Hello! About five years ago, I disappeared for days at office work. In order to somehow diversify workdays, my colleagues and I placed indoor plants on the tables.
The atmosphere in the room immediately improved. But once we were faced with a serious threat.
A spider mite began to appear on some sheets. Moreover, it spread with amazing speed. It is good that one of our mother was a professional florist and advised a reliable remedy. Want to learn how to deal with a spider mite on indoor plants? I’ll write about everything now.
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How to destroy a spider mite?
Everyone who is engaged in growing flowers at home or in the garden, faced with the fact that plantings are attacked by pests, including spider mites.
Noticing his presence is not so difficult. The plant becomes weak, its leaves are entwined with a silvery characteristic cobweb.
So that the plant does not die, beauty and health returned to it, it is necessary at the first signs to begin the fight against pests.
Numerous methods can be used, ranging from spraying with special drugs to warm showers with soapy water. Near garden crops, experts recommend planting special plants that repel mites.
To minimize such lesions, it is necessary to strictly observe all the conditions of care, since it is precisely inattention to the needs of flowers that is the main reason for their vulnerability.
What does a parasite look like?
A spider mite on plants is a small pest that has a rounded body with small bristles. The color can be different, most often there are greenish, yellowish, brownish shades, but there are varieties with dark spots on the sides.
How does this guest get on the windowsill? The first way to enter is through open windows. You can bring an insidious dirty trickster home with a bouquet of flowers or with a new potted plant. In rare cases, they are brought to the windowsill with acquired soil.
Indoor plants that are infected with a tick, usually 15 days after the appearance of the eggs, are completely covered by pests. At a temperature of 15 ° C, the developmental stage is 2 weeks, and at a higher one, it is only 2-3 days.The vital activity of one generation lasts from 7 to 36 days.
Too dry air, lack of spraying, sparse watering, high temperature - excellent breeding ground. It is better not to allow such conditions, so that later you do not have to look for methods of treating your pets. The home and garden roses are especially hard hit by such attacks.
The surface of the damaged leaflets is first filled with faint dots, they form in those places where the cell juice is no longer there. Then the spots increase and lifeless leaves fall. The plant itself quickly loses its strength, exposes itself.
Ticks are also often dangerous because, under adverse conditions, they immediately burrow into the soil and hibernate. All processes of their life are inhibited. With the onset of favorable conditions for them, they begin to intensively develop and multiply, occupying the entire crown.
How to cope at home?
Indoor decorative objects were struck by a spider mite, how to deal with this guest? It is useless to use insecticides, but enteric-contact preparations are well suited:
- butoxycarboxyme-based products. For a pot with a diameter of up to 12 cm, one wand is needed, for large ones - 2-3. They are stuck into the soil at a distance of 2 cm from the stem, after which regular intensive watering and spraying are carried out. The stick gradually dissolves, the drug enters the soil, as a result of which the pest dies;
- dimethoate is used similarly to the previous drug, the first result can be seen in a couple of days, the action of one stick is 6-8 weeks;
- Actellik is a spray agent that is used simultaneously with warm soapy showers. When processing it is necessary to use protective gloves and a face mask.
Effective at home and folk remedies:
- carefully chopped garlic in an amount of 200 g is poured with a liter of water, insist 5 days in a dark and dry place. Then filter and apply in proportion: 6 g of tincture per liter of liquid.
- also helps spraying with onion husk infusion. Enough 6 g of husk per liter of liquid. Insist the contents of no more than 5 hours. Processing is carried out with a similar tool about 3 times with an interval of 5 days.
It should be noted separately that the mite does not tolerate ultraviolet rays, so in natural conditions it hides from the sun under the leaves.
A session of lighting with a special ultraviolet lamp lasting 2 minutes gives good results.
It is enough to carry out such a procedure once a week to increase the resistance of your decorative pets to many diseases.
How to deal with a garden pest colony?
How to get rid of a spider mite in the garden? Acaricides or insectoacaricides effectively help. All these drugs are not so safe for humans, treatment should be carried out only in protective gloves and a mask.
