They are the ones that raise succulent plants in April, which are even more terrible than scale insects.

Scale insect

Scale insect is a very common pest in spring. It lurks on the back and root of succulent leaves and constantly feeds on meat nutrients. Flower friends should be timely prevention and control, otherwise it will be flooded, and eventually transferred to all the meat, gnawing all the meat to death!

1. How to kill scale insects?

If there are few scale insects, you can kill them with a needle, then wipe the leaves with a cotton swab dipped in medical alcohol and put them in a ventilated place.

If there are more scale insects, dilute the flower protector 200 times and spray it directly.

2. How to prevent scale insects?

If the root system of meat is strong, you can bury a small tablespoon of purple medicine, also known as carbofuran, away from the root of the meat, so that the meat will absorb the medicine and die as soon as scale insects eat it. Don't touch the medicine directly with your hands. If you do, wash your hands in time.

Powdery mildew

Powdery mildew is caused by fungal infection. as long as one flesh has powdery mildew, it will quickly infect neighboring meat, causing gray spots on the leaves and becoming withered and ugly. Many flower friends say that powdery mildew is 10 times more terrible than scale insects!

1. How to treat powdery mildew?

Once powdery mildew is found, isolate it from healthy meat, then spray it with trimethoprim and put it in a ventilated place. Even if powdery mildew is cured, the scar formed by the leaves will not disappear. Therefore, it is important to know how to prevent it.

2. How to prevent powdery mildew?

Meat has powdery mildew, most of the reasons are improper maintenance of meat infected with germs. Come and see if you have made the following maintenance mistakes!

Mistake 1: pour water on the leaves

Some flower friends are busy during the day and have time to water the meat and leaves only when they get home in the evening. The temperature is low and evaporation is slow at night. If it goes on for a long time, the meat is likely to get powdery mildew. Water the roots and try to keep the leaves out of the water.

Error 2: poor ventilation

Usually put the meat in a well-ventilated place to breathe fresh air and prevent it from being infected by germs in the foul air.

Aphids

Aphids lie on the tender stems and leaves of meat, sucking nutrients from meat. Aphids multiply very quickly. If you don't kill them in time, I'm afraid all the flowers you raise will be wiped out by aphids!

1. How to kill aphids?

Method 1: spray pepper spray

Cut the chili into small pieces, soak them in cold water for three or four hours, put 8-10 chili peppers in 500ml water, spray and kill the aphids first, and finally pour the chili peppers directly into the basin. The aphids must be dead!

Method 2: buy neem oil

Go to the flower market to buy neem oil, buy a small bottle can take a long time, can effectively kill all the aphids on the leaves and in the soil! Follow the instructions to dilute the leaves or pour them into the soil, and all the aphids will die!

2. How to prevent aphids?

It is best to isolate the succulent plants just bought home for a few days. If no diseases and insect pests are found, put them together with other flowers and put them in a well-ventilated place.

Regularly check the leaves for aphids, regularly spray some pepper water or neem oil, can effectively prevent aphids.

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