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Spider mite on indoor plants - photo:
Leaves form numerous light spotsand if the colony is large, the plant is covered with a thin, barely noticeable gossamer(hence the name of the tick) and very soon begins to dry.
They are difficult to detect due to too small in size and color, helping to merge with foliage (ticks are brownish, greenish and yellowish). The females remaining for wintering are red in color.
Mite females live less than a month, but during this period hundreds of eggs are able to lay. New individuals appear in the clutch after three days. The biggest problem is that eggs up to 5 years old stay alive.
They are waiting in the wings on the bark, in the axils of the plant, in the ground and even in the window frames, on the window sills and in the cleaved flower pots. That is why struggle with them can be long.
Often spider mites bring from the shoptherefore, a new plant should be quarantined for at least two weeks.
Tick species
Web on flowers: what to do? To understand how to remove spider mites from room flowers, you need to know that they there are several types:
Houseplants are attacking other types of Putin's mites: pacific, strawberry, red (flat).
All mites are capable adapt to the most adverse conditions, inhibit the processes of vital activity before the onset of good conditions for reproduction. This condition is called diapause.
How to fight at home?
It is difficult to fight spider mites, so it’s worth practicing prevention.
Most species of mites do not like moist air, and plants need to spray more often, maintain humidity at the right level in different ways.
Immersion plants in water rarely helps, because mites are able to form an air bubble around them.
The leaves of the plant need wipe on both sides wet soft cloth, which must be constantly rinsed in hot water, so as not to transfer the mites from the plant to the plant. Fallen leaves and flowers should not be left in the pot.
Pots before reuse need to wash with detergents, it is better to store them in rooms that are not heated in winter. Frames to wash with detergents. Wooden frames to paint as often as possible.
Spider mite not only damages the plant itself, but also carries various diseases, for example, gray rot and disputes of various mushrooms.
Treatment
How to process flowers from spider mite at home?
All funds will be effective only when multiple processing. It is necessary to process and neighboring plants, frames and window sill.
Treatment
How to cure flowers from spider mites? When a tick is detected, the plant must first be thoroughly washed with household or tar soap. Lather each sheet and each sinus, whipping foam with your hands and carefully processing all parts of the plant. Flower leave for a few hours (you can and day) covering it with a plastic bag.. Then carefully wash off the soap under a warm shower.
If the defeat was insignificant, then such a procedure would be enough, though it should be be sure to repeat two or three times during the week. The plant should be sprayed with warm water twice a day and regularly inspected.
Wash the frames and windowsill with hot water with any detergent. The remaining plants on the windowsill also need to be processed in order to prophylaxis. Spider mite does not tolerate fresh air and ventilation.
What if the defeat went far enough? You must first process the soap, then spray with drugs "Intavir", "Fitoverma", "Karbofos". When processing the window in the water, it is also worth adding "Malathion".
Sometimes helps fairly simple method: near the plant put an open container with finely chopped garlicor turpentinetightly close the plant with a capacity for 2-3 days. The edges of the pot should be lubricated tar.
Ways to fight on flowers
How to get rid of spider mites on indoor flowers? For each plant it is necessary to select an individual method of control.
Orchid
Spider mite on orchid - photo:
Flower is amazed many types of ticks, for example, falenopsisom mite, living in the sinuses. Spider mite on orchids - how to fight? First, the plant should be washed with soap, then treated with one of the chemicals, it is better to use a non-toxic "Fitoverm" or an aqueous solution of the drug "Actellic".
Spider mite on orchid: what are the control measures? To combat the tick use special sticks produced in Holland, which are stuck in the ground in a pot with an orchid. Act sticks "Plant-pin" and "Etisso" It is based on the following principle: the substance of which they are composed dissolves during irrigation, absorbs into the ground and is absorbed with water from the roots, from where it enters the land part of the plant, the flower becomes unsuitable for feeding mites.
Soil, moss, pots for orchids after purchase treated with boiling water in order to prevent spider mites.
What does an orchid affected by spider mites look like and how to avoid plant infestation - in this video:
Balsam
Ticks often strike balsams. If this happens at the end of summer, in autumn or winter, the plant should drastically cut off. The rest of the wash and treat with insecticide, it is better drug Alatar, as it is very difficult to get rid of the tick on the balsam.
