Aphids on the tree and how to deal with it

The most common pest of Christmas tree and pine is aphid. A small insect sucks out juices, exposes a tree to a disease, poisons with toxic secretions, promotes the spread of pests into other crops. How to deal with pine aphids is the main issue that should be addressed in a timely manner.

Types of pests

On a pine, Christmas tree, several species of aphids are planted. All of them form numerous colonies, multiply rapidly. The infected plant weakens, turns yellow, undergoes a disease, cones appear on the shoots.

• Gall aphid yellow, red parasitic on a pine tree in the spring. On the shoots it forms growths in the form of pineapple - galls. Larvae develop in them. Over time, the affected branches die off, the aphids move to the needles. To prevent the mass spread of insects, do not plant spruce, fir, and deciduous nearby. A photo of aphids is presented below.
• Aphids hermes is the most common pest of pine, Christmas trees. It weakens the tree, contributes to diseases. Hermes pine has a body length of not more than 1 mm. The body is dark red. Egg laying begins in May. Hermes gives 4 generations for the entire aphid season. Oviparous females are winged, able to migrate to the tree, deciduous trees, any plants. With the defeat of crops, the needles brighten and shorten.
• Sith or spruce, it is a pine brown aphid, leaves behind a poisonous substance, saliva, under the influence of which the needles turn yellow, it falls off. The tree remains bald, but does not dry out. The Christmas tree becomes an unusual color - gray-purple. The defeat process begins with the trunk, spreads to the old branches, the young needles remain intact.

To determine the presence of insects on a pine tree, a tree, just substitute a white sheet of paper, shake the trunk. It is necessary to begin active actions immediately after the detection of insects.

Folk remedies

Aphids on conifers is a real disaster. The lack of action leads to crop disease, infection of the entire land. You can fight insects with drugs prepared according to folk recipes.

• Potassium soap is dissolved in 1 liter of warm water. The solution rubbed the trunks, shoots from all types of pests, including dangerous hermes.
• Another effective recipe for the Hermes parasite. 400 g of peel of citrus pour 1 liter of boiled water, insist 3 days. Spray from a garden spray, if the tree, pine is low, use a bottle with a spray.
• 200 g tobacco soaked in 5 liters of cold water. Leave to infuse for a day. Filter, add 100 g of laundry soap. Pine and Christmas trees are treated several times at intervals of every 3 days.
• Wood is dissolved in water ash. Mix thoroughly, add 200 g laundry soap. Spray conifers twice. Additionally, under the Christmas tree, pine is poured with a thick layer of ash, watered with hot water, digging the ground. Ash penetrates the juices of the tree, making them bitter, unattractive to malicious individuals.

You can fight aphids on the tree garlic, tying the trunks with a belt of garlic arrows, mint, planting it near the trees.

Effective remedies are also:

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

Important!

You should pay attention to the presence of anthills on the land. In addition to the enormous benefits that these workers bring, they are engaged in sabotage - they spread aphids. The secret she gives out is a delicacy for ants. To get rid of aphids is necessary destroy and ants.

Chemicals

Pine aphids spread, reproduce very quickly. You can get rid of it in one treatment only by using poisonous drugs. Modern insecticides begin to act already during processing, penetrating the body of insects by contact. Over time, the entire colony of hermes becomes infected, since the active components of the agent accumulate in the needles of pine, spruce.

The protective properties against aphids hermes last 20 days, the effectiveness is reduced by high temperature, prolonged heavy rains. Re-spray the cultures after 14 days. For prevention every month.

Any broad-spectrum insecticide is suitable for controlling aphids. Often used:

• Aktaru remedy;
• Foresight;
• Tanrek;
• Karbofos;
• Fitoverm;
• Spark;
• Karate;
• Actellik;
• Neoron

On a note!

Biological products are professional methods of fighting against aphids hermes. They act on the basis of the vital products of bacteria, fungi, small microorganisms. The effect is observed within a week. It is necessary to process it during the entire warm season every 2 weeks.

Each person chooses control measures based on several characteristics - the number of insects, the degree of damage, the number of plantings, the height of spruce and pine. All adjacent plants should be treated from pests. Aphid on fir is another common occurrence. The tree is infected with garden aphids and pests that live on conifers.