How to get rid of aphids on peonies

Aphids spread on peonies by ants. Small insects secrete a sweet secret by eating the flower's juices. For black ants these selections are a delicacy. Before deciding how to treat peonies from aphids, you need to inspect the land for the presence of anthills. In parallel, they are fighting with them.

Insect pest

Aphids spread in early May. Small insects suck out the juices, depriving the plant of vitality. Peonies become vulnerable to diseases, stop growing, buds do not develop, fall off.

External signs of the presence of aphids on peonies: twisted leaves, yellowness, spots, unblown buds. When viewed from the plant, small bugs of black, green, brown color are visible. They are placed on the back of the leaf, on the stems.

From April to June, exclusively females are born. For the entire season they give about 20 generations. Toward the end of summer, winged individuals appear - females and males that can migrate to different cultures. After the mating season, females lay eggs, prepare offspring for wintering.

On a note!

Wingless individuals aphids ants spread on a flower bed. They themselves also harm peonies, gnawing buds, getting to nectar. Non-blooming flowers dry up, fall off.

Folk remedies

You can get rid of aphids on peonies self-made preparations.

There is a huge variety of recipes, but the most effective are the following:

• Dissolve wood in 1 l of water ash. Stir thoroughly, add laundry soap. Peonies are sprayed, paying particular attention to the stems, the wrong side of the leaf. Sprinkle ash around the bush.
• Grind garlicto get 1 cup. Pour 1 liter of cold water. Insist for a day. Add water to the required amount, a little soapy base.
• 50 ml are dissolved in 10 l of water ammonia. Processed peonies from a watering can with a wide tip. It is advisable not to fall on flowers, buds. The following treatment is allowed to be carried out no earlier than 14 days after the first spraying.
• Dilute 100 g in 1 liter of water tar soap. Add 5 l of cold water, peony treatment. Birch tar relieves aphids, heals the plant, helps restore damaged plates.

Many recipes based on other ingredients are also known:

• soda;
• milk and iodine;
• Coca-Cola;
• vinegar;
• celandine;
• mustard;
• vodka;
• Green soap;
• birch tar;
• tobacco;
• boric acid.

On a note!

Peonies can be saved from aphids mechanically, knocking down insects with a stream of water, removing infected leaves, shaking off the stems. Under the bushes lay branches of wormwood, tansy, garlic arrows.

Professional drugs

Aphids on peonies quickly spread to neighboring plants. To avoid this, emergency measures are needed. They are able to rid flowers from pests in one treatment modern insecticides a wide spectrum of action. These same drugs destroy the ants when they get on the flowers.

Poisonous preparations act for 20 days, the mass death of aphids is observed during the first 3 days after treatment. Poisonous substances block nerve impulses, cause paralysis, death.

For spraying a peony, any broad-spectrum insecticide is suitable, most often use:

• Actaru drug;
• Actellik;
• Tanrek;
• Karbofos;
• Spark.

You can get rid of aphids on peonies with the help of biological products. Means act on the basis of natural poisons obtained from the vital products of bacteria, fungi. Spraying is carried out twice with an interval of 14 days. The effect is observed within 5-10 days after treatment.

The most common:

• Fitoverm;
• Arrow;
• Jaguar;
• Spark bio;
• Mycoafidine;
• Actofit;
• Intavir.

How to deal with aphids on peonies, everyone decides for himself. For the complete destruction of pests on peonies, it is necessary to spray plants for prophylactic purposes once a month throughout the entire warm period.

The most effective method of exterminating ants is extermination of anthill on the flowerbed, the use of poisonous decoys. They lay out "treats" on thick cardboard, pieces of plywood around the bushes.