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Remove aphids in an environmentally sound manner
March 2024

Remove aphids in an environmentally sound manner

Aphids are eliminated with an environmentally friendly mixture of 90 ml of rapeseed oil (the same oil used by the housewife to cook and fry) to 5 liters of water. In order to combine the oil / water...

Aphids III, wasp control
March 2024

Aphids III, wasp control

In the garden, the sudden, massive occurrence of aphids on ornamental shrubs, roses, peach, nectarine and other fruit trees is successfully fought with the following cheap, non-toxic "biosolysis":...

Scale lice on oleander
March 2024

Scale lice on oleander

For scale insects I have found a great remedy: just mix soft soap (1/3) with water (2/3) and smear the leaves with it. Tip from the gardener. The things "slip" outright! It works. I edited my...

Otitisper, an annoying plague? No, they eat lice
March 2024

Otitisper, an annoying plague? No, they eat lice

Earwigs are very useful to fight aphids. Only sometimes are they where you do not want them. What to do about it? Very easily. You need: stable wire flowerpots excelsior Insert the wire through the...

Coffee against aphids in salad
March 2024

Coffee against aphids in salad

If you have a small / large garden you may know the problem. Often, aphids infest the delicious lettuce leaves, which is not very appetizing. Since the salad is eaten so it is in my opinion therefore...

Aphids on the hibiscus
March 2024

Aphids on the hibiscus

Infestation of aphids on a hibiscus as a houseplant can possibly be prevented if the soil of the hibiscus is never allowed to become too dry. In my sly plant book is that the drying of the plant can...

Garlic against plant pests
March 2024

Garlic against plant pests

Countless black pests sat and ate on my self-drawn flowers. Since I'm against poison of all kinds, I've tried the following. I took the dried grated garlic, actually intended for the kitchen, put...

aphid
March 2024

aphid

Aphids! At present the aphids multiply - at all times during the current rainy season - again very strongly. I crush / crush the aphids - no matter which - with a lot of feeling, so that the young...

Leaf and scale lice fight with Ballistol
March 2024

Leaf and scale lice fight with Ballistol

Every year, my oleander bristles with aphids and their cousins, the scale insects. Against the aphids often help their enemies such. Earwigs. A good way to attract these animals is the well-known,...

Pests: Fire beetle, fight lily chicken
March 2024

Pests: Fire beetle, fight lily chicken

Those who love lilies, they know, the beautiful red beetles, (beetle, lily chicken) but are very bad pests. They are very nimble and hide well and are usually hard to come by. They once flattened a...