How to get rid of aphids on peonies

Aphids on peonies are spread by ants. Small insects secrete a sweet secret, feeding on flower saps. For black ants This selection is a delicacy. Before you decide how to handle the peonies of aphids, you need to inspect the land for the presence of anthills. In parallel, they are fighting.

Insect wrecking

The spread of aphids occurs in early May. Small insects suck juices, depriving the life force of the plant.Peonies become vulnerable to diseases, stop growing, buds do not develop, fall off.

External signs of the presence of aphids on pions: twisted leaves, yellowness, spots, unblown buds. When inspecting the plant, small bugs of black, green, brown color are visible. They are placed on the back of the sheet, on the stems.

From April to June, only females are born. For the whole season they give about 20 generations. Toward the end of the summer winged individuals appear - females and males, able to migrate to different cultures. After the mating season, females lay eggs and prepare offspring for wintering.

On a note!

Wingless individuals aphids Ants spread on a flower bed. They themselves also harm the peonies, gnawing the buds, reaching for nectar. Unblown flowers wither, fall.

Aphids on peonies

Folk remedies

You can get rid of aphids on peonies self-preparation preparations.

There is a huge variety of recipes, but the most effective are the following:

• Dissolve wood in 1 liter of water the ashes. Stir thoroughly, add soap.Spray peonies, paying special attention to the stems, the wrong side of the leaf. Sprinkle ashes around the bush.
• Grind garlicto get 1 cup. Pour 1 liter of cold water. Insist for a day. Add water to the required amount, a little soap base.
• 50 ml are dissolved in 10 l of water liquid ammonia. Handle peonies from a watering can with a wide tip. It is advisable not to fall on the flowers, buds. The following processing is allowed to be carried out not earlier than 14 days after the first spraying.
• In 1 liter of water dilute 100 g tar soap. Add 5 liters of cold water, process the peony. Birch tar relieves aphids, heals the plant, helps to restore damaged plates.

Many recipes based on other ingredients are also known:

• soda;
• milk and iodine;
• Coca cola;
• vinegar;
• celandine;
• mustard;
• vodka;
• Green soap;
• birch tar;
• tobacco;
• boric acid.

On a note!

Peonies can be saved from aphids by mechanical means, knocking insects out with a stream of water, removing infected leaves, shaking them off the stems. Under the bushes lay sprigs of wormwood, tansy, garlic arrows.

Professional preparations

Aphids on peonies quickly spread to neighboring plants. To avoid this, emergency measures are necessary. Rid flowers from pests in one treatment can modern insecticidal products broad spectrum. The same drugs destroy ants when they hit the flowers.

Insecticidal products

Poisonous drugs last for 20 days, the massive death of aphids is observed during the first 3 days after treatment. Poisonous substances block nerve impulses, cause paralysis, death.

For spraying a pion any insecticide of a broad spectrum of action will suit, most often use:

• drug Aktar;
• Actellic;
• Tanrek;
• Karbofos;
• Spark Medium.

It is possible to get rid of aphids on peonies with the help of biological preparations. Means act on the basis of natural poisons derived from the waste products of bacteria and fungi. Spraying is carried out twice with a break of 14 days. The effect is observed within 5-10 days after treatment.

The most common:

• Fitoverm;
• Arrow;
• Jaguar;
• Bio spark;
• Mycoafidine;
• Actofit;
• Intavir

How to deal with aphids on peonies, everyone decides for himself.For complete destruction of pests on pions, it is necessary to spray the plants for prophylactic purposes once a month throughout the warm period.

The most effective ant extermination method is ant extermination on a flower bed, the use of poisonous baits. Lay out the "treats" on thick cardboard, pieces of plywood around the bushes.