Diseases of indoor plants: pests (part 2)

Poduda (springback)

Miserables These are small white caterpillars that start inwet earth. These caterpillars up to 2 mm long live on the surface of waterlogged soil. When drying the soil in the flowerpot can go to a shallow depth. Adult insects of the sub-streams are very easy to see: when watering they begin to jump. Often, the pods can start in a pan, in which water remains for a long time.

Pests are absolutely harmless to plants. But their appearance is evidence of anotherdanger - wetting the soil, which will lead to decay of horses. There are no other accompanying diseases of indoor plants. To get rid of the pods is very easy: just stop too abundant and often water the plant. But if your plant requires frequent and abundant watering, you can use the drug basidine.

Flat tick (planter)

Various diseases of indoor plants cause very small mites 0.25-04 mm in length. The most common red (orange) flat tick. This pest most often settles on cacti,citrus plants, ficuses, etc. The appearance of flat mites can be evidenced only by the slow wilting of the leaves and the subsequent death of the plant. These flat pliers, unlike spiderwebs, do not weave a spider web. Therefore, it is very difficult to detect flat mites on a plant.

Flat mites are also dangerous because they can multiply throughout the year at an ordinary room temperature of 18-24 ° C. The folk method of pest control, such as wiping leaves with a soapy water solution, does not give positive results. Therefore, immediately treat the plant with insecticides: fufan, aktellikom, karate, phytophythm and others.

Nematodes

Diseases of indoor plants can be caused by various worms. The most dangerous is considered nematode. Nematode worms are a dangerous pest that can live both in roots and in the leaves and stems of a plant. Different types of nematodes should be distinguished.

Root nematode is rare. These small worms up to 1.5 mm long grow and develop in the roots of the plant. Damage to the root system promotes the penetration of fungi and infections that cause various diseases of indoor plants. Because of the damage caused by the root nematode, the plant stops growing, turns yellow and then dies.

Leaf nematode Are worms up to 1 mm long. They move very fast, so they hit a large number of leaves on the plant. The leaves affected by the nematode are thinner, becoming like a touch on parchment paper. The defeat of the leaves by the nematode is very similar to the various diseases of houseplants caused by bacterial diseases - dry spots of irregular shape appear. Later the leaves completely wither or begin to rot. Remember that nematodes quickly settle from one plant to another.

The stem nematode affects both stems, flowers and leaves. Most often, hyacinths, tulips, phloxes, begonias and other bulbous plants are affected by the stem nematode. A stem nematode is very easy to distinguish from a leaf nematode. The stem nematode causes a wrong development of the plant: a thickening of the tissue appears on the stem. Swellings on the shoots also indicate a nematode attack.

Effective methods for combating this pest are not available.. To prevent the nematode from spreading toother plants, destroyed flowers destroy. The land in which the affected plants grew should preferably not be used again. Vases, in which there were diseased plants, should be disinfected with hot water. The nematode does not tolerate temperatures above 45-48 ° C. To save the bulbous plants affected by the stem nematode, you can dip the bulbs into hot water at 45 ° C for several minutes.

Mealybug

Another dangerous pest that can cause the development of diseases of indoor plants is mealybug. Only the females and larvae of the worm kill plants. The worms are fairly large pests 3.5 mm long. They can easily be seen on the leaf axils because of their white coating. Powdery moth damages leaves, buds, pedicels, petioles and branches of various indoor flowers: citrus fruits, fuchsia, prickly pears, amaryllis, etc.

Powdery intestines move very fast, so they can attack plants onlarge enough territory. Due to damage to the plant by larvae and adult specimens of the worm, the plant lingers in growth, the leaves turn yellow. New shoots of plants can shrink. Sozhistye fungi often settle on the secretions of chervets. To combat the worms, the plant is wiped with a soap solution. In case of severe damage to plants, this pest is recommended treatment with insecticides, such as actar, actellic or carbophos.