At a temperature of 20 ° C heat, three such treatments will be required, the interval between each of them should be 9-10 days. If it’s 30 ° C outside, then you need 3-4 treatments with a frequency of 3-4 days honey separate procedures.
What else to do? Vegetable poisons for spraying plantings in the evening are also quite popular. If you follow the manufacturer's instructions, the pests will quickly disappear. This applies not only to the spider mite, but also to various fleas, aphids, which cause a lot of problems.
Many gardeners are limited only to preventive measures that minimize the occurrence of ticks to a minimum.To do this, next to flower beds, which are most often affected by a pest, repellent plants are planted. They may not be as reliable as plant poisons, but completely safe.
Preventive seedlings include:
- marigolds scare away both ticks and aphids. It is enough to plant a number of flowers near the plantings of pepper or pumpkin to forget about such a problem. Use tinctures effectively. Marigolds are dried, then insisted in water for 48 hours. The proportion is as follows: half a bucket of flowers is poured with 10 liters of warm water. Just before spraying, you can add 40 g of ordinary dissolved soap. This method allows you to get rid of the insidious guest in the shortest possible time;
- calendula is planted near currants, eggplant, pepper, cucumber, asters. Insects in flowers will quickly disappear if you use a special solution. It is necessary to take 400 g of crushed dry inflorescences, pour them with 2 liters of water, leave for 5 days in a dark place. If part of the water has evaporated, then add it to a full 4 liters, then filter the resulting tincture and begin to spray the affected flower beds and beds;
- for gardening, you can use potato tops in fresh or dried form. This helps to completely forget what scoops, caterpillars are. A decoction is made from the tops, and plantings are sprayed with them. How to cook it? To do this, 1.8 kg of fresh tops (0.8 dried) is poured into 10 liters of water, left for 4 hours to infuse, and then filtered.
Such methods help to cope with spider mites not only in the garden, but also at home.
None of the tools will give a 100% result in the initial processing, so be sure to repeat the procedure.
We fight with a spider mite
Winter is a real challenge for many indoor plants. Heating appliances dry the air, which provokes the appearance of the first uninvited guests on the plants - spider mites, enveloping the leaves with a thin web. Almost all indoor plants can be affected by an ordinary spider mite (Tetranychus urticae).
It is a herbivorous arachnid with eight legs with a size of only 0.5 mm. Its translucent, green with black or light yellow oval-shaped body is not divided into the head, chest and abdomen.
Such bright spots on the leaves, which later merge and form pale yellow areas, result from the fact that spider mites suck out the cell sap from several neighboring leaf cells. Plants seriously suffer from a tick; when severely damaged, the leaves completely dry.
An ordinary spider mite lives in a canopy of thin web. Small spider webs become more visible after spraying the plant with water.
Relatives of spider mites are also found on indoor plants: orchid (Tenuipalpus pacificus), cactus flat (Brevipalpus russulus) and red hothouse (Brevipalpus obovatus), they are smaller and do not weave cobwebs. They are also called false spider mites.
Spider mites in food are absolutely unpretentious, but still there are plants that they especially love. Such “goodies” include indoor ivy) (Hedera), cyperus (Cyperus), Sims azalea (Rhododendron simsii), Schefflera, rubber ficus (Ficus elastica), abutilon (Abutilon), fuchsia and various types of palm trees.
These pests are especially comfortable feeling warm.Dry, warm air in the room for them is like a holiday season. Therefore, they are activated in the winter, when heating appliances begin to work in the houses.
As a preventive measure against spider mites, plants should be sprayed regularly. Place the plant pot in a wide tray so that there is always some water in it. Water will evaporate, rise up, moistening the air around the plant.
What is needed for a successful fight
If the damage to the plants is not too strong, then first you can try to fight the pest by bathing the plant. To do this, transfer your pet to the bathroom and wash it from top to bottom with a not too soft stream of water.
