A soap solution against aphids is one of the most effective means of pest control. Use laundry, tar soap dissolved in water. It is practiced to add other active components to the solution to increase the effectiveness of a homemade aphid remedy. Helps rid a variety of plants of aphids:
- fruit trees (including apple, pear, plum and cherry);
- roses;
- currants;
- cucumbers;
- tomatoes;
- pepper;
- cabbage;
- viburnum;
- dill;
- raspberries;
- houseplants and other plants.
Laundry soap solution
The process of preparing an effective drug involves dissolving soap in liquid. Laundry soap against aphids is a safe product that does not affect the development of garden and vegetable crops and does not worsen human well-being. You can work with it without using rubber gloves.
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Household soap should be grated on a coarse grater if it is in briquettes. You will need 300 g. Pour the shavings into a 10 liter bucket, add 2 liters of warm water. Stir the solution well until the laundry soap is completely dissolved. Add 8 liters of cold liquid and mix thoroughly. Liquid soap against aphids is also suitable. Then 300 ml of the product is simply diluted in 10 liters of cold water.
Laundry and tar soap for aphids
Tips and tricks
All products against aphids and insects are used exclusively in their cooled form. To treat small trees and bushes, it is advisable to use a spray bottle. Before starting work, it is advisable to filter the solution and rinse the garden sprayer. If large particles get inside the mechanism, failure is possible.
To clean tomatoes, eggplants and other small plants from pests, all you need is a small broom that needs to be dipped in the prepared solution. This method is convenient for spraying low-growing fruit crops.
In addition, a mixture of 4 pieces of ground soap and warm water will be a good remedy against ants. Then add carbolic acid and a little kerosene to the bucket. As a result, the insects will quickly disappear. This tool makes it possible to get rid of ants on the site in an extremely short time.
Tar soap solution
It is not difficult to prepare a soap solution using a similar scheme using tar soap. The only difference is in concentration. To obtain an effective solution, you will need only 100 g of the active drug per bucket of cold liquid.
Tar soap against aphids helps get rid of pests and restores the structure of plant tissues. The product promotes tissue regeneration, heals “wounds” and damage. Tar has a pungent odor that repels pests and prevents them from settling on the land and plants.
How to choose
For any recipe that will be given in the article, you will need classic tar soap without various additives and impurities that improve the aroma. You can buy this composition in any store at low prices. In this case, you can not pay attention to the attractiveness of the packaging. First of all, to get rid of insects, we are interested in the composition of soap. Moreover, when preparing various solutions, it is necessary to use this soap only in the solid state.
Ash solution
Wood ash is good in the fight against aphids. If there is one on the farm, there is no need to look for anything else. The action of ash is based on irritation of the skin of insects.
To keep light ash on the leaves longer, add soap to the solution. Soap also helps the ash to be evenly distributed in the liquid, which ensures complete treatment of the plants.
Solutions of ash and soda against aphids
Soap ash solution for aphids is prepared in several stages:
- Initially, it is necessary to sift 300 g of wood ash through a fine sieve;
- add it to a 10 liter bucket of water and put it on fire;
- after boiling, cook for half an hour;
- cool to a comfortable temperature, add 40 g of grated laundry soap or 20 g of tar soap.
It is necessary to start preparing the drug immediately before use. There is no need to do it in advance.
Reviews
Tar soap is a unique product that is in great demand not only in cosmetology, but is also a good helper in the garden to combat various pests. Thanks to its rich aroma, which aphids cannot stand, insects begin to leave the garden and the plants come to life. But after some time, the pests may return again, so it is necessary to carry out such activities from time to time.
This link will tell you how to treat plums against aphids.
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Soda solution
Soap and baking soda work wonders against aphids. The effect is noticeable by the end of the day if the treatment was carried out early in the morning. Initially, the required amount of the drug is determined. Prepare a soap solution (1/4 or 1/2 of a bar of soap per bucket is enough), add soda at the rate of 1 tbsp. spoon per 1 liter of water. You will need 10 spoons per bucket. Mix thoroughly.
Baking soda causes irritation and damages the skin; soap prevents insects from escaping. The pests will die quickly within 24 hours.
The benefits of tar and the advantages of its use in the garden
Birch tar is a natural and safe remedy that has long been successfully used in households, folk medicine, cosmetology, gardening and horticulture due to its many beneficial properties (antiseptic, antiparasitic, antimicrobial). It contains resins, paraffin, organic acids, phytoncides, natural antiseptics (phenol), guaiacol...
Of course, we do not urge you, following the example of your ancestors, to lubricate cart wheels with tar or tan leather with it, but, believe me, it is very advisable to use it in the garden. Due to its sharp, specific odor, it works as an excellent repellent for harmful insects and small mammals, and the healing properties of tar help plants fight various diseases.
The use of birch tar on the site, compared to conventional pesticides, has many advantages:
Tobacco solution
Making a soap solution for aphids with the addition of tobacco is very simple:
- 200 g of dry leaves are ground into powder and added to a bucket of water;
- grind 3 pods of fresh hot pepper, combine with tobacco solution, leave for 24 hours;
- add 100 g of grated laundry soap, 3 tbsp. spoons of wood ash or cinnamon, mix everything thoroughly.
