Aphids attack: Guaranteed female advice before you reach for chemistry

You've also discovered gluttonous aphids in the garden, but don't you want to use some kind of chemical insecticide right away? Then you could use tips from experienced gardeners on how to try it naturally and ecologically.

Although frozen males were in office, the most common insects, that is, aphids, did not stop it. They are already chicing and attacking almost all the plants that suck and transmit many diseases to them. Aphids from plants suction juices. When they multiply, the plants cease to grow and are often deformed. They secrete sweet honeydummy, which tastes very good to ants. They even "keep" them as pets and spread them around the plants. There are a number of species, and they have one thing in common. If you don't take action on time, they'll easily multiply. Then there's nothing left but chemistry. But even such sprays will get used to it over time. Therefore, it is good to bet on prevention, which you can manage even without chemistry.

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Aphids have a steed of natural enemies. It is, for example, a sunskin, which, despite our idea of a cute baby lamb, is predatory, and on aphids (adults and nymphs) likes to enjoy, both adult and larvae. In two weeks, the larva eats about 270 aphids, an adult per day up to 60 aphids. Another predatory warrior is the varied ones, which resemble wasps. Their larvae like to enjoy aphids. Of the other insect predators, they are crackers, golden-eyed, slippers, extremes, dragonbugs, backbones, denichments, predatory bedbugs or spiders. You can easily lure them all into the garden by preparing a good place for them to live, a place where they can hide. Show them an insect house or hotel. Instructions on how to build such a house can be found HERE. The parasitic wasp Aphidius Alemani proved successful in greenhouses against aphids. Experienced gardeners advise, if possible, not to destroy aphids with chemicals, because then you will destroy even their natural enemies. Then when the plants attack the pests again, you are already on your own.

The popular and nice soothing aphids do not smoulder.
The popular and nice soothing aphids do not smoulder.

Plant the sod and co.
Although it seems that aphids embark on everything alive and green, there are also plants that have a certain repellent effect on them and repel pests. It is, for example, a popular pente age of the lichořeřišnice. Other afrikaans, lavender, mochynya, chives, saturejka, povijnice, wormwood, kerblík, rosemary and sage. Try planting them among other plants as a precaution.

stinging-nettle-785292_640Nettles and tobacco
Another way to crack down on aphids are various hand-made decoctions and sprays. The most famous is nettle, which not only preemptively protects, but also fertilizes perfectly. The production process can be found HERE. A A good remedy is also rapeseed oil, which you can mix with a little oily lecitsin and water everything. The oil will glue the airways to the aphids.

Tobacco extract
Stir 150 g of tobacco in 3 liters of water and cook slowly for an hour, oversteer the cold solution over a sieve or stocking. Lyte in the sprayer in a ratio of 1:1 and spray the infected plants.

Soap solution
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issolve the ordinary butter in water, so you will prepare an effective solution against a variety of insect pests. After spraying, they die quickly.

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Garlic – onion extract
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ut the garlic clove with the peel, three smaller paddy onions and three hot peppers in a mixer and chop. Then pour 250 ml of water and leave to stand for 12 hours. Pour it over a screen or canvas. Mix the extract with four liters of water and put in an atomizer. Repeat three sprays at an interval of ten days.

Garlic-rapeseed

Another option is to mash one larger garlic onion and pour 250 ml of water. Allow to stand for 12 to 24 hours. Pour over a seed or canvas and mix with rapeseed oil.

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20 cloves of garlic, pour half a liter of vegetable oil. Allow to stand warm for 24 to 48 hours. Then zest and water.' You can add a little soap.

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f you already have to deal with calamity, you can probably not avoid chemical preparations. As already written, aphids quickly get used to them, therefore it is necessary to alternate them. For example, Natura Roc Effect or Biool are biologically gentle. Of the classic insecticides are Pirimor, Mospilan, Decis, Calypso, Decis Mega, Neudosan, Substral Careo, Spruzit or Raptor.