Then cover the plant with a transparent garbage bag and wrap it so that air exchange does not occur in the crown area. A plant with a wrapped crown can be transferred to the windowsill. In this form, leave it for at least a week, not forgetting to water it in normal mode.
Extremely high air humidity forms under the film, which leads to the death of adult spider mites. And only not earlier than in ten days the plant should be completely free from the pest.
You may need to repeat this procedure, since in most cases the eggs by this method are not completely destroyed. Spider mite eggs are known to have 99% survival.
Rigid-leafed plants, such as rubbery ficus, can be treated with the German manufacturer Celaflor, Naturen Schildlausfrei, a spray preparation.
This product, based on rapeseed oil, free of toxic substances, works well against spider mites. Small droplets of oil stick together the insect's respiratory tract, causing them to suffocate very quickly.
Plants with sensitive leaves must be treated with chemicals such as Schädlingsfrei Neem or Bayer Spinnmilbenspray. To destroy all pests, spray the plants several times with an interval of one week.
The active substance is absorbed by the roots and spreads through the juice throughout the terrestrial part of the plant. Pests, sucking juice from plants, poison and die. But since plants hardly grow in winter, it will take some time before the effect manifests itself.
Spider mite on indoor plants: description and control measures
It is no secret that the spider mite on indoor plants is a common problem. It is dangerous for many home flowers, which means that a huge number of plants fall into the risk zone.
If you are the owner of a ficus, palm, lemon or cactus, be extremely careful: this group of domestic plants is very often susceptible to attack by a spider mite.
How to deal with it if insecticides are not always effective? There are many other methods that have already won the trust of flower growers.
What does a pest look like?
Despite the fact that it is not so easy to notice this parasite on indoor plants, because it is very small, this creature does not belong to insects, but to invertebrates of the class Arachnids.
Ticks harm not only indoor plants, but also agricultural and horticultural crops. Among the most common types of spider mites that often appear in floriculture houses, there are:
- ordinary;
- red;
- red-legged;
- Turkestan.
Why are spider mites not classified as insects? Despite their small size, the body structure of this pest differs significantly from most insects known to us. In addition, chemicals affect ticks in a slightly different way.
What are the remarkable external features of spider mites? As a rule, they have 8 legs, and adults have six. As for the body, it is always whole. The eyes of mites are simple, there are two pairs of them, unlike insects, in which the structure of the eye is faceted.
If the room is constantly dry air and the temperature is high, the activity of these parasites immediately increases. When the microclimate in the room or on the street becomes unfavorable, the pests fall into a kind of suspended animation called diapause.
During this period, all life processes slow down, and ticks simply wait for bad climatic conditions. As a shelter, soil, fallen leaves, cracks, etc.
Reasons for the appearance
Spider mites are not just pests. They can significantly affect the life of your well-groomed plants. Flowers become lethargic and can simply die from the invasion of these parasites. Where do spider mites appear on plants? There are several key factors:
- A common way for a tick to enter your indoor garden is to acquire a new plant that has previously been infected with pests. In the flower shop, you are unlikely to realize that such a threat is present, because it is impossible to notice the small ones with the naked eye. Moreover, if they have recently settled on a flower, it is unlikely that a web will appear on it so soon. Once you have bought a new plant, provide a quarantine for it at home. To do this, at least it must be placed separately from indoor flowers. Leave it in a place away from the flower garden for 2–3 weeks and observe the plant. If nothing happens to him during this time, then the threat has passed;
- Residents of apartment buildings can suffer from a spider mite invasion even without acquiring new houseplants - parasites often enter the apartment through an open window. Most of all in this regard, the residents of the first floor were unlucky, especially if trees also grow nearby. Ticks move to the room from the trees on their cobwebs, so do not be surprised if the need to destroy these parasites arose in your home. Moreover, in such a situation, indoor plants located on the windowsill are primarily prone to “infection”;
- it would seem that in winter this kind of threat should not arise. No matter how! The thing is that female ticks under adverse conditions fall into suspended animation.
It is possible that some individuals have remained in your apartment since the warm days. So when the room gets warmer and the humidity level drops, then spider mites become activated.