Spider mite on balsamine - how to fight? If an infection has occurred in spring and summer, the plant is treated with soap suds, then sprayed with an insecticide, the procedure is repeated several times in 3-5 days. If the plant does not represent special value, its better throw awayand prevent the occurrence of mite on other colors.
Spider mite on balsamine - photo:
Room rose
How to cure and save the rose from spider mite at home? Spider mite on a rose in room conditions appears constantlytherefore, it is important to carry out prevention. But if the plant is already affected, then it is necessary to begin treatment as soon as possible. Are there any home remedies for spider mites on a rose?
A spider web appeared on the room rose: what to do? First, you need to wash the rose hot, up to 50-55 degrees, with water dissolved soap. Leave the plant for a day under a plastic bag and then wash it off with water of the same temperature.
Then you need to try processing garlic infusion. If this does not help, then spray with any chemical preparation, it is better to use "Neoron".
How to use the remedy for spider mites on a home rose? In each case, when you have to handle a flower, you need to resort to using different chemicals.
Spider mite on the room rose - photo:
Spider mite on home rose: how to fight?
About, what to process homemade rose from spider mite, you will learn by watching the video:
Some more helpful tips on how how to get rid from a spider mite on a rose at home, you will get from this video:
Ficus
For the prevention of spider mite ficus spray regularly. Spider mite on a ficus - how to fight? At infection carefully wipe each leaf on both sides well soaped a rag and, holding the plant a day under a plastic bag, wash the soap with warm water. Then you need to spray ficus alcohol solution of calenduladiluted with water, without missing a single sheet.
Effective leaf irradiation ultravioletthat ticks can't stand. Ficus leaves can be covered oilydrug and leave it for a few days.
Spider mite on ficus - photo:
Anthurium
When numerous tick colonies are found on a plant, it must be first wash with soap, those leaves that are hit hard, cut. Then remove from the pot, inspect the roots, remove damaged, gently wash the roots in warm water and transplant into a clean container in a new ground.
After this, spray the plant epin. As a rule, such treatment is enough.
But if you could not get rid of ticks in this way, you will have to resort to spraying more toxic drugs for example "Karate".
Spider mite on anthurium - photo:
Violet
Most often violets (Saintpaulias) are affected by cyclamen mite. Crop affected leaves, then spray the flower with the preparation Fitover, repeat the treatment twice after 10 days.
Spider mite on a violet - photo:
Dracaena
The plant infects a simple spider mite. Fighting it is washing long leaves in warm water with soap.
If, after repeatedly carrying out water procedures, the tick still remains, then it is necessary to resort to an insecticide. For example, to "Fitoverma".
Spider mite on the dracaena - photo:
The most effective prevention of spider mites on any houseplant - washing under a warm shower with household or tar soap.
Houseplants often suffer from the attacks of various insects, for example, ticks. They are so small that it is almost impossible to notice them with the naked eye. When it becomes clear why the plant suffers, it is already too late. Little monsters feed on their juice, multiply very quickly and instantly adapt to various poisons. In this article we will try to figure out how the spider mite appears on houseplants and how to deal with this insidious insect at home.
general information
Insect characteristic
The spider mite, whose photo can be seen in various references, is almost imperceptible, since its dimensions are only 0.5 - 1 mm. Its body can be colored brown, green, brown or gray. It harms plants in the process of feeding. Adult individuals and their larvae consume cellular sap, for which they pierce leafy plates with their jaws.
The leaves are first covered with small transparent dots, then they begin to turn yellow, dry and fly around. All this leads to the termination of the normal development of the houseplant, the deterioration of photosynthesis, and in more advanced cases, it dies.
Does a tick make a web?
Since this insect is called "spider web", many growers are sure that it necessarily weaves plants with spider webs. In fact, this does not always happen. Many individuals highlight a secret that stiffens in the form of threads, but often in very small quantities. Only when insects become quite a lot, they entangle the whole plant with a web.
Where does the pest come from?
Almost every florist is faced with such a problem as the emergence of a spider mite. How does this insect get on indoor plants?
First, this attack can be easily brought from the store along with a new plant. Therefore, the purchased flower is first recommended to be installed on an empty window sill for quarantine. Two weeks later, if nothing strange is found, the plant is put together with other individuals.
