Introduction and prevention of 5 common diseases and pests of potted green radish

Green ivy is a very common indoor potted plant. It has good decorative effects and a certain ability to purify the air. It is loved by many people. Many people grow green ivy , and diseases and pests are often encountered during the breeding process. Here we will talk about the introduction and prevention of 5 common diseases and pests of potted green ivy.

1. Root rot

Symptoms: Root rot is a very common disease in the process of growing green radish. It mainly harms the roots of green radish, causing them to rot, resulting in the leaves turning yellow and falling off until death.

Solution: For the root rot of green radish, in the early stage of the disease, you only need to spray 500 times diluted 50% carbendazim wettable powder, or directly irrigate the roots. If the disease is more serious, you must use other methods, pull out the green radish, remove the rotten roots, change the soil and pots, and replant it.

2. Leaf spot

Symptoms: Leaf spot disease mainly harms the leaves of green radish. In the early stage of the disease, many small brown spots will appear on the leaves. In severe cases, the spots will spread all over the leaves.

Solution: For the treatment of leaf spot disease, it is necessary to discover it in time. In the early stage of the disease, we only need to remove the diseased leaves and spray them with 500 times diluted 95% mancozeb or 1000 times diluted 80% carbendazim wettable powder for prevention and control. During this period, attention should be paid to ventilation.

3. Anthrax

Symptoms: Anthracnose is also a disease that is very easy to cause when growing green radish. It mainly affects the middle part of the leaves, causing reddish-brown or dark-brown spots. As the disease worsens, the spots will gradually expand and form ring-shaped markings.

Solution: First of all, we need to remove the diseased leaves, and then use drugs to prevent and control them. There are many pesticides that can prevent and control anthracnose, such as mancozeb, carbendazim, thiophanate-methyl, and carbendazim, all of which have certain preventive and control effects.

4. Aphids

Symptoms: In the process of growing green radish, aphids are also one of its main pests. The impact of aphids will be greater when it is grown indoors. Aphids suck the juice of new branches and leaves, which will affect the normal growth of the plant after spring.

Solution: When the situation is not serious, you can use wood ash attached to the page and wash it off. If there are many insect pests, you can dilute imidacloprid emulsion with water in a ratio of 1:50 and spray it.

5. Scale insects

Symptoms: Scale insects are also one of the main pests of green radish. They attach themselves to the leaves and make them lose their luster. Their excrement can also cause anthrax, so the prevention and control of scale insects is very important.

Solution: If there are relatively few scale insects, you can use cotton swabs dipped in 75% of the alcohol to wipe off the living insects, or use laundry detergent to wipe off the insects, and use 25% of the cypermethrin wettable powder to spray 2000 times, once every 15 days, for 2 consecutive times.

That’s it