Appearance: Cactus and Deal with the Enemy
Although the numbers were “scary people” because it is full of thorns, cactus still have “enemies of pests and diseases.” The existence of these enemies is obviously the best growth to be fighting for the cactus.
Cactus plant is not complicated, many people imagine. Because, cactus plants are considered to be “naughty secrets.” In this sense, the cactus does not require special treatment in order to grow well. However, in the cactus are also some things that must be considered planted. These things, preparation and basins, preparation and selection of media, planting, planting, watering methods, fertilizing, repotting, and pest control.
For the most recent that it is a great idea, if the information in as much as possible to find (especially beginners), in order to avoid any “enemy” attacks favorite cactus processing. The following paper will provide information, “the enemy” is when the attack cactus, in the following manner.
Under normal circumstances, the enemies of cactus can be divided into two broad categories, namely, pests and diseases. In the so-called pest animals caused by the cactus barriers. Although this disease is a kind of cactus may be due to disorder than other animals (such as fungi, bacteria and viruses).
1. Pests
Mite
Symptoms: the entire surface of the cactus plant has become brown due to the demise of the chlorophyll network.
Control: Mites can be controlled by mechanical or chemical. Machinery, scrub cactus wearing a rod or a cotton bud dipped in a soap solution which toothbrush (including 5 liters of water a tablespoon of detergent or soap dissolved DAB). In chemistry, is to control mites and Propargite EC 570 dose of 1-2 grams / liter of water spray. If the attack is too serious, infection should be discarded as part of a cactus.
Ancient white (Milligan error)
Symptoms: cactus looks dirty, because this dark dark green, like cotton lining.
Control: Brush some of the toothbrush or brush attack. If you want to deal with, until from lice and 2 ml dose of chemical spray Basudin / liter of water, once every 10 days.
Lice Batok
Symptoms: sucking lice depend on the liquid cactus plant artillery attacks, has therefore become a yellow (like leaves), and eventually death became a cactus.
Control: if the attack serious, cacti should be discarded prior to transfer to other cacti. However, if attacked too early, cactus in the soap solution, 5 liters of water immersion (cleaning agents or soap DAB 1 tablespoon) 15 minutes.
Louse scale
Symptoms: The cactus stem and the surface looks dirty or faded, and long-term become more and more miserable. Lice-scale can also be invited to the arrival of ants, so ants surrounded by cactus.
Control: lice mechanical watches can be eliminated on the skin surface of a cactus stem and control the use of soft brush or a brush. Chemical control, spray Decis 2.5 According to the European Union and the dose listed on the packaging.
Wool lice
Symptoms: disaster become fragile, because the liquid is absorbed by the aphids. Over time, the withering of rod segment.
Control: control of the same size of fleas.
Wormwood
Symptoms: Some were worm attacks, is a cactus root. Thus, root damage, does not work. The plant will eventually die.
Control: In the planting, the root of the cactus should be first disinfected with 70% alcohol. Or, it can be with carbofuran in a medium-sized mixing station.
Snail or conch
Symptoms: tuna, cactus bud damage and irregular shapes. Sometimes, attacks continue, the cactus can be decomposed.
Control: Capture snail / plug, and then thrown away or incinerated. And then did a cactus surrounding environment clean.
Ants
Symptoms: destruction of roots and shoots ants usually live in soil or under the cactus roots.
Control: Remove and drying in the sun the old cactus semutnya. And then did a cactus surrounding environment clean.
Cockroaches Land
Symptoms: There is damage, there stunted because of cactus and even death as part of the root of the cactus. Cockroaches usually “card” in the fertilizer.
Control: Replace the cactus plant materials for the first time the media sterilization.
Rat
Symptoms: This pest likes to eat a ripe cactus fruit cactus stems or damage (those who do not like barbed Gymnocalycium).
Control: the establishment of a clean environment around the cacti and cactus of waste around the nest in the rat mouse traps.
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