Houseplants give positive emotions and decorate room interior. However green inhabitants of apartments can bring not only joy, but also small problems, one of which is emergence of midges in flowers. Hardly anyone will like the similar neighbourhood therefore it is necessary to begin active fight against unwanted inhabitants of houseplants.
It is required to you
- - matches;
- - garlic;
- - orange or lemon peels;
- - tobacco;
- - potassium permanganate;
- - soap solution;
- - wood ashes;
- - the calcinated sand;
- - chemical medicines against midges.
Instruction
1. The damp soil is the ideal environment for development and reproduction of midges. Flies are safe for plants, and here their larvae can cause essential damage to root system. The easiest and safe way of fight against these wreckers – sulfur use. For this purpose take five-seven matches and thrust them sulfuric heads to the soil then slightly humidify top layer of the earth.
2. Flower growers advise in fight against midges to apply easy national ways which are based on peculiar aromatarapiya. Take several garlic gloves, clean and cut on thin segments, spread out to the surfaces of the soil. Or submerge orange or lemon peels in the soil. Quite often use tobacco from cigarettes which should be filled in pots with flowers.
3. Prepare weak solution (light pink) of potassium permanganate. It is abundant water with it the soil of houseplants. Do not overdo, strong solution of potassium permanganate can burn roots of flowers. Not bad soap solution with which it is also necessary to water house plants helps with fight against flower fly. The quantity of midges after the first use of wood ashes which need to be spread out to the surfaces of the soil is considerably reduced.
4. Limit flowers in waterings. The dried-up earth will become adverse for development of larvae. It is necessary to use ashes or the calcinated sand which needs to be filled from above small layer for soil predrying. Thanks to it the soil will not gather moisture in large number, and the drainage effect will negatively affect development of larvae.
5. If any of above-mentioned ways has not helped to get rid of flower wreckers, then it is necessary to replace houseplant. At change accurately take flower from pot, clean roots from the soil, wash out in weak solution of permanganate of potassium. Plant in new soil which is recommended to be calcinated previously on fire. Water plant with special chemical medicine against midges (is on sale in specialized shops for summer residents and gardeners).