Pest control for cyclamen

Ground flies

The larvae damage young stems and roots, and in severe cases the seedlings die.

Prevention and control measures

You can use 3000 times the solution of 2.5% cypermethrin emulsifiable concentrate for prevention and control, and the effect will be better if you spray it on the ground around the plants.

Mites

It harms bulbs, leaves, and flowers, causing flower buds to rot and leaves to lose their green color and become twisted and deformed.

Prevention and control measures

1. Remove weeds and reduce insect population

2. Spray 2000 times the dilution of 73% cypermethrin emulsifiable concentrate. If the insect population density is too high, spray 2-4 times continuously with a 10-day interval between each spray.

Thrips

It harms young leaves and flowers, causing spots, streaks, withering of buds, new leaves, and flowers, and twisted and yellowed leaves.

Prevention and control measures

1. Hang blue insect sticky board.

2. Spray 1000 times diluted 50% cypermethrin emulsifiable concentrate or 2000-2500 times diluted 10% imidacloprid wettable powder for prevention and control.

aphid

It harms young leaves and flower buds, forms galls, induces sooty mold disease, and spreads viruses.

Prevention and control measures

1. Release natural enemies such as ladybugs and lacewings for prevention and control.

2. Set up sticky insect boards to lure and kill aphids or cover with plastic film to avoid aphids .

3. Use 2000 times diluted 50% aphid-repellent wettable powder and 1500 times diluted 10% imidacloprid to spray alternately for prevention and control.

Woodlice

It feeds on leaves, roots and stems, causing leaf and stem notches and rot.

Prevention and control measures

1. Remove weeds and spread quicklime powder.

2. Use 500 times diluted 50% carbaryl wettable powder or 2000 times diluted 2.5% cypermethrin to spray the ground, straw mats, and insect traps to kill them.

Slug

Scrape the leaves until the plant dies.

Prevention and control measures

1. Apply decomposed organic fertilizer.

2. Cultivate on high ridges, cover with plastic film, and break the film to raise seedlings to reduce harm.

3. Soak the camellia oleifera powder and clean water in a ratio of 1:10 for 24 hours. Dilute the filtered water by 20 to 50 times and sprinkle on the seedbed or spray.

4. Sprinkle quicklime powder around the affected plants.

5. In the evening, spread 2% poison bait on the ridges to kill snails.