What if there are ants in bonsai?

Flower lovers may often encounter ants when raising flowers, especially potted flowers. So how to control ants in potted flowers? Here are a few ways to control ants for flower friends.

How to control ants in potted plants? Flower lovers may often encounter ants when raising flowers, especially potted flowers. So how to control ants in potted flowers?

I. Elimination of ant sources

Potted flowers should stay away from ant nests. If you find ants in the pot soil, follow the ant crawling route first, find the ant nest, drown with water, burn, spray and other methods to eliminate them. Sprinkle some lime on the ant nest and ant crawling route to prevent ants from harming again.

II. Physical control

1, the application of decomposed fertilizer, base fertilizer or organic fertilizer must be fully fermented, decomposed organic fertilizer, do not use raw fertilizer or semi-ripe fertilizer, so as not to cause ants to seek food.

2, cleaning leaves on the residual flies, moths, aphids, mites and other insect excrement easy to attract ants to find food, so often spray leaves with water, keep it clean. At the same time, we should clean the ground frequently and keep the potted flower maintenance ground clean and hygienic, so as to avoid smelly substances attracting ants.

3. Soak the potted flowers that have been harmed by ants into a bucket of water for 30 to 60 minutes. Ants can not withstand flooding, will climb out of the pot soil, at this time can float in the water and climb in the pot flower stems and leaves on the ants eliminated.

4, garlic insect repellent with garlic peeled, smashed, buried these debris in the basin soil, ants can not withstand garlic fumigation will escape by themselves.

5, turn over the pot to remove the plants that have built nests at the roots, the most effective way is to turn over the pot in the pool and eliminate all the ants. Wash the roots of the plants and plant the potted plants in fresh, disinfected soil.

III. Chemical control

1, basin soil disinfection in the basin or before turning over the basin, with 40% formalin, 65% zinc powder, 50% carbendazim powder and other agents to disinfect the basin soil, kill termites, ants and their eggs in the basin soil.

2, buried in the medicine soil with 50% trichlorfon wettable powder 1 part and 50 parts of sieved fine soil mixed well to make medicine soil, and then the medicine soil buried in the basin soil at equal distances to eliminate ants.

3. Irrigate the plants that are not suitable for turning over pots in hot weather and buried in the soil, or the ants have built nests in the pot soil, mix 50% phoxim emulsifiable concentrate with 500 to 1000 grams of water, or mix 1000 grams of water with 40% dimethoate emulsion with 5 to 10 grams to prepare the liquid medicine, pour the liquid medicine into the pot soil and the place with ants, and then seal the whole flower pot with plastic bags for 12 hours. All ants can be killed.

Termites and ants do great harm to potted flowers. They not only damage the stem, but also destroy the root system of the plant, resulting in the weakening of the plant's ability to absorb and transmit nutrients and water, resulting in poor growth, wilting and even death of the plant. Therefore, flower friends must pay attention to prevention and control.

Novice gardeners don't know ants on the harm of flowers, they want not to hurt them, in fact, they are the enemy of flowers! Ants feed aphids, scale insects, etc., and move pests from plant to plant (or do you think they fly?)

Ants like aphids, scale insect excrement (for them is honey), so will help pests harm plants, so flower friends see ants to be removed as soon as possible. You can sprinkle some soaked citrus water (lemon is the most effective) next to the flowerpot to prevent ant invasion.

Here are the 4 easiest ways:

1. Soak in water

First use a large basin filled with water, and then completely soak the potted plant into the water, water to submerge the flowerpot, soak for 20 minutes and then pick up the flowerpot, so that all ants will drown.

2. Poisonous drugs

Pesticide stores and produce stores sell ant poisons (like rat poison) that ants eat and die off. Buy some and put them in places where ants haunt or along their paths.

3. Soapy water irrigation

This method requires that your plants grow strong and withstand stress. Soapy water mixed with water, diluted 500 times, and then watered into the soil, flowerpot placed for 30 minutes, then watered with clean water, repeated several times, you can clean up the ants in the flowerpot, the soil of other small reptiles is also very effective.

Pay attention to the amount of control, if the plant grows weak, do not do so.

4. Pesticide spraying

Go to the pesticide store to buy the family pyrethroids that kill insects directly, such as the common Miaizheng, directly sprayed to the ant infested place and flower pot, the advantage is simple and fast; the disadvantage is that it cannot be completely removed, and the soil cannot be killed.

Ants not only affect the growth of flowers and trees, but also cause death of flowers and trees, damage furniture, pollute food, and bring many troubles to flower growers. Here are a few simple prevention methods:

1. Soil exchange method

The number of flowers is not much, and the ants are found earlier. In order to completely eliminate the ants, the soil can be completely changed immediately. The method is that the original soil with ants and their eggs is completely replaced with fresh soil, the soil replaced should be thoroughly disinfected, and the flowerpot can be used only after checking that there are no ant eggs. Before the flowerpot is filled with new soil, it should be carefully cleaned, and the replaced soil should be treated with insecticides in time. The place where the flowerpots are placed after soil replacement should be sprayed with mirex or other insecticides.

2. Spray method

For ants with a large number and a wide range of activities, Miehailing can be used to spray the surface of the pot soil and around the flowerpot during the peak period of ant activity in summer and autumn. Note that the liquid medicine cannot be sprinkled on the flowers and leaves. Generally, once every 5 days, continuous spraying for 5 times can control the harm of ants.

3. Plant medicine method

Ants are found in the soil of flowerpots. Appropriate amount of trichlorfon tablets for animals can be buried in the soil in and around ant nests. According to the size of flowerpots, 5-8 tablets are generally appropriate. Then water them thoroughly every day. After 7 days, ants in pots can be killed.

4. Trap method

At the place 20 cm away from the flowerpot where ants are found, use small pieces of pigskin or chicken bones to trap and kill them. Do not put any medicine into the traps. Generally, the meat skin or chicken bones will be discovered by ants after 2-3 hours. In order to carry food, ants will be dispatched in full force. At this time, spray with Miehailing, trap and kill once every 10 days, and gradually eliminate ants.