The home remedies for aphids that I leave you today are designed to fight this pest effectively and naturally. The aphid is one of the most widespread pests in our plants and especially in our garden, when spring temperatures begin to rise. They come in several colors such as yellow, green or black, and some attack more specific plants, such as the cabbage aphid, and others are polyphagous, feeding on many plants, such as the green aphid .
Although at first glance they seem harmless, the damage they cause us is due to the fact that they suck the sap from the plants, seriously damaging them, as well as other indirect damage, such as the proliferation of fungi. Although we can fight them by attracting auxiliary fauna, we are going to see 7 home remedies for aphids, 7 ecological and very effective treatments to fight them naturally.
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1.- HOME REMEDY AGAINST APHIDS WITH POTASSIUM SOAP
Potassium soap is one of the most widely used remedies in the organic garden, in particular for its excellent effectiveness against soft-bodied pests, such as aphids, whiteflies or red spider mites. In addition, we can prepare it at home in a very simple way. To prepare this recipe we can use any dose, always respecting the proportion, which is 25 grams of soap for each liter of water.
2.- HOMEMADE REMEDY AGAINST APHIDS WITH GARLIC INFUSION
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Garlic infusion. It’s one of the best repellents we can make. It does not kill aphids but it makes our plants unattractive to them, so the preventative remedy is perfect. Of course, they must be applied several days in a row. We will only need a few cloves of garlic and water.
3.- FIGHT APHIDS WITH NETTLE PURINE
Nettle slurry is one of the fundamental principles of the garden and it is that in addition to helping us fight aphids, it also helps us fight fungi and not only that but also if we use it for watering, it strengthens the plant against pests. I always say it’s the 3 x 1 of the orchard. You have to do it yes or yes.
4.- FIGHT APHIDS WITH APICHI
The apichi is another of the fundamentals of any organic garden. It is one of the most powerful insecticides that we can prepare in our garden. Like potassium soap, it helps us fight almost all kinds of soft-bodied pests, including whiteflies or spider mites, and is an excellent home remedy for aphids. That is, it is effective against the most common garden pests. The ingredients are very easy to obtain and we can have them all at home: garlic, pepper and hot peppers.
5.- IVY EXTRACT
Ivy extract, although lesser known, is an interesting one-ingredient homemade insecticide like ivy, a very common plant in almost all regions. Ivy acts as an insecticide thanks to its active ingredient, present throughout the plant both in the stem and in the leaves. A very simple extract to prepare but at the same time very effective. Besides being one of the most effective home remedies for aphids, it also works against other soft-bodied pests such as whiteflies, spider mites or thrips.
6.- FIGHT APHIDS WITH TANSY EXTRACT
What I love most about the organic garden is the biodiversity and the fact that we always have plants on hand that help us fight pests. That’s why I’ve had tansy in the garden for years, which is a plant that attracts garden predators but with which you can prepare an extract like with ivy and use it to fight pests. In this case, it also helps us to fight the ants that graze the aphid but also helps us to fight it.
7.- FIGHT APHIDS WITH AUXILIARY FAUNA
As I mentioned at the beginning, the best thing for the garden is to seek balance, so attracting auxiliary fauna is essential in any organic garden, and they also help us to control pests. We can therefore plant flowers or auxiliary plants to attract one of its biggest predators, which are ladybugs or vaquitas de San Antonio, lacewings or hoverflies.
You can also buy live ladybugs, or attract them with an insect hotel.
7+1.- DDT
A method that is also very effective and that I leave you in addition is the dedete! We can simply remove them by hand. If the plague is not very abundant, this is one of the most effective methods, gently pressing the plant stem and shoots will quickly end this problem.
To use all these home remedies for aphids, it is best to use a quality sprayer that is easy to disassemble and clean. In my case, I use Matabi Evolution 7 sprayers which satisfy me in these needs. They also have accessories to spray two plants at the same time or extensions to reach higher, in the case of spraying trees.
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