Throw some small things in the pot, and the flowers and plants will no longer attract insects

plant ash

How to use: 1. Prepare wood ash (wood ash is actually the ash left over from burning straw and other planting materials). 2. Sprinkle wood ash on the surface of the potting soil and spray a little water to let the ash dissolve.
Prevent and control insects such as aphids, small black flies, slugs, etc.

Eggshell

How to use: 1. Dry the eggshells. 2. Crack the dried eggshells into pieces and scatter them around the flower pots. Then the snails will not crawl into your flower pots. The broken eggshells will scratch the part of the snail that touches the ground!
Prevent and control insects, snails, slugs, etc.

Mothballs

How to use: 1. Crush the mothballs. 2. Sprinkle the crumbs on the soil surface.
Prevent and control insects, mosquitoes, flies, cockroaches, small white bugs in flower pots, etc.

Mosquito-repellent coils

How to use: 1. Light the mosquito coil. 2. Place it on the soil in the flowerpot. 3. Put a bag over the flowers and plants, the kind that can cover the flower pots as well (you can also light them in a closed room). 4. Wait until the mosquito coil burns out.
Prevent and control insects, red spiders, mosquitoes and other pests.

Fine sand

How to use: 1. Before summer comes, spread a layer of fine sand on the surface of the plant to prevent small black flies from laying eggs in the soil. 2. But before spreading the fine sand, make sure there are no insect eggs in the soil. When fertilizing flowers and plants, choose special flower fertilizer or chemical fertilizer, and do not use self-fermented fertilizer. 3. Whether you buy the soil or dig the soil outside, you must spread it out and expose it to the sun for 1 to 2 days after you bring it back. If necessary, you can expose it to the sun for 3 to 4 days to use the high temperature to kill the insect eggs. In this way, a layer of fine sand can be spread on the surface to prevent insects.
It is very effective in preventing and controlling small black flies and various small insects born in the soil.

Salt

How to use: 1. Sprinkle a layer of salt on the surface of the flower pot. 2. If you are worried that salt will cause soil salinization, you can sprinkle salt around the flower pot, or put a layer of paper at the bottom of the salt.
Prevents and controls insects, snails, slugs, etc.

garlic

Usage: 1. Peel the garlic and mash it. 2. Bury the garlic in the soil.
Prevent and control insects, ants, snails, etc.

Ginger powder

How to use: Sprinkle a circle of ginger powder on the soil surface or around the flower pot. Prevent and control pests such as bugs and slugs.

drug

Furadan

1. Prepare Furadan. 2. Dig a few small holes on the surface of the soil, and then bury a few grains of Furadan. Similar drugs: Cypermethrin, Dimethoate, Methylchlor, Bacillus thuringiensis, etc.
Pest control: small black flies, thrips, mosquitoes, etc.

Ant medicine

1. Prepare ant medicine. 2. Place ant medicine in places where ants often appear, and put a few more pieces. The ants will move the medicine into a nest by themselves, and the ants will disappear after a while.
Pest control: ants.

Flower Guardian

1. Prepare insecticides for killing scale insects. The most commonly used and effective one is Flower Protector. 2. Dilute Flower Guardian with water at a ratio of 1:200. 3. Spray the mixed solution directly to the places where scale insects are densely distributed. 4. The effect will be seen after one week of spraying. If there are still sporadic scale insects, you can choose to wipe them with alcohol or spray them again with the flower protector.
Pest control: common pests such as scale insects and aphids

Jin Manzhi

1. Prepare Jinmanzhi (Laifulu, Damanling, etc. are drugs with the same effect). 2. Trim the spiders infected with red spider mites and cut off the overlapping leaves to avoid them from being sprayed when the time comes. 3. Tilt the flower pot 45 degrees, and then spray the medicine from bottom to top. Be sure to spray the bottom of all leaves and stems! 4. After spraying the back of the leaves, straighten the flower pot, and then spray the front of the leaves. Again, make sure not to miss any leaves or corners! 5. Two hours after spraying, all the red spider mites should be killed. For individual insect eggs that have not been killed, you can spray again after 5 to 7 days, and generally they will all be killed.
Pest Control: Red Spider Mites

Dishwashing liquid

Operation steps 1. Prepare 700 ml of clean water. 2. Add 2 drops of dishwashing liquid to 700 ml of water, pour it into a spray bottle and shake well. 3. Place the sprayer close to the part of the plant close to the soil and spray it. Be sure to spray all the plant stems, the back of the leaves and other places where pests are present!
Pest control works wonders against aphids.

cut tobacco

Operation steps 1. If there are smokers at home, you can soak cigarette tobacco in water. 2. Stuff some tobacco into a paper cup, fill it with water, and soak it for about 2 days. 3. When watering flowers and plants, just use tobacco leaf water. You can see obvious results after watering it once. 4. Water it again after 3-4 days, and it will be almost done. If you are still worried, you can water it a third time.
Pest control has good effect on controlling common pests such as aphids and black flies

Alcohol

How to use: 1. Prepare a cotton swab and 75% concentration alcohol. 2. Dip a cotton swab in alcohol and wipe the areas where scale insects exist, including leaves and stems. This is because alcohol can not only remove adult scale insects, but also kill their eggs! 3. Check after a while. If there is no stain, that’s the best. If there is, it means it was not cleaned thoroughly the first time. Then wipe it again with alcohol! However, this method is only suitable when there are fewer scale insects.

beer

How to use: 1. Prepare beer or milk and a plastic cup. 2. Bury the plastic cup in the soil, with the bottle mouth about 0.5 cm away from the soil, and pour beer into it. 3. After one night, you can see the slugs soaking in the beer. Take them out and kill them.

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