As soon as you can figure out where the spider mites came from in your home, start acting.
Prevention
If a spider mite has appeared on indoor plants, how to deal with it effectively? Of course, it is much easier to carry out several preventive procedures.
In addition, adhering to certain rules, you can not let the enemy into your territory. To do this, in the garden, you need to pay attention to the following nuances:
- weeds in the beds, in greenhouses and around greenhouses must be destroyed in a timely manner. So, you will deprive ticks of an optimal habitat;
- Maintaining a high level of humidity is also a must for any gardener. For ticks, water is undesirable, therefore, this method will enhance the effect that remains after the destruction of the parasites;
- provide your plants with regular fertilizer nourishment - such flowers have a high “immunity” to insects and spider mites;
- It is also important to properly clean the garden at the end of the season. The soil must be plowed and rid of the remnants of vegetable crops and weeds in order to properly prepare it for the cold and the absence of spider mites in it.
As far as gardeners are concerned, they are also advised to follow a few key recommendations. For example, try to control the humidity level in the room, this is useful both for the plants themselves and for their prevention of pests.
If there are broadleaf plants in your apartment, wipe them with a damp cloth, and sometimes spraying will also help (however, not if the leaves of the flowers should not be wetted with water at all).
To increase the effect, add nem tree essential oil to the water. In addition, regularly inspect the houseplant for wilted leaves or flowers. Thus, you will not only remove zones that are attractive to parasites, but also extend the flowering period.
If you prefer traditional methods of treating plants for spider mites, calmly use them for preventive purposes. Store-based products, which may contain aggressive chemicals, are again better not to use, only if necessary.
How to fight
The fight against spider mites on indoor plants, as a rule, includes the use of purchased drugs. They are necessary if you want to quickly achieve visible results. In this case, you can purchase the following compositions for processing indoor flowers:
- “Fitoferm”, “Aktofit”, “Vermitek”. These drugs are effective, but only adults are eliminated. If the female ticks are in a diapause state, a second treatment will be required, which can destroy the remaining ticks;
- Apollo. Effectively removes both adults and their eggs. Importantly, the product is not highly toxic to humans;
- "Akletik" - this solution can be used to remove spider mites only in open areas. In the room it is strictly forbidden to use it, since the toxic fumes that it emits are dangerous to humans;
- you don’t have to go straight to the flower shop to buy aggressive chemicals. You can do it with improvised means, for example, with ordinary medical alcohol.
With this liquid, you can spray the soil, as well as wipe the leaves of plants with it. It is also advisable to wash with a cloth soaked in medical alcohol, the windowsill or the place where the flower pot is actually located.
There are many popular recipes for tinctures and decoctions that process indoor flowers from this kind of parasite. The choice is yours, the main thing is to act quickly and actively, otherwise the spider mite will quickly take over the territory.
Spider mite on indoor plants - how to deal?
Engaged in the cultivation of indoor plants in open ground, a person is ready for him to have to deal with endless pests. Growing plants at home in pots, not many are ready to meet the problem of pests of indoor plants, which are extremely difficult to cope with. One of these pests is a spider mite.
The difficulty in dealing with it is primarily due to the fact that it is extremely difficult to detect it at the very beginning, which allows it to multiply in significant numbers. But for the successful fight against the pest, its timely detection is important.
What does it look like?
A large family of spider mites belongs to the class of arachnids. The most famous member of the family, he is also a dangerous plant pest - is an ordinary spider mite. A microscopic animal is ubiquitous and cosmopolitan (that is, it lives everywhere).
It is extremely difficult to notice living organisms of such sizes with the naked eye. An adult tick has eight legs (six at the larval stage), a pair of eyes.
The body color of the wintering female is red. The usual color of the body is yellow-green, with dark spots. The microscopic dimensions and protective color of adult individuals and the transparent body of the larvae make them practically invisible on the plant.