Secondly, the spider mite can get into the room from the street. Quite often, this insect is found in residents of lower floors, where trees grow under the windows. It is from them, on their thin cobwebs, that ticks fly over to indoor plants. If they are on the balcony, then these little individuals find it easy to get on them.
But it also happens that spider mites appear in winter, during the heating season, when the balcony is not opened at all. Where in this case they come from? This is explained by the fact that upon the occurrence of adverse factors (for example, cold weather), the female spider mite hibernates. At this time, they do not eat anything, do not manifest themselves in any way, and lie motionless in the thickness of the earth. In this form, they are able to be very long, but instantly wake up when favorable conditions occur, for example, when it becomes warm and dry. The eggs of spider mites in a state of hibernation can be about 5 years.
Insect lifestyle
Before you start fighting insects at home, you need to understand their lifestyle. These pests are very fond of heat when the temperature reaches +27 degrees, and low humidity. Spider mites live only 1 - 1.5 months, but during this time the female has time to lay several hundred eggs, of which after 3 - 5 days the young individuals leave. This information is extremely important when baiting ticks, because it is necessary to treat the plant with poisons at the moment when the younger generation begins to hatch from eggs. The eggs themselves are not affected by most modern drugs.
If a spider mite was found on a houseplant, you should follow certain recommendations.
It is necessary as soon as possible to get rid of infected parts: fallen or damaged leaves. In this case, the insect does not have time to move to neighboring plants. Damaged leaves are removed in the package., well wrapped and thrown away, and the best to burn it. If the plant is completely affected, it is advisable to throw it out so that other flowers can survive. It is necessary to pull out all the weeds in which spider mites can hide.
How to get rid?
You can fight these insects by various means. The easiest way to get rid of pests is natural cleansing, which consists of regular washing and wiping flowers. To do this, use ordinary water, which is added a few drops of mild dish detergent. The sponge is moistened in water and the individual leaves are rubbed with it, after which water is sprayed all over the plant from a spray bottle, especially trying to get to the lower part of the leaves. You should also handle the pan, pot and window sill.
If after a week the spider mites do not disappear, soap solution is applied again. Such a tool is not all plants tolerate equally well, so before applying it is necessary to test the flower. To do this, the soap solution is applied to a small part of the sheet and monitor the reaction.
Since the spider mite does not tolerate high humidity, you can fight it with frequent watering and spraying the flower. After each wetting, the plant is covered with a transparent bag and left for several days. In conditions of high humidity the insect dies. To avoid the greenhouse effect and the flower does not get sunburn, it should be placed in a shaded place.
Good help to rid the plant of this small pest such drugs as acaricides. But it is necessary to process flowers with this tool very carefully, because it is unsafe for people and animals. For sparing acaricides include:
- "Fitoverm";
- Vermitek;
- "Actofit".
Such preparations contribute to the destruction of sleeping females of the spider mite and eggs of future larvae, therefore, they are used repeatedly to achieve the desired result. If the room temperature is below +18 degrees, these drugs will be ineffective.
Plant can be sprayed with such chemicals, as:
- difokol;
- dienochlor;
- azocyclotin;
- fenbutatin.
It is not recommended to use the same remedy more than four times, as spider mites begin to get used to it and develop immunity.
You can at home to make their own special herbal tea, which is used as an acaricide. To do this, take 1 tbsp. l ground cinnamon, 1 tbsp. l ground cloves and 2 tbsp. l Italian seasoning. All ingredients are mixed and pour 1 liter of water, then brought to a boil, cool and add 2 tbsp to this mass. l chopped garlic. Filter out, after which liquid soap is added to the tea and poured into a spray bottle. This solution is sprayed on the bottom of the leaves every three days for two weeks.
Against spider mite at home well help essential oils and organic salts. Rosemary oil is used as an organic pesticide. It is necessary to dissolve a small amount of oil in water and spray it on infected flowers. The peculiarity of this tool is that it has a detrimental effect on ticks, but leaves other insects alive.
Potassium salts and fatty acids have abrasive properties. It is necessary to use them in the evening, so that the flowers stay hydrated longer.
The following insects are considered to be good helpers in the destruction of the spider mite:
- ladybug;
- predatory thrips;
- golden-eyed larva.
Since pesticides kill all insects in succession, the spider mite population begins to grow because of this. Therefore, it is better to stop using pesticides such as imidocloprid, malathion and carbaryl.
