How to get rid of aphids on a pear

Often garden trees are attacked by harmful insects. The pear is no exception. A colony of aphids that has settled can not only destroy the crop, but also cause the death of the tree itself. After all, the food for insects is plant juice, which pests suck from the leaves and inflorescences of a tree. Which leads to twisting, wilting and deformation of the sheet plates. Therefore, in order to take timely measures to protect a tree from a pest, you need to know how to deal with aphids on a pear.

What aphid lives on pear

Pear can attack different species of aphids. So, the red-aphid aphid besides a pear loves to feast on the juice of foliage and young shoots. Gall aphid on pear inhibits leaf growth, as a result of which they curl up and fall away. A photo of the pest is presented below.

There are species that develop exclusively on pear. These include brown and green pear-umbellate aphids. A symptom indicating their presence is the bending of the leaf plate along the largest vein with the back side down. So the galls are formed, inside which the aphid settles. From which the leaves become yellow or red.

On a note!

Eating vegetable juice, aphids on the leaves of the pear secrete a pad, as a result of which they become sticky and shiny. It is it that becomes the soil for the appearance of sooty mushrooms, from which the surface of the leaf plate is covered with a black coating.

The process of photosynthesis is inhibited, which helps to reduce nutrients. The result is a decrease in yield and frost resistance, which subsequently leads to the death of valuable crops.

How to detect a pest

Signs of the appearance of malicious individuals on the tree:

1. You can detect aphids on a pear with a thorough examination even with the naked eye. Just flip the sheet.
2. A striking sign of infection in the aphids of a tree is the curved tops of plants.
3. Black plaque on the plates.
4. Deformed shoots.

The presence of these signs indicates the infection of the tree with a dangerous pest and the need for urgent measures to combat it.

How to fight

Useful insects (ladybugs or lacewings) and birds will help to overcome the invasion of green insects in the summer. Fragrant herbs will attract their attention: clover, mint or dill, as well as feeders with delicious treats.

You can also trim the affected parts of the plant and destroy them along with the pests that settled on them.

On a note!

With a small accumulation of insects, you can remove them from the tree with a strong pressure of water from the irrigation hose. However, this method cannot be used on young seedlings in order to avoid damage.

You can get rid of aphids on a pear when using chemical and folk remedies.

Folk remedies

Store insecticides are most effective in controlling pests. However, they can adversely affect other crops and beneficial insects. It is for this reason that many gardeners prefer to fight with folk remedies.

Soap solution

One of the easiest and most affordable ways of controlling is to treat a pear from aphids with a soap solution. Dark laundry soap must be grated and mixed with water in a ratio of 300 g of funds per bucket of water. The resulting solution should be sprayed with a pear from aphids.

Ash

You can spray the pear with a solution ash. Cooked in the same proportions, the mixture should be boiled, and then add 40 g of soap chips. The cooled broth is used for its intended purpose.

Potato tops

To remove aphids will help potato tops, which are crushed and mixed with 10 liters of water. The mixture is insisted for 4 hours, filtered and sprayed with aphids infected trees. Instead of potato tops, you can use tomato tops.

Onion infusion

With ease, aphids can also remove infusion of onions. 200 g of onions (together with husks) are crushed, placed in a bucket of water and left for a day. After that, onion infusion is filtered and used to irrigate damaged plantings.

Tobacco infusion

With a massive invasion of malicious larvae on a tree, tobacco infusion is used: shag or tobacco dust (400 g) is mixed with cold water (10 l) and insisted for two days. The same amount of water and 100 g of laundry soap are added to the filtered solution.

On a note!

Fruit trees should be sprayed before flowering, or at the end of this process. Processing is also not recommended during fruit ripening, as it contributes to the deterioration of their taste.

Alcohol tincture

A good effect in pest control in the garden is the use of alcohol or vodka. Alcohol is mixed in equal parts with water and used to irrigate infected trees.

Other folk remedies

In addition to the above tools, there are many more effective folk recipes for aphids based on the following components:

• ammonia;
• soda;
• milk and iodine;
• Coca Cola;
• vinegar;
• garlic;
• celandine;
• mustard;
• Green soap;
• Birch tar;
• boric acid.

Chemicals

If folk remedies in the fight against the pest does not give the expected effect, then only chemicals can save the crop. It will not be superfluous to know how to process a pear from aphids in such a situation. The following preparations are in great demand among gardeners:

• Fufanon - affects insects on contact without affecting the shoots and fruits of the pear. To prepare the solution, 75 g of substance are used, which are diluted in 10 l of water.
• Actelik is a preparation of intestinal action, the result of which can be seen after 3-4 days. A full effect is achieved after three weeks. It is not recommended to use the product during the flowering period of the pear. The solution is prepared at the rate of 2 ml of the product in 2 liters of water.
• Actar remedy - The most powerful systemic exposure that retains its properties even during rain or watering. It is dangerous for the human body. In this connection, it is impossible to use the drug during flowering, the formation of the ovary and ripening of the fetus. For 10 liters of water, 8 g of the product is needed. Biotlin has similar properties.

No less effective Fitoverm, Spark and Tanrek.

Processing with pesticides is unacceptable during the flowering of a pear, as this can cause the death of bees. Despite the quick effect, the use of chemical products from aphids on pear should be done only as a last resort.