Improper farming practices, errors in care, like a magnet, attract different pests, bacteria and viruses. In addition, tender carnations often suffer from attacks of caterpillars, sheet miner, thrips, aphids and even mice. You can fix the situation mechanically, cutting off the damaged parts of the plant, or chemical. Than to process a carnation and which of the methods is more effective, we will try to understand with concrete examples.
Did you know? The smell of cloves of any kind and variety does not tolerate mosquitoes. To protect yourself, it is enough to rub open areas with tincture of a flower plant. For its preparation, 3 tablespoons of dry potion is poured half a liter of boiling water and infused for 6 hours.
Gallic nematode
It is the most dangerous pest for Turkish carnation bushes, as it can sit for years in the soil, waiting for a treat. The gall nematode develops in the root system and provokes its rotting. The first signs of the disease are expressed by the suspension in the development of the flower, its lifelessness, yellowing foliage. At first glance, it may seem that the clove lacks mineral fertilizers. But the cause of the disease in the withering away of the roots. Digging them, you will see numerous galls.
Save the plant is no longer possible. It needs to be burned. And the soil should be disinfected 4 times with the Aktara, Rogora solution. If you do not want to use chemicals, you can do the procedure with boiling water, and you need to repeat until the earth warms up to 50 degrees. Then the affected area is covered with a film and left for some time to save heat. If the desired effect is not, the use of nematocides cannot be avoided. As a preventive measure to combat this pest of carnations in the spring, the site should be sown several times with watercress, repeating the procedure until cold. The pest does not tolerate this culture.
Caterpillars scoop
During the formation of buds, the plant can obese caterpillar scoop. Insidious pest appears only in the evening, devouring the leaves and not yet ripe petals. If you manage to see the voracious parasites, immediately collect them. Otherwise, noticing the eaten stalks of the flower, treat it with biological insecticides. Numerous caterpillars on the leaves are carnated by the drugs: Iskra, Aktellik, Zolon, Arrivo, Fitoverm, Bi-58, Inta-Vir.
Did you know? Carnation in Greek means flower of Zeus. The name dates back to the XIY century. In modern Japan, cloves are considered official. by plant Kanagawa City.
Gorchakovy elephant
These pests harm all parts of the clove. They look like small bugs up to 5 mm long, with a yellow-brown back and striped, black and white wing liners. They hibernate under the cover of foliage in the top layer of soil, and with the onset of heat they creep out and begin to nibble intensively on the stems, leaving behind them unaesthetic holes. The females bear the greatest threat to the flower. They lay eggs in the leaf fibers of which the larvae appear over time. Small worms feed on the flesh of the foliage, without affecting the hard veins.
Breeding beetles on a carnation can be mechanically removed by removing the damaged stems of the crop. From the soil of parasites expel deep digging. In extreme cases, with the abundant breeding of a bitter elephant, the plant is sprayed with a 10% solution of Karbofos at the rate of 75 g of the drug per 10 liters of water.
Leaf miner
Outside of these parasites do not see. Their turbulent livelihoods occur inside the sprouts and after a while reflect on the condition of the bush. Take a closer look at the stems and leaves. An unmistakable sign of malicious insects on a carnation is gnawed turns. In them you can see only grown mole. Leaf miner is a small fly up to 3 mm long with a brown back and wings. It can be of different shapes and different shades of brown. Penetrating into the plant, the larvae in a few days turn the foliage into a sieve, devouring its fiber to maintain vitality. After two weeks, an adult mole grows from them.
Even other insects can carry parasites from diseased plants to healthy ones. If you notice that the flying butterfly has left a small bubble on the leafs of the carnation - this is exactly what you need to fear. Soon the miner will make itself felt: at first there are stab marks that the female leaves when laying eggs, then the rapid drying of the flower begins.
Important! Leaf miners get used to chemicals that are particularly resistant to pesticides.
To counter the further development of the disease, immediately remove the affected stems and bury them to great depths. Some flower growers hang yellow planks near the plants, which attract the mole. If the butterflies are in large quantities, try to wash them off with a stream of water. Still, the greater effect will be from the treatment of plants with preparations containing feverfew. Also in the fight against leaf miner help: "Damilin", "Aktellik", "Detsis", "Karbofos", "Kinmiks".
If you are not a supporter of chemistry, try paraffin casting process to block the parasites air access. Get ready for a long process of treatment, because insects are very resistant, and to bring them out is not so easy. Regardless of the method of treatment, it is recommended to repeat the procedure daily up to 5 times a day. Unfortunately, the carnation is completely defenseless, no prophylaxis will save it from the pests of the mineral and will not prevent it from laying eggs where it pleases.
Spider mite
The tiny size of this pest is radically opposed to the loss that a tick brings to a plant, drinking from it all the juice. More often, the parasites squat the leaves below, and soon small spots appear on top of them. After a while they increase and are striking with their lifelessness. If you look closely, in the small web through a magnifying glass you can see the tiny master. Its size is up to 0.5 mm. But do not strain your eyes to see a spider mite on a carnation.
His presence can be guessed by the following features:
- yellow spots appear;
- bronze, silver stripes on the backlit sheet;
- holes on the foliage (rarely);
- Carnation leaves began to deform, in advanced cases they may fall off.
Did you know? To make sure that the plant is tormented by a spider mite, put a piece of paper under the sheet and shake it a little. Several parasites must fall. They can be red, yellow and even green. The most difficult to get rid of the spotted insect.