Preventive measures
If you purchased a primer for planting or transplanting indoor plants, it should not be brought into the room with flowers, but poured into containers in another place, for example, in the bathroom. After that, it is fried in a microwave or oven. In the same way come with wood bark, pebbles and sand.
Acquired plants first need bring to the bathroom and subject to water procedures, and then treated with acaricide. The effect will increase several times if after this treatment the plant is placed in plastic bags for three days. It is advisable to repeat this treatment after this, keeping the plants in quarantine all this time.
Thus, we have disassembled what constitutes a spider mite, the photo of which can be seen in numerous reference books. It is necessary to get rid of it as soon as it is discovered and it should be fought with all seriousness. If we take this “carelessly” attitude, then the non-destroyed part of insects will develop immunity to poison and it will be much more difficult to fight them.
Spider mite on indoor plants
Spider mite is one of the most dangerous pests for cultivated plants.
Mite refers to phytophages (an insect that feeds on plant matter). Small individuals are one of the most dangerous and resistant pests. There are a huge number of species of spider mite family Tetranychidae. Insect can be divided by various parameters:
- The size. Representatives from one to two millimeters are known.
- Plot of destruction. Depending on the place of settlement - bulbs, buds, buds, leaves, rhizome.
- The number of limbs. There are pests with two and four pairs of limbs.
- Degree of impact.
The tiny size of the insect is often misleading. The first signs of the appearance of pests are confused with improper care. An increase in tick populations causes significant damage to the plant.
Insect pierces, and then gnaws tissue culture. Ticks suck up vital cell sap. Subsequently, the plant metabolism is disturbed. Culture is gradually fading. Total inaction can destroy the green space.
The pest is able to survive in the most adverse conditions. For insects, the ideal temperature in the range of + 12 to + 40 degrees. One female is able to lay about two hundred eggs. Within one year more than fifteen generations can hatch.
In dry and hot weather, pests are particularly active. The onset of adverse conditions does not destroy the pest.
Under unfavorable conditions, the tick can lurk for a long time.
Ticks are able to wait out a critical time in a shelter. To do this, insects are moved to the top layer of the substrate, under plant debris or in openings. Into a state of diapause (slowing down all the life processes of the body) insects fall after certain signals:
- Reducing the duration of daylight hours to fourteen hours.
- Sharp temperature drop.
- Not enough food.
Ticks are able to return to the former way of life after the normalization of all conditions.
Signs of defeat
At the initial stage, tiny tiny dots of a milky or yellow hue appear. Markings occur after piercing insect tissue.
At the stage of sucking cell juice leaves lose color. Bleached vegetative organs dry out quickly.
Habitats
Spider mites first settle on the underside of the leaves. In the future, the pests spread to the upper areas, fruits and shoots. The defeat of large colonies is hard to miss. The plant is completely shrouded in cobwebs. On the threads you can see tiny insects of red or green color. On the body of pests are dark spots.
Mites can spread through the air. Flower growers often accidentally transfer the pest to other crops. It is important to remember that ticks can move independently to another plant.
First, the spider mite damages the underside of the leaves.
Pests move in search of food or a new breeding ground. Mites attack different varieties and subspecies of flora representatives. Therefore, the infected plant must be isolated from other cultures.
Most often in conditions of moderately continental climate there is a red spider mite. The common and Atlantic insect species is less common.
The common mite is a great threat to ornamental crops, fruit trees and vegetables. Insect recognized as a global pest. Mite is able to destroy more than 950 species of plants. Most often appears in greenhouses and indoor cultures. Differs in high protective reaction. The pest no longer responds to many chemicals.
At home, mites often damage chrysanthemums, roses and crotons.
Preventive measures and methods to combat spider mites
The rapid development of the tick occurs in a dry, hot environment. Therefore, it is desirable to air the room daily. You can also install a humidifier.
In an open area, it is necessary to destroy all weeds and plant residues in a timely manner. It is very important to water and feed all cultures regularly. Before the first cold spells should carefully dig up the soil.
Spraying and hygiene
Spider mite does not live in conditions of high humidity.
Spider mite does not tolerate high levels of humidity. Therefore, in the first place, you should periodically spray water on the plants. It is possible to leave an open container filled with water near the culture.