The development of one generation of ticks occurs within 12-23 days, depending on temperature and humidity. The best conditions are around 27 ° C and low humidity. Adult females live about 2-4 weeks and can lay up to several hundred eggs during this time.
They spread quite easily:
- carried by man
- carried by animals
- airborne
- own movement
An ordinary spider mite eats the sap of the plant through microscopic punctures. At the initial infection, it is difficult to detect a tick. This is due to the fact that it most often settles on the back of the lower leaves. As the population grows, there is a population of the upper part of the plant.
Of the crops, the tick’s special love is:
- melons;
- cucumbers
- Tomatoes
- eggplant
Of indoor plants, almost none are safe from damage by a spider mite, it even settles on cacti, strewn with many thorns. Of more than a few hundred flowers, he settles primarily on:
- roses;
- ficuses;
- balsamins;
- fuchsia;
- azaleas;
- palm trees.
In order to take measures in time and get rid of the pest, it is important to see and recognize it on plants in time.
How to detect?
If there is a risk of infection of indoor plants with a tick, it is important to carefully consider both the plants that are already in the house and newly acquired ones.
When examining the leaves, you can find whitish traces of cobwebs, and dark dots appear on the underside of the leaf, yellowish and discolored patches on the top. As breeding grows and increases areas stretched white - gray cobwebs.
With a strong infection, the leaves of indoor plants lose their color, discolored areas merge into solid spots. As a result, the leaf dries and dries.
If a spider mite has struck a cactus, then on the cactus’s body spots become visible as if wrapped in white threads of web, and then it begins to decrease in size and “deflates”.
With a critical number of adult individuals and larvae, indoor flowers are almost completely covered with white bloom from the old and new cobwebs, and at the tips of leaves and shoots with the naked eye you can see moving clusters of these parasites.
If the spider mite on agricultural fields is unlikely to be able to destroy all the plants, it can only weaken them and reduce the yield, then for indoor floriculture the pest can become a deadly enemy.
How to fight?
If it so happens that this ubiquitous pest has settled on indoor plants, then control measures must be taken immediately. First of all, inspect all colors.This must be done in good sunlight or additional lighting.
If the presence of the pest on any indoor flowers leaves no doubt, then they must be separated from plants that do not seem to have signs of mite damage.
Indoor flowers with obvious signs of defeat can be completely redeemed. Having protected the soil with a film, put the pot in the bath and rinse the ground parts of the flower with a shower or watering can. If the plant is large enough and strong, then you can wash it with a sufficiently strong pressure of water.
After bathing, you need to take a dark opaque bag and wrap the entire plant in it, tightly fastening around the pot. In this form, leave the flower for ten days, after which the procedure is repeated. Inside the bag, a lot of moisture forms, which the spider mite does not tolerate.
Chemicals
In this way, you can try to deal with the pest if it affects one or two plants, if the trouble has covered a large number of flowers, then you will have to resort to special drugs:
Actellik is a preparation based on organophosphorus compounds for the destruction of sucking pests. It is convenient for use both in open areas and for indoor potted plants.
The drug is toxic, it is advisable not to work with it in the presence of children and animals. To carry out processing at access of fresh air.
Neoron - the drug is intended to combat all types of sucking ticks. Plants are treated with Neoron by spraying with a fresh aqueous solution. It is important to ensure that all parts of the plant are moistened with the drug. The death of the pest occurs after contact with neoron in a few hours.
Work with drugs must follow the instructions for them. Hands protect with gloves. The remains of unused solutions should not be left to avoid accidental poisoning.
Actar - experienced flower growers advise shedding the soil in pots with a solution of Aktar, although it is not directly designed for these pests, but it gives a good result.
Biological agent
It is worth noting that the natural enemy of the spider mite are predatory mites that eat it. This method of pest control is called biological.
Ultraviolet. Do not tolerate ticks and ultraviolet radiation. If there is a household ultraviolet lamp, then you can put flower pots under it for two minutes at least three times a week.