The reason for the development of spider mites on plants are high temperatures and dry air. At the first stages of infection, the plant can be treated with a solution of soap. In more difficult situations, the drugs Akarin, Lightning, Vertimek, Fitoverm will come to the rescue. In the future, in order to avoid contamination, bathe the pink from the hose regularly. For small areas sown with cloves, you can independently prepare acaricidal tea. To this end, mix 1 tablespoon of cinnamon powder and ground cloves, add 2 tablespoons of Italian spices and pour in a liter of boiling water. When the prepared liquid is thoroughly infused, water the plants with it.
Mice
When mice get turned up on the plot, not only the carnation on the flowerbed suffers from them, but everything that gets into the teeth of shaggy rodents. The fact is that they constantly grow incisors, and the need to grind them is always relevant. Moreover, the mice are almost all in the teeth. In the flowerbeds and in the garden, hungry animals gnaw on the roots, after which the plant, of course, dies. If the domestic cat is completely splintered or not at all, you can scare away the mice with the help of natural repellents. These are the essential oils that are used for treating cotton balls and laid out under the leaves at the level of the roots. Rodents smell mint, so you can treat the plant with a spray of your own production: dilute 1 teaspoon of mint oil in 3 cups of warm water.
Another way to fight rodents is to use ultrasonic devices that emit sound signals that are not noticeable to people. Their disadvantage is the impact not only on mice, but also on dogs, cats and other domestic animals. If animal disturbance annoys you, set up an ordinary mousetrap. And for calm and complete safety, protect your yard from rats and mice with toxic chemicals.
Important! Most rodents are able to withstand arsenic toxins and anticoagulant poison. At the same time, chemicals are very dangerous for people and animals. If your favorite cat catches a mouse that has already managed to try your treat, it will certainly die. The safest way to protect against mice is owls.
Slugs
Where the humidity hardly rises, these nasty gastropods are right there. They are appetizing devouring young stems and leaves, causing irreparable damage to the plant. It is necessary to fight with them immediately, as soon as you notice their presence. Otherwise, during the season, slugs will build up so much that it will be impossible to get rid of them. Some growers resort to using kitchen spices, claiming that the pest is afraid of the smell of parsley, rosemary, cilantro, allspice. As an alternative, you can put beer traps - slugs slip on the smell and drowned in it.
Considering the fact that many harmful insects adapt and survive even after agrochemical treatment, we turned to experienced summer residents for advice. As the most effective way, we were offered treatment with toxic chemicals, emphasizing that when choosing, we must make sure that it is safe for the soil and the environment. According to experts, from a variety of drugs for pests of cloves, the impeccable reputation of "Ferramol", "Brosa", "Snacola", "Slyneed".
It would be nice to stop watering for a while and allow the soil to dry out, and it is also effective to feed with substances that the mollusks do not tolerate. For example, calcium. Also with the preventive purpose it is possible to protect plants with a scattering of nutshells, decorative pebbles or a 3-5 cm tall flower barrier. Slugs will never climb onto the mulch with sawdust and bark.
Earworm
A brisk insect looks like a long brown beetle with wings. It grows up to 2 cm in length, it can be wingless, at the end of the body has two barbs resembling claws. Earwigs are nocturnal, eat plants. On the carnation, they gnaw at everything, leaving behind huge holes and dead fibers of the plant. Happy love to hide under the foliage and in the stones. Will relieve the culture of the voracious pest insecticides. From folk remedies effective treatment of garlic garlic infusion.
Thrips
Probably, there is no such plant that these small insects would not feed on. Their size is not more than 14 mm, the color is often found black-gray and brown. Settling in a flower bed, thrips suck the juice from the flowers. Moreover, in the process of vital activity they transmit viruses.
Important! It is difficult to calculate thrips in a flower bed, because at first they occupy only one plant, hiding under the leaves.
Starting the expulsion of insects from your site, please note: these pests are the most resistant, and it will not be easy to say goodbye to them. There is no time to lose, because with each week their number will double. Having found thrips, inspect the plants growing near the plant, remove the damaged parts from them, as well as the fallen off larvae and dead leaves. Wash the carnations from the hoses and treat them with insecticide: "Fitoverm", "Vertimek", "Agravertin", "Aktara", "Aktellik", "Konfidor".
Before preparing the solution, carefully read the instructions and follow the safety precautions. Spraying carnations from pests is repeated a week later, when the larvae appear from eggs laid in the leaves. In the future, do not let the soil dry out, for these conditions are exactly what trips need.
Aphid
It can breed on all parts of the plant, but is more common on young leaves and inflorescences, as well as on the inside of the leaf. Insects practically do not move: sit and eat. They suck the juice at the cellular level. With a strong infection, galls may form on the stems. I will help insecticides to save carnations from aphids: "Fitoverm", "Aktara", "Aktellik", "Iskra", "Karbofos", "Karate", "Akarin". Folk remedies offer many recipes for aphids. One of them: 400 g of green tops of tomatoes are crushed, then pour 1 liter of boiling water and boil for half an hour. Before spraying add 4 g of any soap. For prophylaxis, regularly inspect the flowers, do not allow the appearance of ant hills on the flowerbed.
Did you know? Ants take care of aphids, protect them from predatory insects and promote the transfer to other plants.
Spring fly
Carnations are very fond of various flies. They appear in the spring from the pupae hibernating in the soil. The larvae penetrate the leaf structure and feed on the plant. In places where the parasites have formed passages, the death of the tissue begins, even the plant decays. During the season, flies raise up to three generations in a favorite culture. It is possible to get rid of insects mechanically, regularly inspecting and removing damaged plants. If such measures are already too late, try spraying a clove with 10% Karbofos at the rate of 75 g of solution per 10 liters of water, or 10% of Trifos at the rate of 100 g per 10 liters of water. Also effective treatment with drugs: "Flyer", "Aktara", "Karate", "Medvetoks".