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Treatment of plants with soap with the addition of several active components provides high results and quick action.
Fighting aphids
If aphids have infected fruit trees, then you can achieve maximum effect using the following solution. Dilute 60 grams of tar soap in ten liters of water. No need to spray. Pour the product into small wide-necked bottles and hang them on tree branches. After some time, not a trace of the aphids will remain. To avoid this problem again, periodically refresh the contents of the bottles. And if in late autumn you soak sawdust with such a solution and scatter it in the tree trunk area, you will drive ants away from the area.
A solution of tar soap and ash will help you get rid of aphids on fruit bushes. Dissolve half a kilogram of ash in a bucket of boiling water, add 50 grams of crushed garlic, and when the liquid has cooled, add 50 grams of crushed tar soap into it. Treat the tops of berry bushes with this product. This procedure can be performed only after they have finished flowering.
Tops solution
To prepare an effective drug, use tomato and potato tops.
- Grind 4 kg of raw materials, place in a bucket, pour in 10 liters of liquid, cover with a lid, leave to infuse for 6 hours;
- put on the stove, after boiling, cook for half an hour;
- cool to a comfortable temperature, add 50 g of any soap preparation - household, tar.
The concentrate can be prepared in advance. You can leave it to brew for a week. Soap should be added immediately before use.
Moles
It is clear what to do with insect pests. But summer residents also have other garden enemies, for example, moles. With their active underground activity, they cause significant damage to the health and sometimes even the life of gardening plants.
The mole is an uninvited guest in any garden
To drive these uninvited guests away from the site, mix 1 cup of tar and 1/3 cup of vegetable oil and soak pieces of rags with this emulsion. After this, dig out all the molehills that you find on the site, put a fragrant rag in each hole and fill the holes with earth. After such “aromatherapy,” the moles will quickly leave the occupied territory.
Instructions for use
Efficiency of soap solution
The fight against aphids is carried out by spraying. Small bushes of plants are watered from a watering can. For spraying, use a garden sprayer and bottles with a nozzle.
During treatment, you should try to ensure that the stream hits the lower part of the plant, since this is where the pests are concentrated. Otherwise, the solution will flow to the ground without getting on the aphids.
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The frequency of application depends on the degree of damage to the garden plot. The activity begins at the first signs of crop damage and is repeated every week for prevention. Destruction is carried out in several procedures with a break of 2-3 days.
How to use it correctly
Tar soap against ants and aphids is used on the site depending on its composition.
The solution prepared for spraying must be cooled.
Regular solution
It is used for cleaning insects from various cultivated plants. The product should be prepared and cooled. Filter it using gauze or rags. Then pour it into a spray bottle and spray the plants.
Attention! Too much solution should not be applied to each individual crop. This can lead to the appearance of a film and the death of leaves.
With added soda
When preparing a soda solution, the dosage must be observed. Sodium carbonate is aggressive. Therefore, you need to be extremely careful when working.
Precautionary measures
In accordance with the safety data sheet, birch tar is a non-explosive, non-flammable substance. If the instructions, recommendations for use and disposal of residues are followed, thermally hazardous decomposition products are not released.
General recommendations:
- carry out processing in special clothing, work shoes and gloves;
- in order not to cause a burn to the upper respiratory tract, be sure to wear a respirator or protective mask;
- when diluting mixtures, use special containers;
- after contact with the drug, thoroughly wash your hands and face, take a hot shower, change your underwear;
- after use, burn any remaining product (packaging, gloves, plastic bottle);
- In case of poisoning, allergic reaction, accidental ingestion, immediately call an ambulance; self-medication is dangerous.
About the effectiveness of the product
A forum with positive user reviews proves the effectiveness of birch tar. Sometimes, to obtain the best result, several treatments should be carried out, which should be remembered by summer residents and gardeners! This should be done in clear weather, since if there is an excess of ambient moisture, the effectiveness of the natural insecticide decreases.
After dissolving in water, tar does not work for a long time, so it should be used immediately after diluting and cooling the liquid. Birch resin must be used strictly according to folk recipes, otherwise it will not be possible to wait for the desired disappearance of aphids and ants that are in close contact with each other.
Which is better?
Moonshine tar is free, but it is the least effective and contains the greatest amount of harmful substances. Therefore, it is advisable to use purchased birch tar of varying degrees of purification in the vegetable garden (from left to right in the figure below).
Purified tar no longer looks like a black slurry, but a dark brown translucent substance. By the way, working mixtures from it remain homogeneous not for 15-20 minutes, but for more than an hour. The most expensive, but also the most effective substance is perfume. Perfume tar is used for aromatherapy and adding piquancy to odors. For both, the drug is used, of course, in microdoses.
Almost equivalent to perfume, but much cheaper than medical tar. Veterinary is not much cheaper than medical, but is only slightly more effective than moonshine. But tar soap, although it contains a ready-made adhesive, is not very effective as a pest repellent. There is very little tar in it, in a dose safe for humans, which almost does not repel pests.
