Scale insects do great harm to succulent plants. Teach you to manage and control pests effectively.

The most annoying thing about raising succulent plants is insect pests, especially scale insects. Early spring and summer are the high incidence period of succulent plant scale insects. Cactus and succulent plants are blocked after being pierced by mesoporous insects, and the color of leaves (stems) turns dark. In the later stage, the heart of the plant will be occupied by a vast expanse of white scale insects, and even cause bituminous coal disease, sometimes leaving enthusiasts at a loss and having to discard them to prevent the further spread of insect pests.

Scale insects on succulent plants have a small range of activity and can only move in different parts of the same plant or between adjacent plants. But it is such a slow-moving creature that extends its power everywhere. We'd better choose a safer method to get rid of worms. If flower friends find succulent scale shells in the early days, they can pinch them to death one by one with tweezers or needles.

For scale insects, an appropriate amount of 75% alcohol can be dipped in oil brush and brushed off many times in the concentrated parts of scale insects. The principle and advantages of alcohol killing scale insects: 75% alcohol has the effect of surface sterilization and disinfection, and the main components volatilize quickly after treatment. Less epidermis residue, it is not easy to form spots that affect the beauty of the plant. On the other hand, the oil painting pen can flexibly and effectively brush off the naughty scale insects in the cactus and succulent plants, such as valleys, folds, lean bases, the back of leaves and the overlap of two leaves. by using this method, the scale insects can be cleaned up and the pests of scale insects can be controlled at a relatively low stage.

The reason why scale insects are difficult to cure is that they reproduce quickly, secrete wax on their body surface and carry shields (scale shells) with them. in order to improve the resistance of succulent plants and resist diseases and insect pests, it is best to use ecologically safe organic fertilizer to protect fertilizers, especially for succulent plants. promote succulent plants to rub long, with many leaves, strong plants and strong resistance. It is usually found in a large group, and you can climb from this basin to several other pots, so it is necessary to isolate this basin of succulent plants when you find scale insects.

A flower friend asked me, does solar energy kill scale insects on succulent plants? That's a good question. In fact, scale insects can't die in the sun. You can also use vinegar (rice vinegar) 50ml, put small cotton balls into vinegar after soaking, gently wipe with wet cotton balls, you can kill the scale insects, you can also use alcohol to gently wipe the diseased plants, you can get rid of the scale insects.

In fact, there will also be scale insects in the succulent plant basin soil, and if it is serious, the whole plant can be removed and washed, dried and replanted, and the original soil can be discarded. It is not serious to spread cloth or paper towels on the spray to prevent bugs from flushing into the basin soil, adjust the spray can into a column of water, and wash it with the impulse of water flow, which is not a radical cure, but it can effectively control reproduction and reduce damage to succulent plants.

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