Scale insects on succulent plants cannot be removed. Teach you to find the source to control insect pests.

Scale insects are actually a kind of small insects, most of which have waxy secretions. Scale insects are the most common pests in succulent plants, which are often clustered on the stems and leaves of plants and suck up the sap in their stems and leaves, resulting in the withering of plant stems and leaves, and some even death of the whole plant. In addition, it will also induce soot disease, which is very harmful to plants. The reproductive ability of scale insects is very strong, and the eggs hatch into nymphs, which form scale insects after a short period of crawling. the high incidence period of insect pests is in the environment of high temperature and humidity in summer. There is no doubt that scale insects are the most annoying creatures for succulent people. Without one, they are used to their existence. But for succulent novices, they can't accept it. How can I have scale insects in my succulent plants? why do succulent plants grow scale insects?

90% of the reason for succulent plant scale insects is that you buy succulent branches and leaves, roots, soil scale insects, or eggs, but you don't see them until they explode to a large scale. The greenhouse itself is a high-outbreak area of scale insects, but it has been suppressed by various means, and it is entirely possible for roots, soil, and even succulent plants to leave some insects and eggs occasionally. Scale insects generally lay eggs in two places, one on the succulent branches and leaves, and the other in the root soil. The eggs are very small, from eggs hatching to adults, two or three fast, and the slow ones take three or four months. The long time span may give you an illusion that I didn't have scale insects at that time.

How to control scale insects on succulent plants? Mixing liquor with water according to the proportion of 1:2, the surface layer of the basin soil can be watered once in the middle of April, and then every half a month or so, and the best effect can be achieved for 4 times in a row. The diseased leaves can also be wiped repeatedly with alcohol, scale insects can be completely removed, and even the larvae invisible to the naked eye can be killed. the method is safe, simple and effective. It is also possible to use rice vinegar. Gently wipe the leaves with diseases and insect pests with cotton ball dipped in rice vinegar, which can not only have a thorough insecticidal effect, but also make the plant leaves green and shiny.

Online shopping has washed the roots of succulent plants will there be shell insects? Succulent plants that have washed their roots will have shell insects, and succulent plants from the sea will wash their roots. Once, when they were removing meat, they saw huge shell insects hovering over the roots. And sometimes the succulent plants bought online look at the roots washed (you can't see the dirt and dust falling down when you remove the Kleenex, that is, the roots have been washed), but if you plant them, some succulent plants may appear as scale insects after a period of time. So unfortunately, the succulent after washing the roots will still have shell insects, perhaps because the eggs are still attached to the roots, or the larvae may be hidden in the interleaf space. But the succulent roots that have been washed must be much less than those that have not been washed, and they will not drop the soil when removing the paper, which makes them feel happier.

What if there are ants on the succulent plant? The most fundamental reason for having ants on succulent plants is that your succulent plants have the food that ants want, and as long as they don't have what ants want, there will be no ants. The most common reason why there are ants in succulent plants is that there are nectar sources in succulent plants. For example, in spring, succulent plants are very easy to blossom, and when they bloom, they have honey, so ants may come. The solution is to pinch off the flowers. Another reason for the presence of ants in succulent plants is that there are honey sources in your succulent bodies. When there are scale insects or aphids, both of them secrete beeswax, which ants like to eat. The solution is to kill insects and wash clean succulent plants.

Not all succulent plants grow in the desert, so you can't have the idea of watering it once every half a month. Although it is true that many succulent plants grow in the desert, it does not mean that all succulent plants are drought-tolerant. Many succulent plants are hybrid horticultural varieties and still need to be nourished by water. Many people think that succulent plants are afraid of water, so when they water succulent plants, they only water the surface slightly, only to wet the surface of the soil, but not thoroughly. In this way, it is easy to cause succulent roots to be distributed on a very shallow surface, which is not conducive to the healthy growth of succulent plants. Of course, watering can not be too much, otherwise succulent is easy to black rot.

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