Content
- Pansies rarely get sick
- Detect diseases and pests
- Remedy
- Resistant pansies breed themselves
- Tips & Tricks
Pansies are rarely affected by disease
Pansies rarely get sick
The robust pansies are not completely spared by disease and pest infestation. In the short life of the plants, however, the damage is usually limited and the effort for the rescue wants to be considered.
Previous article Need Pansy Frost Protection?The pansies are not only popular because of their flowers. They decorate our gardens and balconies in the gloomy autumn days and in early spring with their cheerful colorful colors. The small plants are also easy to care for, hardy and not susceptible to disease. Their robustness is due to their origins as meadow and field plant.
Detect diseases and pests
The pansies can in rare cases be infested with the following diseases and pests:
Remedy
If individual plants or parts of plants are affected, hobby gardeners can use a variety of home remedies as "first aid". Spraying the plants with garlic or onion decoction can sometimes be a quick remedy for mildew. The aphids can be sold with the strong scent of lavender or with the coffee flavor. In the rarest case - if whole planting is affected - one will have to consider whether the rescue measures such. B. treatment with sprays worth or only immediate removal and destruction can help.
Resistant pansies breed themselves
The self-grown outdoor pansies are more robust than the grown in the greenhouses pottery. Especially the autumn-seeded pansies are characterized not only by higher flowering time and fullness, but also by their vigorous growth, frost resistance and insensitivity to diseases. The pansies can be sown with little effort themselves. In order to have flowering pansies in early spring, sowing in August / September must be done outdoors or during the winter months in a cool room.
Tips & Tricks
Usually only the severely neglected plants are affected by diseases and pests.