Home Defensives
There are many chemicals available on the market for controlling pests and diseases in orchids. However, we usually have our plants close to home, next to our pets and, in these cases, it doesn't seem to be a good idea to use highly toxic products. Therefore, here is a list of suggestions for carrying out the control in an organic way, leaving chemical control for the last cases,
Chamomile Tea (Matricaria recutita)
tea is effective against fungi Chamomile tea is responsible for soil fungi by the rot (falling off) of the newly planted seedling. The Effect lasts for a few days, when it must be reapplied.
Tea de Confrei (Symphytum spp.)
_cc781905-5cde-3194-bb3b-136bad5cf58 has been used to stimulate d. Comfrey is rich in allantoin, a potent cell growth stimulant.
honey tea
_cc781905-5cde-3194-bb3b-136bad5cf58 a glass of warm tea mix until dissolved. The solution can be used as a rooting hormone
Onion, garlic and chili pepper
Excellent for fighting aphids and mealybugs. Blend an onion with a few cloves of garlic, a chili pepper and a little water in a blender. Sift and let it rest for a week. Use 100ml of the mixture for each liter of water.
Chá de Salgueiro (Salix spp.) e Alamo (Populus spp.)
_cc781905-5cde-3194-bb3b-136bad5cf58d can be used together separately. The ideal is to collect the newly sprouted leaves and crush them with a little warm water (50 e 70 degrees). The orchid can be soaked in this mixture for several hours or even overnight. The mixture can be stored in the closed bottle in the refrigerator for 2 months.
Willow is rich in indole butyric acid, an important hormone responsible for cell proliferation and consequent rooting. It also contains salicylic acid, which helps the plant to protect itself from fungi and bacteria.
Tea de wormwood (Artemisia absinthium)
Tabém chamada de absinto, é usada para fight caterpillars and slugs. Make a tea by putting 30 grams in a liter of water and boiling it for 10 minutes. Dilute 100ml of tea in a liter of water and spray.
Neem (azadirachta indica)
It is usually found in the form of oil, however, there are reports of neem oil burning buds and young shoots of orchids. In addition to the oil, a solution can also be prepared by blending 250g of neem leaves in two liters of water. Let it sit for two hours in the dark, then filter and mix in another 18 liters of water. Pode ser armazenado por tres dias.
As an insecticide, it is indicated for controlling caterpillars, aphids, cows (diabrotic), grasshoppers and small beetles.
Soap and Garlic Syrup
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Vegetable oil
Inseticida contra cochonilhas de carapaça (cabeça de prego, escama virgula, escama farinha , parlatory, São José louse, etc. ) and mealybugs without shell (green, brown and brown mealybugs), still aphid, caterpillars, flies, mosquitoes, mites (red mite), eggs and larvae of insects, thrips e whitefly.
Usar 1 kg de sabão comum + 8, 0 liters of vegetable oil (soybean, sunflower...)+ 4.0 liters of water. Boil and dissolve the chopped soap in 4 liters of water. Remove from heat and slowly dissolve 8 liters of vegetable oil. Dilute 100ml for each liter of water and spray.
de sodium bicarbonate
Fungicida que combate a antracnose e míldio. Dilute in 4 liters of water a teaspoon of bicarbonate and 2.5 spoons of vegetable oil, beat well, then add half a teaspoon of washing powder. Apply weekly until the disease disappears.
Tea from samambaia
Colocar 500 gramas de folhas frescas ou 100 gramas de folhas secas em um litro of water. Boil half an hour. For application, dilute 100ml of this macerate in one liter of water. It controls mites, mealybugs and aphids.
Macerated de uritiga
Colocar 500 gramas de folhas frescas ou 100 gramas de folhas secas de uritiga em a liter of water and leave two days. For application dilute in 10 liters of water and spray on plants or soil. Controls aphids and caterpillars (applied to soil)
Smoke de rope
_cc781905-5cde-3194-bb3b-136bad5cf58d rope smoke can be chopped rope smoke and placed in one liter of water for one day in a non-metallic container with a lid. Dilute in 10 liters of water and spray the plants.
Pode também, picar 10 cm de chopped smoke in a bowl and cover with alcohol. Leave for 15 days in a closed container. Para usar, coe e misture um copo com 250 gramas de sabão e 10 litros de água._cc781905 -5cde-3194-bb3b-136bad5cf58d_
Controls mealybugs, caterpillars and aphids.
Cinnamon em powder
A canela em pó é bactericida e fungicida_cc781905-5cde-3194-bb3b -136bad5cf58d_efficient against orchid rot. The ideal is to cut the affected parts and sprinkle powdered cinnamon.
Beer
beers and snails attract les. Make traps out of cans, removing the lid and burying them in an opening at ground level. Add a little beer mixed with salt. The slugs fall into the can attracted by the beer and die of dehydration from the salt.
Urine de cow
A urina de vaca pode ser usada para o_cc781905-5cde-3194- bb3b-136bad5cf58d_control of caterpillars, ants, plecos, aphids, mealybugs and prevents the attack of some diseases. It has fungicidal action.
Collect the urine and leave it in a closed plastic container for three days for the urea to decompose into ammonia.
Mix 100ml of cow urine in 10 liters of water and pulverize.
Milk
_cc781905-5cde-3194-bb3b-136actuated fungal_diseases
Misturar um litro de leito com 100g de bicarbonato de sódio e 20 litros de water and spray. Repeat every 10 days.
PTo attract slugs, distribute on the ground e around the plants, burlap or cloth bag wet with water and a little milk. In the morning, turn the burlap or bag over and kill any that gather underneath.