Attack of aphids on cultivated plants leads to deformation and twisting of leaves, slowing down the growth of plants, deteriorating their yield. All this fully applies to pepper.
The causes of the appearance of aphids on pepper
Insects are attracted by the opportunity to regale the juice of plants. And the frequent cause of their settlement in the garden are ants that feed on sweet secretions of aphids. Therefore, first of all, care should be taken to remove the anthills from their site.
Methods of combating aphids on peppers
All methods and methods can be conditionally divided into folk, biological and chemical. The first group of methods uses the experience of our ancestors, the second - the use of sparing drugs and the attraction of natural enemies of aphids, the third - spraying with powerful insecticides.
Let's start with the folk remedies for aphids on peppers:
- treatment with a clean soap solution (40 ml of liquid soap per 10 l of water);
- treatment with solutions based on laundry soap with the addition of vegetable oil, ammonia and other components;
- planting beds with garlic and onions.
How to get rid of aphids on peppers by biological methods:
- can be lured to fight aphids on peppers in the greenhouse of insects that are natural enemies of aphids - for example, ladybirds, flies-murmurs;
- in open areas to the fight, you can also attract birds - sparrows and bilberries.
How to deal with aphids on Bulgarian peppers by chemical means:
- apply spraying with the contact preparation "Fury";
- sprinkle more sparing drug "Foufafon";
- to treat the bed with the drug "Actellik", after which the pests will die immediately.
It must be said that a radical struggle is advisable, when other means do not help. You need to apply the chemistry with great care, and yet it does not hurt to know what to spray pepper from aphids, because there are situations that require immediate action.