Lemon pests: prevention and control methods.
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Like all plants, indoor lemons are susceptible to pests such as aphids, thrips, whiteflies, worms and nematodes. It is necessary to identify the pest as early as possible, for this it is necessary to inspect the lemons daily.
After reading this article, you will know all the pests of indoor lemon and will be able to provide help in a timely manner. Having discovered the presence of harmful insects on the lemon, it is necessary, first of all, to rinse the plant with water, and only then start treating your pet.
Lemon pests: causes and treatment at home
Aphid.
Aphids are small green insects that feed on sap from leaves and flowers. This weakens the lemons. Aphids like to live on the back of a leaf, the leaves curl up, become sticky and thin. The lemon's appearance deteriorates, it stops developing.
Processing lemon from such a pest requires washing with a soap solution, the leaves must be washed on both sides, and treated with special agents and preparations.
From biological agents for the treatment of lemon from pests are used:
• infusion of tobacco dust, with this solution you can moisten the leaves and stem of a lemon;
• infusion of onion and garlic peels, process on the sheet;
• the plant is sprayed with dandelion infusion;
• an infusion of potato and tomato tops is used, they are sprayed with lemon.
Lemon pest Whitefly and its larvae.
Tiny white flies live on the inside of the leaf, but it is not them that bring harm, but the larvae that emerge from the eggs. They are very prolific and a lot of them appear in a short time.
Sucking the juice from the plant, they drain the lemon, the plant sheds the ovaries. Poisonous substances are released, and a fungus develops. The appearance of the tree deteriorates, it grows overgrown with white spots, the leaves fall off.
This is a very serious pest and difficult to get rid of. As a fight against it, hang stickies near the lemon and rinse all the eggs from the tree with water.
Washing with tobacco tincture or ash solution will help get rid of the whitefly. It is recommended to use special preparations.
Thrips.
Thrips can be recognized by moving along the leaves, they leave traces of a silvery color. These are small insects, but they cause significant harm to the lemon. Leaves fall off, change their shape, development slows down. You need to deal with thrips as with aphids and whiteflies.
Lemon pests Spider mites.
This type of parasite can be found on any houseplants, including lemon. The increased temperature and dry air in the room promotes the development of mites. In the presence of moisture, the females of the mite burrow into the soil and sleep. Lemon leaves are covered with brown spots, they become full of holes and fall off. You should not expect fruiting from such a lemon.
You can reduce the number of mites by constantly spraying lemon and using an ultraviolet lamp. Pouring lemon should be washed with soap and water and removed all cobwebs.
The following actions will help to save indoor lemon from this pest:
• rinse with yarrow infusion;
• spray with infusion of garlic; a solution of washing powder mixed with oil; a solution of a tobacco-alkaline mixture; lime-sulfur mixture.
If there are a lot of ticks, then it is better to use special preparations.
Shield.
Small round insects, very mobile and quickly moving through plants.They attach along the veins of the leaf, secrete liquid and form a shield from it that protects them from chemicals, so it is very difficult to deal with them. Leaves turn yellow, become lethargic.
You can apply folk remedies: an oil-water emulsion is applied to all leaves and trunks and after treatment is washed off with water, smear the leaves with garlic gruel and rinse off after an hour, spraying with a decoction of hot pepper.
Scorms.
This pest of lemons looks like a large aphid, they multiply rapidly and can quickly occupy the entire lemon tree. The leaves turn white from plaque, the worms feed on the sap of the plant. Having found these pests, it is urgent to destroy them.
Prevention of nematodes. These pests live in the soil at the roots of the plant; they are very small worms. They exist due to the juice of the lemon roots, they harm the roots and the aerial part of the plant also suffers, it does not grow and does not bear fruit. To get rid of them, you need to disinfect the soil.
Fighting lemon pests is not easy, try to prevent them from appearing in your apartment. Systematically inspect the lemon, rinse the lemon leaves with running water, hold the purchased bouquets of flowers and new plants for some time in more than one room with the lemon
