids to places suitable for aphid reproduction. Therefore, the first step in preventing aphids is to prevent ants. It is recommended to use neurotoxic pesticides such as Mie Ma Qing; one packet can take care of a whole ant nest, and the entire nest will be completely dead within 2 days.
Steps for controlling aphids on flowers:
This is also prevention, using the garlic method. In the first half of 2009, I suffered greatly from aphids. Later, I received guidance from my aunt (who was a genuine farm woman), that planting garlic beside plants prone to aphids can keep aphids away. After nearly a year of testing, wherever garlic was planted beside the plants, basically no aphids were seen. However, this year I still need to continue testing, because last summer during the period when aphids were severe, garlic had not yet been used for defense, so this year I want to carefully observe the effect. Everyone might as well give it a try. Here are the peppers I planted, with 3 garlic plants beside them. These peppers have never been sprayed with aphid pesticide.
In addition, the pesticides used against aphids can basically also take care of whiteflies, leafhoppers and thrips, so there is no need to buy pesticides specifically for killing these few pests.