How to get rid of aphids using folk remedies

What is the essence of folk recipes

Regardless of what type of aphid has infected your plants, you need to get rid of it. Moreover, you can use different methods. The only difference is what exactly was infected with aphids. For example, if these are vegetable crops, then they must be processed no later than thirty days before harvest. If berry crops have become infected, they should be sprayed before flowering and after the harvesting process. And if aphids attack fruit trees, then they need to be treated with means during the budding period, which will fall for a time immediately after flowering, and two to three weeks before harvesting ready-made fruits.

Although folk recipes for infusions and decoctions are not chemicals, they are still dangerous not only for aphids that you want to get rid of. Some can negatively affect other harmless insects or birds, and can also cause burns to the plant. Others, however, contain substances that are harmful to people. Such drugs must be used very carefully, in moderation, mainly following the instructions and recipes. For example, after you have treated an affected plant with infusions of tomato, tobacco, black henbane, or potatoes, they should not be eaten until ten days have passed.

In the fight against aphids, other garden plants will also help get rid of it. Flowers such as nasturtium, petunia, mallow, cleoma or begonia act in this way: with their aromas, they attract all the aphids to themselves, thereby distracting from the main culture. They can be planted far enough from the main plant that you want to protect. Another category of plants, which include onions, garlic, coriander, mint, marigolds or fennel, on the contrary, scare away aphids with their sharp aromas and smells. They can be planted in the aisles or along the edges of the beds.

Decoction recipes

Making decoctions in order to fight aphids is one of the most common and effective ways. The following methods and recipes for decoctions are very effective and do not harm the health of other plants.

1. tobacco is often used to fight aphids on plants, in order to rid trees of a harmful insect. In order to prepare the broth, you need to take about ten grams of tobacco, pre-chopping it, and add it to a container with five liters of water. Such a solution must be insisted for a day. The next day, add another five liters of water and simmer over low heat for two hours. Such a solution must be sprayed onto the affected areas of the trunk and crown of the tree;
2. tomatoes. More precisely, only tomato tops will be used. For the desired effect, take about five kilograms of tomato leaves and add them to a container with ten liters of water.All this needs to be boiled so that the tops of the tomatoes give their juice. It will be enough to keep the solution on low heat for half an hour. But it still needs to be diluted with water before spraying. The percentage should be one (decoction) to three (water);
3. pepper. To prepare this broth, you will need one hundred to two hundred grams of fresh pods from red hot peppers. They should be mixed with one liter of water. In this form, let the broth brew for a couple of days. After that, the solution must be filtered and used. But first you need to dilute it with water in proportions of one to ten and add fifty grams of laundry soap;
4. celandine. To prepare such a decoction, take half a kilogram of fresh flowers and stalks of celandine and fill it with a liter of water. If you take dry celandine, the proportions need to be halved. This broth should be infused for one or two days. After that, it is worth boiling it a little and using it.

Other plants such as wormwood and rhubarb are equally effective in helping you cope with the pest.

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Infusion recipes

Over the years, many summer residents and gardeners have developed a lot of different recipes for infusions that will help make the methods of getting rid of aphids very effective. Below are these methods:

1. onion. It is quite simple to prepare it: chop a medium head of onion and add it to a container with five liters of water. It is better to infuse such a mixture for five to six hours. After, as a rule, add four to five grams of laundry soap;
2. garlic. Chop the garlic heads to about two hundred grams. Next, you need to insist them for four to five days in one liter of water. Such an infusion will turn out to be very concentrated and you need to use only thirty grams per ten liters of water;
3. chamomile. To prepare such an infusion, you will need only one hundred grams of dry chamomile per liter of water. It is necessary to insist this infusion for at least twelve hours. But before spraying, it is important to dilute it by one third with water;
4. dandelion. For four hundred grams of dandelion leaves, you need to use ten liters of water. You can also add about two hundred grams of flowering dandelion roots for more effect. All this is required to insist for three to four hours and begin to get rid of aphids.

How to get rid of aphids on roses

Beautiful flowers are especially often attacked by aphids. Therefore, gardeners have developed many folk remedies to combat aphids on roses. Among them, first of all, a soap solution is distinguished, which does not remain on the roses afterwards.

It is suitable not only for aphids, but also for other pests on roses and other plants. You just need to make a not very concentrated soap solution and treat the rose garden with it. It will need to be processed this way for at least fifteen days. Moreover, the soap solution lingers better on roses after sunset. A decoction of tomato tops is also good for getting rid of aphids on roses. Garlic extract, in turn, also takes good care of roses by repelling pests.

Which methods to choose

It is important to remember that in large doses and strong concentrations, natural infusions and decoctions can cause burns on plant leaves. In addition, they can be dangerous to other insects, not just aphids. This is all despite the fact that they are not chemicals. Therefore, they must be used wisely, it is important to consider all the precautions and apply them strictly according to the instructions.

Here are some rules that will help you decide on the choice of infusion or decoction to eliminate aphids:

1. it is important to test any solution before use on large areas and territories. To do this, apply a little infusion to a small area of ​​the plant, say, a couple of leaves. If you see that it does not harm the plant and kills aphids, you can safely use it;
2. fruit plants can be processed with decoctions and infusions only during certain periods of development: during the budding period, after flowering and no later than fifteen to forty days before harvesting;
3. vegetable crops can be processed with infusions or decoctions of various herbs no later than a month before harvesting.

Above was not listed the entire list of possible means by which you can fight aphids. You can use the one that is more convenient for you, the one that is more affordable. This will be easier for you to cook.

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