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- Tobacco from aphids
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- The use of tobacco broth
Aphid, or as it is also called plant louse, is one of the dangerous sucking insects, from the activity of which many garden and garden crops suffer. Due to the attack of pests, plant growth stops, they become oppressed and often die. To save the crop, it is necessary to regularly resort to preventive measures that will prevent the appearance of pests in the garden. For the cultivation of environmentally friendly fruits and vegetables, it is preferable to use folk remedies. So, tobacco helps from aphids. Can be processed:
- fruit trees (including Apple tree, pear, plum and cherry);
- roses;
- currant;
- cucumbers;
- tomatoes;
- pepper;
- cabbage;
- viburnum;
- dill;
- raspberries;
- houseplants;
Tobacco properties
Experienced gardeners and gardeners use an infusion of tobacco leaves as an alternative to purchased pesticides designed to combat harmful insects. The plant possesses such properties due to the nicotine alkaloid contained in it, a substance that is very toxic to aphids. Penetrating into the body of the pest, nicotine blocks acetylcholine receptors, causing the death of the insect.
On a note!
In addition, tobacco is an excellent fertilizer for garden plantings and is often used as a natural fertilizer. Its waste contains elements of potassium, nitrogen and phosphorus, as well as minerals necessary for the development of crops.
Tobacco infusion has a wide range of applications - it is effective against aphids, leafworms, tinnitsa, cabbage and apple moths, onion flies, and ringed silkworm. The tool is not toxic and does not pose a danger to plants, unlike chemicals. There are several ways to use shag from aphids.
How to make tobacco infusion
This method is very popular among gardeners, since it is quite simple to prepare a tobacco infusion against aphids:
- 400 g of dried tobacco leaves pour 10 l of water;
- leave to infuse in a warm place for two days;
- after the tobacco infusion, the aphids are filtered, carefully squeezing the thick, and diluted with the same amount of water.
The tobacco added to the infusion will help to strengthen the sticking effect. ground soap. It is added at the rate of 20 g per 5 l of solution. In this form, the solution is used to spray the vertices of a tree or bush infected with aphids, since aphids accumulate on young shoots. To completely get rid of pests, treatment is carried out every week.
On a note!
When using this tool, plant leaves may have a brown tint, which is formed due to the high concentration in the infusion of tobacco.
Tobacco Broth
Tobacco refers to folk remedies. Against aphids, it can also be used in the form of a decoction, the use of which gives an equally effective result. 10 g of water is poured into 400 g of dried tobacco leaves. After a day, the mixture is boiled for 2 hours. Then it is filtered and diluted with the same amount of water and soap, as in the above described embodiment. Tobacco broth or infusion is stored in a cool place for a long time in a hermetically sealed container.
Important!
Processing with infusion or decoction of tobacco should be carried out in rubber gloves, goggles and a cotton-gauze bandage, since nicotine can be absorbed into the skin and contribute to health problems.
Fumigation
Aphorism from aphids is also used for fumigating plants. It is enough to cover a tree or bush with a film or cloth. Under the bottom, put the coals burning in the container, which are covered with 500 g of tobacco dust.
Reviews
Aphids attacked gooseberry bushes. I didn’t really want to use chemistry, because my grandchildren will use berries. Therefore, I took the advice of a neighbor and sprayed bushes with tobacco infusion. The very next day, insects became much smaller. And after two treatments that I performed every 5 days, there were no insects at all.
Zhanna Romanovna, Kislovodsk
If you plant tobacco near the cucumbers, then no aphids are afraid of them.
Igor, Odessa
Tobacco is a great protection against aphids. But if there are already a lot of insects, then without Sparks not enough. A very effective and affordable tool. We were helped by aphids on gooseberries and on the growing nearby pear.
Natalia, Kirovsk
