How to deal with the shield on orchids
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- Shchitka on orchids
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- Folk recipes in the fight against pest
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- Remedies for shitovki on orchids
How to get rid of shitovki on orchids, experts know, share recommendations with fans of indoor plants. Destroy pests mechanically, folk remedies, professional preparations.
Pest appearance
Orchids are infected from other indoor plants or through an open window. Learn about the presence of insects can be in appearance. Peering closer, find small bugs.
In nature, there are several types of scale insects, pseudo shield. They differ in color - from white to black, red, brown. The body size is about 2.5 mm. A distinctive feature is the presence of durable shell in the form of a shield.
The female is absolutely still. It looks on orchids, like a tubercle, a wart. The male is mobile, even can fly, but lives a little - about a week. After fertilization, the females die.
The female lays eggs either on the reverse side of the leaflet, or drags it behind her in the shield. After a while, small bugs appear from there - the larvae, which immediately begin to parasitize. Shchitovka sucks juices, and the Royal Orchid, Phalaenopsis, is especially attractive to her. Adult insects do not harm, and the larvae feed plants, the soft parts of which are rich in nourishing juice.
On a note!
You can determine the presence of a pest by the appearance of the flower. The leaves begin to curl, lose elasticity, dry edges. A careful examination of the back of the sheet reveals small bugs, bumps, dark spots, sticky drops.
Photos of orchids on orchids are presented below.
Emergency measures
If you detect pests on one room flower, you must carefully examine all the others to determine the degree of infection. You can fight with the shield on orchids mechanically, using chemicals, folk remedies.
- Isolate diseased orchid from healthy flowers.
- Rinse the leaves under running warm water.
- Wash the leaves with soapy water using household, tar soap.
- Slip a plastic bag over the top. Create a greenhouse. Flags do not tolerate high humidity. The larvae die in the eggs. It is necessary to air the orchid every day for 30 minutes.
- Or daily spray leaflets, maintaining high humidity.
- Treat the soil composition with any broad-spectrum insecticide.
To fight with the shield on indoor plants can be using solutions prepared according to popular recipes.
Funds for shitovki in haste
The fight is led by professional drugs, but with a small degree of infection, you can use the popular recipes. At the time of treatment, the flower must remain isolated from other indoor plants.
- Dilute green soap in water at room temperature, wash the leaves with the composition, or spray it from the bottle.
- Add in water red pepper, black, cinnamon, mustard, a little laundry soap. To process the leaves in any convenient way.
- Grind the garlic, add water, insist day. Strain, spray the plant, paying particular attention to the bottom of the sheet.
- Add wood ash, soap to the water. Spray the orchid leaves, soil.
- Mix 2 tbsp. tablespoons of olive oil with water, process the leaves.
- Moisten cotton wool with alcohol, apply to the places of insects.
- Prepare tincture of fern. Use a dry, fresh plant. Pour boiled water, leave for a day. Spray daily for 2 weeks.
During the treatment of orchids for shitovki fertilizers, growth stimulants cannot be used. Nitrogen has a positive effect on the development of larvae in the egg.
Professional processing
Remedy for shitovki on orchids can be bought in a specialty store. It is not necessary to purchase drugs that act by contact. The shield reliably protects both the adult insect and the eggs from the insecticide.You must buy insecticides of systemic action or intestinal. The poison enters the body of the insect through the juice of an orchid. The larvae die immediately after the birth of the egg.
- Actellic, Aktara, Arrivo - preparations of intestinal action. For the complete destruction of scutes, the plant should be treated twice, after 15 days.
- Phosphamide. Drug systemic action. Available in spray form. It is necessary to spray a plant once a month. For the treatment of orchids, two treatments are enough.
- Fitoverm. Biologically active drug. Safe for humans, animals. Spraying is allowed indoors. It is necessary to process an orchid every week for a month.
Getting rid of shitovki on orchids is much easier than on garden plants, such as currant, grapes, lemon. It is necessary to monitor the situation daily. If desired, you can get rid of pests mechanically, without using insecticides. If there are many orchids, you should use professional preparations. To get rid of indoor plant pests, it is necessary to process infected flowers and healthy ones for prevention.
To prevent infection with orchids, it is necessary to periodically inspect the plant. Especially in the summer, when the windows are open, the orchid is brought to the balcony, the loggia. In this case, the infection occurs by chance, the larvae or an adult brings the wind.
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