Tortured by aphids on Honeysuckle? I tell you a proven way to get rid of her once and for all
Surely many farmers will agree with me that aphids are one of the most vicious, widespread and difficult to remove pests of honeysuckle.
Scientists say that in just a few generations, aphids are able to develop immunity to some store-bought chemicals. And those that successfully get rid of it are able, of course, to make the plants in the orchard far from environmentally safe.
But fortunately, there are also folk methods. Some of them are really effective. And I want to share the one that helped me out more than once.
For the treatment of cultural plantings from parasites, infusions and decoctions with representatives of the genus Onions are often used, but only in garlic it is contained in the right amount of specific essential oils and allicin sulfoxide, which is formed in this vegetable only when it is mechanically destroyed cells.
And allicin is two in one for aphids. Poison and preventive deterrent against her new invasions.
To prepare this miracle remedy, inexpensive and simple, you need:
1. Chop 400 g of garlic cloves.
2. Pour the garlic into a bowl with 1 liter of water.
3. Place the container on the stove and bring to a boil.
4. Remove from heat, let everything cool down and brew for 2-3 hours.
5. Strain the liquid.
6. Dilute with clean water in proportions 1: 5.
In order for the product to linger on the honeysuckle, I advise you to add about 20 g of shavings of ordinary laundry soap to it. It was soap, not dishwashing detergent and nothing else!
After that, you can finally pour the product into a bottle with a spray bottle in portions and go to process the honeysuckle.
Garlic is completely harmless to honeysuckle - flowers do not suffer from it, ovaries do not fall off, which means that good yields can be expected.
Based on personal experience, I can say that aphids are most likely to attack during flowering. And if you manage to spray the honeysuckle with garlic water literally 2 times with an interval of 10 days, then until the end of the season it will no longer appear on it.
The best time for spraying is in the evening, because after the morning treatment, the sun's rays that peep out can cause burns on the honeysuckle greens.
But no matter how good urgent measures are, one should not forget about prevention - personally, I try to attract a site of ladybirds that destroy aphids, and also plant marigolds under it, the smell of which, in principle, is not liked by many pests.