Folk remedies
Medical alcohol. To destroy the tick, moisten a cotton pad with 96% medical alcohol and wipe all the ground parts of the flower. After this, spray the windowsill and pot, and wash and iron the curtains. After 8-10 days, repeat the treatment with alcohol. In order not to wash the curtains a second time, then these days you can simply not hang them.
Laundry soap. Prepare a soap solution from grated soap and water and wipe or spray the ground parts with this solution. The tick is removed mechanically rather than chemically. Wipe the pot and window sill.
Garlic Against Tick. To combat the tick, you can use spraying with a decoction of garlic.To quickly prepare the broth, it is enough to chop 150 - 200 grams of garlic, pour three liters of warm water and stir.
Then spray all the plants. After that, you can put the chopped garlic in pots and wrap the plants for several days with a bag.
Onion peel. To prepare the solution, you can take not only the husk, but also cut the onion itself. Pour everything with one liter of warm water and insist for at least five hours. Then spray the affected flowers with a solution.
Dandelion Root Infusion. In the summer, you can grind one hundred grams of dandelion roots and pour them with a liter of warm water. Let it brew for three hours, after which treat the plants. Also, horseradish roots can be used to combat the spider mite.
Prevention of infection of indoor plants
As you know, any disease is easier to prevent than to treat, so it is important to follow preventive measures.
Quarantine. A newly acquired plant is best kept for at least 20 days in a separate room. After this, it is advisable to either replace or disinfect the soil, drainage and pot.
It is enough to dig them into the pot and pour the soil in it. They can also be used in the summer, when infection can occur through open windows.
If you still could not protect indoor plants from the spider mite, then you should not waste time and you need to fight the tick with any of the above methods.
How to deal with spider mites on indoor plants
A spider mite is one of the most common pest species that infects indoor plants. Almost all flower growers are familiar with it, since even the implementation of careful and stable care often does not save from the appearance of this parasite.
The reasons for their appearance on domestic plants can be different, among the main factors distinguish the following:
- Lack of necessary air humidity.
- Excessive heating of the room, which creates dry and at the same time warm conditions that are ideal for this pest.
- The presence of a large amount of old and dried foliage in plants.
- The presence of significant amounts of dust, which are a good environment for the occurrence of such ticks.
- Infection of healthy plants from those that have already become infected.
- Lack of the necessary comprehensive care, which consists in spraying, cutting, loosening the soil and other procedures.
How to detect a tick: signs of occurrence
The spider mite usually quickly reveals itself, since a whole range of signs of its activity begins to appear soon. The following factors may indicate the presence of this pest:
- The presence of a large number of small dots that have a white tint. In most cases, they are located on the lower surface of the leaves, so you need to look there from time to time in order to timely detect the presence of a tick.
- The presence of a thin web that braids around various parts of the plant and is hardly noticeable.
- The white shade that the foliage acquires, however, this symptom can be observed only in the most advanced cases, when the spider mite has been present for a long time and has managed to inflict multiple lesions.
- The presence of pests on plants. They have a very small size, but are distinguishable by human vision.If you do not take any measures to eliminate them, then the number of ticks gradually increases, they stray into heaps, and on certain parts of the plant it will be possible to observe whole moving masses of them.
An ordinary spider mite has a characteristic appearance that does not allow it to be confused with other parasites. It can be described as follows:
- The size of the insect varies from 0.3 to 0.6 mm, depending on its gender and degree of fatness.
- The shape of the body is in the form of an ellipse, the upper part is notable for convexity, and the lower part, on the contrary, is even.
- Young individuals are transparent, with growth and development, the color may vary from light green to brown, but there are always dark spots on the sides. Males can seasonally change their color, turning orange or red.
- At the early stage of development, they have six legs, in adults there are eight of them.
Methods of struggle
Due to the widespread prevalence of these parasites, humans have developed many ways to combat them. They include the following tick resistance techniques:
- Immediate isolation of the affected plant, since this pest is able to quickly move from one flower to another, which can trigger the emergence of a real epidemic.
- A careful study of healthy plants, it is best to do this with a magnifier or a magnifying glass, as some individuals can be microscopic and invisible to the human eye.
