It is no exaggeration to say that indoor plants have long adorned people's lives, and many are happy to grow them, arranging wonderful green corners in their home. The inhabitants of balconies and window sills delight us with the freshness of the leaves, the beauty and fragrance of the flowers, if they are healthy, beautiful and well developed.
Alas, along with your favorite flowers, uninvited guests often settle on window sills - pests of indoor plants: thrips, aphids, whiteflies and many others. Plants weakened by improper care become their prey. In the dry and warm air of an apartment, pests breed at an unheard of rate.
All pests are divided into two groups: sucking and gnawing. "Rodents" eat leaves and flowers, and those who suck, without violating the integrity of the tissues, feed on cellular juice. It is these insects that annoy indoor plants most of all. They are so small that sometimes it is impossible to examine them with the naked eye. Symptoms of the lesion are not detected immediately, but only when the pests, having well-populated and multiplied, transferred their “disco” to neighboring healthy plants.
The most annoying pests are thrips. On indoor plants, they settle in whole colonies, settling on the lower surface of the leaves. These are very small (1-1.5mm), but extremely gluttonous and motile insects, leading a hidden lifestyle. They are inconspicuous, you can consider them, unless armed with a magnifying glass, and preferably a microscope.
Adult insects and larvae stick together, and “harm” together. It happens that thrips are also carriers of viruses. On indoor plants, they can develop year-round. When sucking cell juice, insects damage leaf tissue. It gets from them and buds and flowers, the plant weakens and completely loses its decorative effect. At the same time, thrips are multinivorous and almost any indoor flower can suffer from them. A sure sign that thrips on indoor plants have settled for a long time and for a long time: silvery, like mica windows are visible on the underside of the leaf - a consequence of filling the empty plant cells with air. On the upper side there are many bright points and strokes, whitish spots.
Unfortunately, destroying thrips on indoor plants is not so easy, this enemy does not give up easily. Moreover, I would like not only to get rid of unexpected invaders, but also to preserve the flower and restore its health and beauty. It is recommended that you isolate the infected plants whenever possible, and clean the place where they stood. Before processing, the plant must be washed in the shower using laundry soap.
If the plant is slightly infected, you can use folk remedies and use decoctions of mustard mustard,
creeping mustard, present tobacco, capsicum,
large celandine, yarrow, etc. If these miraculous agents fail to thrips thrips on indoor plants, the struggle continues. Heavy artillery is being used - intexicides (preparations Fitoverm, Vertimek, Decis, Agravertin, Actelik, BI-58, Karate, Confidor and others). Processing is performed at least 2 times with an interval of 7-10 days.
And the last one. Thrips is a very persistent enemy, and many intexicides are toxic to humans (some of them are even dangerous). Carried away by the fight against pests of indoor plants, do not harm yourself!