The aphids attacked...
Two days ago there was nothing like this, but yesterday aphids appeared on the flowerpot - they stuck to all the leaves, covering them with a sticky coating. Horrible! I rushed to a nearby store, they gave me Dr. Foley, but I see that the aphids weren’t really scared - there are fewer of them, but still they continue to eat my flowerpot! Who has encountered this? What did you fight with, tell me!
In general, the latest news about my fight against aphids - after all, I defeated them. But no one will guess with what, I guarantee it. But I’ll share a secret with you - I sprayed it with mosquito spray (children’s line, by the way) and the pest was gone!
Mosquito spray - that's all??? Well, you have to! I would never have thought of this!!! This is what fiction means! I wonder, if you also try mosquito repellent against the whiteflies that infested our peppers and eggplants in the spring, will it help?? Didn’t you wrap the flowerpot in a bag, what would have worked? Or was it just processed like that?
It seems to me that one treatment is not enough, since the aphids lay eggs in the ground and after some time they will come out again. But the method is good. I used to put a bag on the plant and spray the inside of the bag with dichlorvos, and then tie it. But I don’t know, now, it seems, dichlorvos is not on sale.
Once, I also had some kind of home flower, I think it was a chrysanthemum, covered in aphids. No matter what I tried, I couldn’t save him. He withered away and had to simply be thrown away.I wish I knew then that mosquito spray could have saved him!
What is your interesting and effective solution, the most important thing. I sometimes use dichlorvos, spray it near the flowers, it helps get rid of all kinds of midges, but not forever.
Wow! I wouldn't have thought to use mosquito repellent. There are some insects on my orchid, they look like aphids, but are white. Soap didn't help. I'll try the spray too. Thanks for the advice.
In fact, quite a lot of products are now sold against aphids, but if the question is about a safe product, then I use a solution of laundry soap. And simple, and effective, and safe. I treat roses with it all summer, the aphids disappear for a long time.
The most effective and inexpensive relative to other means is, of course, dichlorvos or its analogues in composition and/or effect. It's affordable, works great and is very accurate.
I don’t know if it’s possible to buy Chinese anti-cockroach chalk in your area, but... It kills all the insects! Ants appeared on the windowsill, smeared this chalk there, and now the flies sit on the window and die... Spiders, mosquitoes... We sweep them out of the windowsill in heaps! Moreover, this chalk is easily washed off with ordinary water when it is no longer needed.
My grandmother wiped the leaves of the infected plant with vodka and tar soap, but the result is not what we want, unfortunately. Mosquito spray is an interesting solution, I'll try it.