Perform the procedure is not recommended large, small-leaved, as well as pubescent plants. Washing does not rid the culture of spider mites. The insect may remain in the crevices and substrate. After treatment, the pest will continue to eat the plant.
Ultraviolet radiation
Spider mite on indoor plants can not withstand ultraviolet rays. In the natural environment, the pest is hidden from the sunlight under the leaves. Enough two minutes of processing plants ultraviolet lamp. The device will not only prevent the occurrence of a tick.
Before treatment with ultraviolet light, it is necessary to remove all the affected areas.
Ultraviolet increases the resistance of the culture to diseases of various origins.
Argued that the lamps have a negative impact on the development of indoor cultures. Lamps made for home use, provide plants with a sufficient level of exposure to the rays.
Alcohol treatment
At the first manifestations of spider mites, it is necessary to wipe the leaves with alcohol (96%). For processing, prepare a small spray or fleece. Excessive use can harm the plant.
It is easy enough to apply the drug to the affected areas. Alcohol should evaporate quickly. The forums often recommend diluting alcohol. In fact, the tool will lose its effectiveness. Prolonged evaporation can cause leaf burns.
With the help of alcohol you can get rid of pests in window crevices. In case of mass destruction of all indoor crops, all window sills and flowers should be thoroughly washed and processed. It is necessary to wash all the curtains and wash the shutters (blinds).
Hand-pick small pests will not work. Inactivity or insufficient treatment can lead to the complete destruction of all crops. It will be required to reuse all means.
Treatment alone is not enough. It will take several courses. Single lesions can be destroyed with the help of biological herbal remedies.
Biological methods of getting rid of spider mites
Black henbane
Very poisonous plant. Can be found in the natural environment in the fields, gardens and littered areas. The culture is also grown for medicinal purposes. Helen contains many alkaloids. A high level of toxicity has an annual plant. It is advisable to collect the culture in late autumn or in April. Plucked plants in a package or containers quickly lose their therapeutic functions. To destroy spider mites, you can prepare powder, tincture or decoction.
Black henbane.
For broth should prepare 3 kg of fresh flowering grass. It is necessary to boil the bleached cloth for two hours in an enamel saucepan. To the filtered means you need to add boiled water. The total amount of broth should be ten liters. Powder crushed henbane can be used to dust culture.
Infusion can be prepared for spraying. Ten liters of liquid will need one kilogram of dry henbane. In the filtered infusion you need to add about 30 grams of shavings of soap.
Medicinal Dandelion
In a bucket of warm water must be placed a pound of fresh leaves. After three hours, strain the tincture. It is possible to use means right after production. The first treatment for prophylaxis can be carried out after the winter rest period. The plant is also treated after the withering of the inflorescences. To destroy settled pests need to repeat the procedure every two weeks.
Medicinal dandelion.
Tincture helps to get rid of not only the spider mite. Dandelion has an effective effect on the shield and aphids.
Gray alder
Two kilograms of fresh leaves need to fill with ten liters of water at room temperature. After 24 hours, boil the tincture for 30 minutes. After cooling, you can strain the broth. It is recommended to use a remedy against spider mites and aphids.
Chamomile
For the manufacture of infusion should choose one kilogram of dried plants. Crushed areas need to fill with ten liters of warm water (not more than 60 degrees). After 16 hours, you can strain the infusion.
Medicinal chamomile.
Before use, you will need to double the amount of liquid (forty grams of soap per 10 liters of water). You need to add detergent to the infusion. Means does not cause burns of leaves. Therefore, you can use the infusion in a non-diluted form.
Tobacco and shag tobacco
To destroy spider mites, you need 400 grams of dry leaves and a stem of plants. The decoction can be used for spraying, fumigating and dusting affected crops.
Tobacco present and shag.
Raw materials must be poured with 10 liters of water and infused for 24 hours. Then you need to boil the infusion. After cooling, you can filter the broth. You need to add ten liters of water and fifty grams of laundry soap.
Horseradish
For the preparation of infusion will need leaves and shoots. Raw materials need to be minced. It is necessary to fill the bucket with the resulting mass. From above it is necessary to fill in with warm water. Need to insist within 60 minutes.
Horseradish root.
You can use the root to kill the tick. Concentration should be reduced by half. Ten liters of water will need one kilogram of roots. Need to insist horseradish for two days.
