Each gardener dreams that on its site fragrant rose bushes rose. As it turned out, the rose is an attractive and desired flower also for a large army of pests. One of these "lovers of roses" is aphids. Small, with thin legs, practically not moving insect, it seems so harmless that many gardeners do not hurry to take measures, discovering green aphids on roses. By the way, aphids can be not only green, but also brown, and gray, and black, and red. These pests unite more than 3000 species and each year there are several new ones. First, single specimens settle on plants, but if you do not take urgent measures, after a couple of days the aphids will cling to the solid carpet stems, the lower surface of the leaves, buds of the plant. Then at not yet experienced gardeners there begins a panic: "On aphid roses, what to do"?
If the aphids attacked the aphids, you need to act clearly and quickly. In this article we will tell you in detail how to prevent such cases, and what means from aphids on roses can be used.
How to protect roses from aphids?
The main tool of the gardener should be the prevention of the appearance of pests, then they will not have to deal with their destruction. In order to dare these insidious insects from your site:
- it is necessary daily, or at least several times a week, to carefully examine the rose bushes, for the presence of single specimens of aphid, or sticky sweet honey dew;
- we need regular weeding and loosening;
- It is necessary without fanaticism to use fertilizers, as aphids like to settle, both on weakened plants and overfed;
- you need to know that the aphids excel well, the spicy plants planted nearby: parsley, dill , fennel ;
- it is necessary to create favorable conditions for such insects as a ladybird, earwig that will help to fight the aphids on roses from two fronts;
- It is necessary to destroy the ants that plant aphids.
Single specimens of aphids must be destroyed at the same time mechanically, that is, simply crushed with their hands and then sent to prepare infusion for the treatment of bushes. Do not advise immediately to begin with "heavy artillery" - pesticides. At first, we should try to infuse potato leaves, garlic, hot pepper, decoction of tobacco.
Protection of roses from aphids with the help of folk remedies
So, at the first signs of the appearance of aphids on roses, the struggle is conducted by environmentally safe infusions:
Infusion of garlic
Garlic is at hand for all gardeners, so it is one of the most common infusions to combat aphids. (300 grams of garlic, 40 grams of laundry soap, a bucket of warm water).
Infusion of peppers peppers
100 grams of pods cook for an hour in a liter of water. Grind, insist two days. In the filtered liquid add 40 g of soap (household) and dilute with water to 10 liters.
Ready infusions are carried out three times at intervals of 10 days.
How to spray roses from aphids, if the insect has already harmed the plant? If the process went too far, the leaves began to suffer (turn yellow, curl, fall off), deform buds, it's time to take up chemical weapons, but remember:
- After chemical treatment it is impossible to use rose petals either in cooking or for cosmetic purposes;
- chemical preparations can get on growing next to edible plants;
- aphids will "understand" that she was declared war, and soon there will be resistant to poisons in her garden, which is not difficult for aphids, as she multiplies rapidly.
Treatment of roses from aphids is carried out using a variety of drugs, we will give you a few, the most popular among gardeners.
Preparations from aphids on roses
- anabasine sulfate, or nicotine sulfate (2 g per 1 liter of water);
- thiophos (7 g per 10 liters of water);
- kinmix (2.5 g per bucket of water);
- carbofos (60 g per 8 liters of water);
- rovikurt (5-15 g per 10 liters of water).
Use one-time processing, unless otherwise required in the instruction. Remember that chemical preparations are dangerous for humans and for useful insects.
In such a case as combating aphids on roses, it is better to prevent the war by any means than to win. We wish you prosperity in this difficult matter.