- Processing with specific acaricides, which were originally intended to destroy these pests.
- Carrying out treatment with non-specific universal acaricides, which have a wide spectrum of action and are intended for the extermination of all varieties of pests.
It is possible to process by means that are extracted naturally, due to the activities carried out by various types of microorganisms, or by chemical preparations created by humans in laboratory conditions.
Subsequent care of the plant and maintenance of conditions that are unsuitable for the emergence of a new population of parasites.
Biological Overview
In order to make it easier to navigate in a large number of modern means to combat these pests, the following is an overview of the most popular and effective biological preparations:
Actofit is distinguished by its versatility, it is used in the garden and vegetable garden, as well as for the treatment of indoor plants. In addition to destroying various types of ticks, it is also able to exterminate aphids, beetles and scare away butterflies. Externally, it is a liquid with a yellowish tint, which has a rather specific smell.
It is not recommended to conduct Actofit treatment at home, it is best to take the plants out during the procedure. You can buy this tool for 250 rubles, the standard volume of one container is 400 ml.
Vertimek is another highly effective tool that allows you to cope with various types of pests. The main components of the composition are the waste products of soil fungi.
Vertimek is sold for the most part in liter cans, the approximate cost is about 6,000 rubles. It is diluted in water before use, so the funds should be enough for a long time.
Fitoverm is an effective and at the same time low-cost biological product. The main active substances that make up the composition are vital products of various microorganisms that live in the soil.
For processing, the drug is not used, but a solution based on it: no more than 2 ml is added for each liter of water. Fitoverma. 50 ml capacity It costs about 160 rubles.
Synthetic review
Synthetic chemicals are considered separately, which also show a high degree of effectiveness in combating these pests:
At the same time, surviving ticks lose their reproductive functions, which prevents the risk of a new generation. It is realized in different forms, the minimum volume of the ampoule is 1 ml., This amount is enough to prepare 2.5 liters of the active solution. The price of the ampoule is 25 rubles.
Floromayt is a synthetic agent, which includes biphenazate, it is this component that turns the drug into a deadly threat to all types of ticks. A liter can of Floromayta, intended for the preparation of a solution, costs about 30,000 rubles.
Omayt 57 is able not only to exterminate any species of ticks, but also to provide long-term protection against their reappearance. The main component is propargite, this substance is quite dangerous, so use Omight 57 as carefully as possible.
Nissoran is a modern variety of acaricides that has unique properties. Unlike most analogues, it has a detrimental effect on ticks located at all stages of development, which prevents possible relapses of their appearance.
At the same time, he poses a mortal danger only to nymphs at all stages and laid eggs. Adults in contact with the active substance become infertile. It is possible to preserve the egg-laying function, but a new generation of pests will not hatch from them.
It is sold in packages of 50 gr., The approximate cost is 750 rubles. Complete elimination of parasites occurs 7-10 days after treatment.
Processing Rules
In the process of combating spider mites, the most important thing is not to harm the affected plant even more, for this it is recommended to observe the following basic rules that relate to the processing process:
Check the toxicity level of the selected product. Preparations having a 1 or 2 hazard class are not allowed to be used at home or to make solutions based on them.
Processing with their help should be carried out exclusively on the street, after which it will be necessary to wait for the complete weathering of the toxic substances and only then the plant can be brought back into the house.
Spraying with acaricides is allowed only for completely dry plants.
Not all chemicals are suitable for combined use. If there is no complete certainty that the components included in their composition are suitable for mixing with each other, then this practice must be abandoned, otherwise the plant may die.
When pests reappear, new chemicals with a different composition must be used for treatment. This is due to the fact that most ticks can very quickly develop immunity to the used poisons, after which already proven and effective agents can not cope with the secondary invasion of parasites.
For this reason, it is important to pay attention to the active substances, since they can be identical for drugs manufactured under various brands.
The treatment procedure is recommended in the morning no later than noon. The ideal air temperature for these purposes is + 20 ° C to + 25 ° C.With this regimen, many acaricides act on ticks much more effectively.