Then you need to boil the infusion and leave for another 48 hours. The resulting liquid must be filtered. The finished product can be bottled. The tool will retain its properties in a cool dark place.
Garlic
A pound of garlic must be chopped. The mass should be poured 3 liters of water and insist for five days.
For spraying the affected plant it is necessary to dilute 60 ml of filtered infusion in ten liters of warm water. It is advisable to add fifty grams of laundry soap.
Horse sorrel
For the preparation of infusion will need three hundred grams of chopped roots. Particles need to fill with ten liters of hot water.
Horse sorrel
Infusion must be kept for three hours. In the strained liquid, you must add 40 grams of soap. Spraying will help get rid of aphids, spider mites and thrips.
Cyclamen
Tubers must be cut. The resulting segments should be boiled for forty minutes. Cold broth need another 24 hours to insist. Then you should decant the agent.
Cyclamen.
Requires re-spraying. It is advisable to carry out the procedure after 5 days.
If the plant is severely affected, it is necessary to use chemicals.
How to deal with spider mite chemicals
"Agravertin"
The drug is also known as "Akarin." A very effective remedy for the destruction of insects contact-intestinal effects. The drug is narrowly aimed at defeating pests. Does not cause pollution of the natural environment. Means quickly split in the substrate and water.
After processing, it is not recommended to harvest fruit and berry crops for 3 days. To prepare the solution will need 2 milliliters of the drug and one liter of water. The consumption rate per liter - per 100 square meters. It is advisable to treat the plant on a dry, windless day.
The drug "Agravertine".
It is recommended to perform the procedure in the morning or in the evening. The temperature should be between + 18 and +34 degrees. Mixing with other drugs can harm the plant. The prepared solution should not be stored for future use.
"Aktelik"
Effective insectoacaricide. Destroys aphid, whitefly, shield and mites. The drug is produced in ampoules of two and four milliliters. For processing plants need to dissolve one ampoule (2 ml) in two liters of water at room temperature. It is necessary to spray the liquid evenly on all affected areas.
"Appolo"
A specific drug destroys young larvae and spider mite eggs. Sterilizes adults.
The tool can be combined with other fungicides, insecticides and acaricides. Does not affect bees and other beneficial insects. For careful processing, it is necessary to dissolve one teaspoon of the drug in ten liters of water. Leaves need to be processed from above and below.
"Demit"
"Demit".
Contact acaricide very effectively removes the plant from adult spider mites. Increasing the concentration will help get rid of the pest at all stages of development. The effect of the drug lasts for two months.
The tool does not cause toxic effects on bees and birds. It is not recommended to carry out treatment near aquariums.
For reprocessing, select acaricides of another group. Ideal “Omite 30 SP”. "Demit" can be combined with other drugs. Not recommended for simultaneous use with Bordeaux mixture.
To destroy the pest can also be used:
- karate insecticoacaricide;
- drugs "Bicol" and "Bitoxibacillin";
- bio-insecticide "Bona Forte Bio";
- acaricide "Neoron" and "Nissoran";
- Omite 30 SP and Omite 57 CE;
- Sunmite;
- Skelto;
- Talstar;
- "Fitoverm";
- "Flumate";
- "Fufanon (Fufan)";
- "Etsisso".
Fighting spider mite entomophages
To get rid of pests, you can use predators.
Amblyseius Californian.
Mites Amblyseius Californian, Western Metasaulus and Phytoseiulus are able to destroy all insects.
The number of spider mites can also be reduced with the help of a golden-eyed predatory insect.
A small bug up to 0.5 mm, it is impossible to see the population on a plant with the naked eye. But damage to the culture is visible immediately. Despite its name, this pest has no relation to ticks, therefore many chemicals aimed at exterminating insects do not affect it.
Spider mite - arachnid. The insects have a different color: green in summer and brown-brown in winter. Their populations form on the inside of the sheet.
Destroying a pest is difficult - it is very viable. Even if the plant is placed in unfavorable conditions, the tick will not die, but will simply hibernate and wait for the right moment.
Spider mite is very common, it does not live only in Antarctica. But the most favorable conditions for reproduction and activity are: a temperature of 20-35 degrees with a humidity of air of 30-55%.
In June, the pest begins to actively proliferate in the open air, and in early September it hibernates. To get rid of the pest treatment should be carried out in the active period of life.
