Whether you are an avid gardener and if you dedicate yourself to rest in the hammock, There are a lot of pests in the form of insects and animals that definitely do not want them to accompany you in your garden. Slows, ants and aphids can cause irreparable ravages, from painful bites to the deterioration of products, so it is important to identify these insects and get rid of them.
To obtain first -hand information on what annoying bugs you have to take into account and how to deal with garden pests, AD He talked with Ron Finley, an expert in Urban Gardening of Los Angeles. Known as gardener Gangster, Finley has been training others to grow their own food since 2010when he illegally planted fruits and vegetables in the ground strip between his house and the street, and then convinced the city to change his planting codes.
Finley equates the cultivation of their own foods with freedom, but, unfortunately, Destructive pests love a green garden as much as you. Although bugs are not the most important challenge facing Finley as a green activist, pests are taken seriously so that plants can prosper and survive. Here we share your advice and tricks to get rid of the seven most unwanted guests of your garden or your garden at home.
1. Aphids
Aphids are pear -shaped insects. Aphids suck the new plant growth sapdeforming the leaves and spreading viral diseases. Commonly known as green flies and black flies, aphids excrete a sticky liquid called molasses when they feed. The molasses accumulates in the underside of the leaves and causes the appearance of mold. «Aphids are a very, very important problem,» admits Finley.
Although aphids do not usually kill an entire plant, you have to control them: » Neem, [un pesticida natural]and the soapy water operates, but you can also wash the aphids of a plant, «he says. In most cases, una strong spray with a garden hose will be enough. If you can increase the population of catarines, consumers of aphids, you will have a natural exterminator.
2. Ants
If the aphids are the soldiers, the ants are the generals that tell them what they have to do: «Ants are the only known insect that basically servants has,» explains Finley. «They supposedly lead aphids to plants to do their dirty work.» Aphids will kill your plant. They suck your plant's sugar, and then what happens? Ants suggest their sugar. «
As with aphids, a solution of oil from NeemCastilla and water soap should keep ants away. «Another good idea for the ants that has worked for me is the combination of sugar and borax,» says Finley. «You boil everything together and then you put cotton balls on it. The cotton balls and The ants suck the solution and take them to their nest, and die. It also works with honey [y bórax]»
3. Moths
Finley, The moth of the col is the most annoying plague of all. Widely recognized as a destroyer of products such as broccoli and berza, it is difficult to catch it before it is too late. Once eggs hatch, these small green worms are difficult to detect, so We must examine the plants of the plants to identify them.