These include thorough hand washing, the inadmissibility of the substance entering the mucous membranes or the digestive system, the use of disposable rubber gloves and respiratory masks, as well as a ban on eating or smoking during this procedure.
It is also necessary to remember that single processing is usually not enough, so this process should include the following steps.
Initial treatment with the selected chemical agent, during it the vast majority of pests die.
After this, wait 5 to 7 days and repeat the procedure again. This is necessary to destroy a new generation of ticks that could appear from previously laid eggs. Usually they are in the ground and not all chemicals are capable of exerting any effect on them.
However, even such measures do not fully guarantee that the spider mite will be completely exterminated; there is always the possibility that a certain number of eggs remain in the ground and new individuals may appear in the future.
Folk remedies
There are also a number of folk methods for getting rid of spider mites, they are no less popular and relevant, since they are much safer than chemical treatments. Some of these tools are discussed below.
Treatment of affected leaves with a rag dampened with plain water. However, this option is suitable only for plants with a smooth leaf surface and can help only at an early stage of infection.
Breeding 100 gr. dried pods of hot pepper in a liter of water. The prepared mixture settles for a day, after which a small amount of liquid soap or dishwashing detergent is added to it.
About 130 grams are placed in a container filled with a liter of water. potato tops. After this, the product must be allowed to stand for 3-4 hours and add a few drops of liquid soap.
Mix 25 gr. leaves and the same volume of dandelion roots, then soak in a liter container with water. The agent settles for 2-3 hours, after which liquid soap is added to it.
Take 80 gr. dried yarrow flowers and pour water, brought to a boil. The broth should be left to stand until it cools completely, after which it is diluted with ordinary water, the total volume should be at least a liter. The product settles for a few more days, then liquid soap is added to it.
Pass one onion through the meat grinder, then pour it with a liter of boiled water. Let the product stand for at least 6 hours, then strain it and the resulting liquid can be used for processing.
Take 100 gr. dried celandine and pour a liter of water, brought to a boil. The broth should be allowed to cool completely, after which liquid soap is added to it. Let it brew for another day, and then pass through a sieve.
Prevention of occurrence
Since the spider mite is one of the most difficult to remove pests, the presence of which suggests a possible recurrence of outbreaks of their occurrence, it is recommended that certain preventive measures be taken to minimize the risk.
Such activities include ensuring compliance with the following requirements:
- Periodically spray the plants with ordinary water at room temperature, which will not allow them to dry out.
- Keep an eye on the level of humidity, it is especially important to do this in the winter, when home heating increases dryness in the room. To simplify this process, you can purchase a special humidifier.
- Cut and dispose of dried leaves and branches in a timely manner. Particular attention should be paid to the lower surface of the leaves.
- Use a soft cloth to wipe off dust from leaves and pots.
- From time to time, carry out preventive treatments with various means.
- In warm weather, it is required to take the plant to fresh air as often as possible.
- Avoid nearby infected and healthy plants. The soil in which the affected plants were located is not allowed to be used for any purpose in the future, since parasite eggs can remain in it even after heat treatment.
After acquiring a new plant, quarantine must be maintained for at least several weeks. The indicated period should be enough to identify the possible presence of any pests.
Tips & Tricks
Summing up, we can give a few of the following tips and tricks that may be useful to beginner growers.
For this reason, they need to pay special attention and do not forget about the implementation of preventive measures to prevent the occurrence of ticks.
Many people practice or advise applying a soap solution to the foliage of plants to scare away and exterminate pests. In fact, this procedure is harmful only to domestic flowers, but it does not have any effect on parasites. Such treatments clog the stomata, which disrupts the natural gas exchange process.
There are various types of parasitic ticks that infect domestic plants. They are sometimes mistaken for a cobweb variety, although the methods for killing such pests can have fundamental differences, so you need to determine exactly who the fight is with.
Most often, they affect citrus fruits, exotic plant species, cacti or orchids. All these species differ in that they are not able to form a web.
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