In the apartment, this pest can hide under the baseboards in the cracks of the window sill, crawl along the walls and ceiling. In winter, it may seem that it is not there, but as soon as the favorable period comes, it will immediately move to indoor plants.
Before you start the fight with spider mites, it is necessary to identify the reason for the appearance in the apartment.
Pest activity in a residential area begins in winterwhen the heating is working and the air becomes dry. Tick-struck plants that are near radiators, in the case of rare watering.
On a note. Often an infected flower is brought from the store. Do not forget that it is impossible to see the pest on the plant, until the defeat reaches visible scales.
Popular ready-made preparations to fight
As mentioned earlier, any drugs to combat pest will not work, consider the most effective.
"Fitoverm"
Fourth Grade Toxicity - Biological Insecticoacaricide. Fitoverm destroys the pest at any stage of development.
The price of the drug - 21 rubles per bottle.
"Neoron"
Very good acaricide, as it destroys not only the mite itself, but also its eggs. This drug destroys the pest population on houseplants in two treatments.
The cost of 40 rubles.
"Actellic"
Powerful, chemical drug is used in case of failure of other means. It contains such a substance as pyrimiphos-methyl. “Actellic” is effective, but it should be used very carefully at home, as it has a second class of toxicity and is dangerous for pets and people.
Processing is carried out every 5 days. Experts advise to conduct no more than two treatments in a row.otherwise the spider mite can adapt to the drug.
The price is 20 rubles per ampoule in 2 ml.
Important! It is impossible to carry out the treatment of indoor plants in the room, they are brought to the open air.
Aktara
This is a very effective and popular among flower growers tool that destroys most pests. But from spider mite, it is useless, as it is an insecticide that it is not afraid of.
If a decrease in the population of this pest was observed during the use of this drug, it is most likely the result of spraying. But some growers are satisfied with the use of this tick drug.
The cost of 40 rubles per ml.
Zooshampuni and flea or bedbug remedies
To get rid of spider mites, you can apply and means for animals aimed at the destruction of fleas and bedbugs. They contain acaricides, which are very effective from spider mites, with constant processing you can completely get rid of this pest.
"Antikleshch"
This is a highly effective drug that can be used even on a hot summer day. Instructions for use "Antiklesche" very simple: for the preparation of the composition you need to dilute the desired amount of concentrate in a bucket of water and spray the plants on the day of preparation.
Protection against spider mites lasts 2 weeksafter which the treatment must be repeated.
Folk remedies
If the population of the pest on the plant is small, then you can try to cope with a spider mite with folk remedies. Consider what and how you can handle the flowers.
Alcohol
Soap
Many growers are very effectively drilled with spider mites using soap. This is easy to do:
- Put the plant pot in the bath.
- Lather sponge for dishes with soap.
- Wipe all the leaves and stem of the plant.
- It is also worth doing with a pot and tray.
- Spray the ground in a pot with a solution of household soap.
It is impossible to water the whole plant, it can die, therefore the earthy one is only moistened from above.
- Leave the foam on the plant for 4 hours.
- Wash off the foam from the plant and cover it with a plastic bag for a day.
The tick population will die from such manipulations, as gas exchange with high humidity will be disturbed.
From the video you will learn how to deal with spider mites with the help of laundry soap:
Garlic
The infusion of garlic helps gardeners to get rid of many types of pests, and spider mite is no exception.
- Take 2 heads of garlic, skip the cloves through the garlic press and place in a quart jar.
- Pour the mixture with cold water, close tightly and leave to infuse for 5 days in a dark place.
- Before use, dilute the infusion with 1 liter of water and treat the plants with pots.
Preventive measures
There are many ways to get rid of spider mites, but better take preventive measures:
- it is necessary to keep plants in optimal conditions - dryness and waterlogging, favorable conditions for the growth of the pest population;
- plants need a shower to remove dirt and dust from the sheets;
- remove dried leaves and buds in time;
- when spraying, add a few drops of wood oil to it in water.
Also for the prevention, you can apply and folk remedies plants, only in less concentrated.
Useful video
From the video you will learn about spider mite and how to deal with it:
Conclusion
Spider mite - a terrible enemy of plants, which can lead to the death of a flower. But if you choose the right crop treatment agent and take preventive measures, you can completely eliminate the infection and preserve your floral plantings.
