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- These pests buy orchids the floral cutting - tips to combat
- Identify lice and fight effectively - That's the way it works
- How to effectively combat spider mites - Tips on the symptoms
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If the pest infestation is recognized in good time, the pest spirits can usually be disposed of with home remedies
These pests buy orchids the floral cutting - tips to combat
Large-laced orchids become very petulant when insidious vermin attacks them. Now the Queen of Flowers needs your support to fend off the pests. Read here how to diagnose and successfully combat an infestation.
Identify lice and fight effectively - That's the way it works
Lice of all kinds cause considerable problems for orchids. This applies to woolen lice and lice, as well as aphids and aphids alike. By checking the leaves on the top and bottom every few days, you'll be on the point of finding the cunning vermin in time. Pay attention to these signs:
By incorporating high-percentage alcohol in the countermeasures, you increase the control success. First shower the affected orchid vigorously with water before quarantining the plant. Wipe the affected parts of the plant with an alcohol-soaked cloth.Dissect the small shell of scale insects or the waxy covering of lice by dabbing the pests individually with cotton swabs soaked in spirit.
How to effectively combat spider mites - Tips on the symptoms
The second large group of vermin comes from the insect class of arachnids. Among the more than 1,200 species, it is explicitly the common spider mite (Tetranychus urticae), which targets orchids. Furthermore, the orchid spider mite (Brevipalpus californicus) has specialized as a subspecies on the exotic flowers. These features show an infection with spider mites:
If you have found this vermin on your orchid, you should thoroughly flush the affected orchid - if the species tolerates it. In order to combat the spider mites, biological insecticides based on neem oil have proven to be excellent in practice. If you are confronted with a hard-nosed colony of spider mites, prepare an acaricide, such as spider mite-free Kanemite by Dr. Ing. Stähler, the vermin killed.
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It may seem like a truism, yet deserves your attention. An expertly-groomed orchid develops a high degree of resistance to pests of all kinds by itself. Situated in a bright, warm location, submerged in warm water every week and fertilized every 4 weeks, cunning pests and pathogens have few chances.