Tar and household soap from aphids on plants
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Aphid soap solution is one of the most effective pest control products. Used household, tar soap, dissolved in water. It is practiced to add other active ingredients to the solution to increase the effectiveness of a homemade product.from aphids. Helps to get rid of aphids a variety of plants:
- fruit trees (including apple tree, pear, plum and cherry);
- roses;
- currant;
- cucumbers;
- tomatoes;
- pepper;
- cabbage;
- Kalina;
- dill;
- raspberries;
- houseplants and other plants.
Laundry soap
The process of preparing an effective drug is to dissolve the soap in the liquid. Laundry soap for aphids is a safe tool that does not affect the development of garden and garden crops, does not impair human well-being. You can work with it without the use of rubber gloves.
On a note!
Khoz soap should be grated on a coarse grater, if it is in briquettes. It will take 300 grams. Pour the chips into a 10 liter bucket, add 2 liters of warm water. Mix well until complete dissolution of soap. Add 8 liters of cold liquid, mix thoroughly. Suitable and liquid soap from aphids. Then 300 ml of the product is simply diluted in 10 liters of cold water.
Tar soap solution
Prepare a soap solution for a similar scheme using tar soap is not difficult. The only difference is in concentration.To obtain an effective solution, you will need only 100 g of the active drug per bucket of cold liquid.
Tar soap from aphids helps to get rid of pests, restores the structure of plant tissues. Means promotes tissue regeneration, delays "wounds", damage. Tar has a pungent odor that scares off pests, does not allow them to settle on the land plot, plants.
Ash solution
Good at fighting with aphids wood ash. If there is one on the farm, there’s nothing else to look for. The effect of ash is based on the irritation of the skin of insects.
To keep the light ash on the leaves longer, a soap product is added to the solution. Also soap helps ash evenly distributed in the liquid, which provides a complete treatment of plants.
Soap ash solution from aphids is prepared in several stages:
- Initially, it is necessary to sift 300 g of wood ash through a fine sieve;
- add it to a bucket of water with a capacity of 10 liters, put on fire;
- boil for half an hour after boiling;
- cool to a comfortable temperature, add 40 g of grated soap or 20 g of tar.
To begin the preparation of the drug should be immediately before use. Do it in advance is not worth it.
Soda solution
Soap and aphid baking soda creates real miracles. The effect is noticeable by the end of the day, if the treatment was carried out early in the morning. Initially determined with the required amount of the drug. Prepare a soap solution (1/4 or 1/2 part of a bar of soap on a bucket is enough), add soda at the rate of 1 tbsp. spoon for 1 liter of water. The bucket will need 10 spoons. Mix thoroughly.
Soda causes irritation, damages the skin, soap does not allow insects to escape. Pests waiting for early death within 24 hours.
Tobacco solution
Make a soap solution from aphids with the addition of tobacco very simple:
- 200 g of dry leaves are ground into powder, water is added to the bucket;
- crushed 3 pods of fresh bitter pepper, combined with tobacco solution, insist day;
- add 100 g of grated soap, 3 tbsp. spoon wood ash or cinnamon, all thoroughly mixed.
On a note!
Processing plants with soap with the addition of several active ingredients provides a high result, fast action.
Topper solution
For the preparation of an effective drug, tomato and potato tops are used.
- Grind 4 kg of raw materials, place in a bucket, pour 10 liters of liquid, cover with a lid, leave to infuse for 6 hours;
- put on the stove, boil for half an hour after boiling;
- cool to a comfortable temperature, add 50 g of any soap preparation - economic, tar.
Concentrate is allowed to prepare in advance. Leave to insist can be a week. Add soap immediately before use.
Application Instructions
The fight against aphids is carried out by spraying. Small bushes of plants are watered from a watering can. For spraying use a garden spray bottle with a nozzle.
During processing, you should try to get the jet to fall on the lower part of the plant, because it is there that pests concentrate. Otherwise, the solution will drain to the ground without falling on the aphids.
On a note!
The frequency of use depends on the degree of damage to the garden, garden plot. The event begins at the first signs of crop damage, repeated every week for prevention.Destruction is carried out in several procedures with a break of 2-3 days.
Efficiency issue
The secret of the action of aphid soap is hidden in the gluing of insects together, the formation of a protective film on the leaves. Insects are limited in movement, the protective shell does not allow them to fully feed.
Soap as part of recipes with other active ingredients enhances their effectiveness. If there is no time for spraying, leaves, twigs, you can simply soap.
Reviews on the impact of homemade products from gardeners, gardeners
Soap - one of the most simple, affordable, reliable means of aphids. If there is no time to fiddle with the solution, simply dissolve in water, spray it. Helps fast aphids not seen in a day. For prevention, I use every week the whole warm season.
Anna, Moscow
Well helps soap with ashes. With recipes you can experiment. I use different components every time - ashes, cinnamon, pepper. All that is available at the time when emergency measures are needed.
Angelica, St. Petersburg
Quickly helps tar soap, also contributes to the plant to gather strength. I spray the plants every week.Concentration does not matter. For plants, soap is not dangerous. Pest repels persistent odor. The fragrance disappears, the protection should be renewed.
Alexander, Voronezh
Aphid is effectively any remedy described above. Which one to use is an individual decision. You can also use other folk remedies and combine them with effective store supplies.