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How to Save Fruit Trees from Aphids: 14 Methods Without Chemicals
05.05.2023 02:30
Aphids are one of the most common pests found in the garden.
If you do not take timely measures to combat this small but very harmful insect, you can lose a significant part of your harvest.
Many summer residents are against the use of chemicals.
In this case, folk methods will do. For example, affected plants can be sprayed with solutions prepared using the following means.
Soap
Grate 300 grams of laundry soap on a coarse grater, add 2 liters of warm water, and mix.
After complete dissolution, pour in 8 liters of cold water and stir again. If liquid soap is used, take 125 milliliters per bucket of water.
Ash
A half-liter jar of wood ash is combined with 10 liters of boiling water, infused for a couple of days, then filtered.
Soda
In a liter of warm water, stir soda (baking soda - 2 tablespoons, calcined soda - 1 tablespoon). You can add some soap shavings to the solution.
Birch tar
Mix 2 tablespoons of liquid or grated laundry soap into warm water (1 liter). Then add a tablespoon of tar and mix well. Add 9 liters of water to this mixture.
Kerosene
For a bucket of water, take half a teaspoon of kerosene and a pinch of grated laundry soap.
Ammonia
Pour 40 milliliters of 10% ammonia into a bucket of water and add a little soap shavings.
Iodine
For 10 liters of water, use 2 tablespoons of soda, the same amount of soap and a teaspoon of iodine.
Hydrogen peroxide
In a bucket of water, mix 3 tablespoons of peroxide, 2 tablespoons of alcohol and 100 grams of grated laundry soap.
Vinegar
To 10 liters of water add 5 tablespoons of 9% vinegar and any soapy solution to improve adhesion.
Tobacco
A glass of tobacco leaves is poured with 5 liters of boiling water, left to infuse for a day, and then filtered.
Onion peel
Place 400 grams of husk in a container, pour in 10 liters of boiling water and let it brew for about 2 days. Before spraying, strain the solution and add a little grated soap.
Red pepper
Grind about a kilogram of fresh hot red pepper pods and mix with 10 liters of water. Leave for 10 days. To treat plants, take 100 grams of this solution per bucket of water. You can also use ground red pepper.
Mustard
Pour 100 grams of dry mustard into a bucket of water and leave for 2 days. Dilute with another bucket of water and add a handful of soap shavings.
Tomato tops
Chopped fresh tops (about 4 kilograms) are poured with water in the amount of 10 liters, insisted for several hours. After that, boil for 30 minutes on low heat, cool, filter. Before use, dilute with water 1:4.
Celandine
Take 4 kilograms of raw grass, pour a bucket of boiling water over it, leave it for two days, strain, and add soap.
Consumption per adult tree is at least 5 liters of working solution.
It is better to spray plants in the evening or early in the morning in calm, dry weather.
The treatment starts from the top, gradually moving downwards. Several procedures are carried out during the season.
