Where do indoor bugs come from? how to prevent potted plants from being infected with diseases and insect pests?

If you keep a bunch of potted plants at home like me, and you are afraid of getting infected with diseases and insect pests in summer, but you don't know how to prevent these insects, then you can refer to them. First of all, you need to know where these diseases and insect pests come from.

Care indoor potted plants must pay attention to regular inspection, every day to look at the back and front of the leaves, check whether the leaves are defective, found that pests and diseases should be cleaned up in time, if the diseases and insect pests become very serious, it is very difficult to deal with.

Where do diseases and insect pests come from?

Potted plants are raised outdoors and are particularly susceptible to diseases and insect pests in summer. Of course, this is not the only way to infect insects, even plants raised in the room all the year round are susceptible to diseases and insect pests.

Indoor plant infections are mainly caused by the following ways:

Whether fresh produce is bought from grocery stores or supermarkets, they are likely to carry some diseases and insect pests, the most common of which are aphids and pink insects.

I have seen many times that vegetables and fruits bought at the grocery store have aphids on them. If they are not handled properly, these pests will run to potted plants. The most common place where indoor potted plants are infected with pests is through doors and windows, especially all kinds of shell insects and red spiders. In summer, it is easy to run to indoor potted plants through the window.

Potted soil is also the main way to infect diseases and insect pests, some pests will also lay eggs in the basin soil, such as the common small black fly, root pink scale, most of the pests will live and breed in the basin soil, in order to avoid infecting insect pests, the cultivated soil must be sterilized before use, if the old soil can be exposed to the sun.

New potted plants bought at home may also carry diseases and insect pests, no matter where you buy them, florist or online plants have to undergo close inspection and be completely healthy before they can be placed with the potted plants at home. Even some cut flowers or other fresh flowers bought should be checked to see if there are signs of diseases and insect pests on the buds behind the leaves.

The other is to pay attention to the ants around potted plants, which sounds crazy. Ants are small insects that transport aphids and scale insects to healthy plants and specialize in raising these pests. People who grow flowers hate ants. Ants will swallow the droppings of aphids and scale insects, that is, their nectar, and they will put the plants on the healthy plants of these pests, so we should be vigilant when we see ants around the potted plants.

In summer, we should do a good job in the protection of potted plants against diseases and insect pests, pay attention to keeping the environment ventilated and there is stagnant water around it, remove it in time, and avoid raising potted plants in an airtight environment.

Watering potted plants should also be careful to avoid excessive moisture in the soil. If sudden long-term accumulation of water can easily infect Xiao Hei Fei, they will continue to reproduce in the soil and lay eggs in the soil, which can reproduce in 5 to 7 days.

If you accidentally infect Xiao Hei Fei, you must pay attention to control watering and keep the soil properly dry. These Xiaofei will become extinct. After soaking in water with mosquito-repellent incense, you can pour them into the soil to remove the eggs.