How do you get rid of plant bugs?

Answer 1

I'm not an expert, but I brush off the eggs with a soft brush like a toothbrush. --------------------------------------------------OR-------------------------------------------------- Spray with 1/2 cup 70% rubbing alcohol mixed with 1 1/2 cup water If plant is indoors or small, I use a Qtip or a cotton ball soaked in rubbing alcohol and apply directly to eggs.

Answer 2

Mites on plants: Wipe them down with diluted alcohol once a week. Mites hate moisture, don't allow plants to stay dry all the time, it's real difficult to kill all of them but you can control them. I controled them on African violets by misting with tepid water twice a day, also Neem oil is very good because it smuthers the tiny mites. New ones hatch out in 5 to 10 days so you'll need to continue this until they are controled. Spray with neem oil every five days. You can purchase Neem II by Green Light from hardware store or online. Or purchase 100% Neem oil online, a Organic supplier. You can also, wash you plant off in the sink with a fairly strong stream of water for the first treatment.

Answer 3

Hang up some fly catchers to catch all the adult flies. Remove all visible flies in your room and on your plants. Remove all the plants from their pots and place the compost into an extra container.

You have two choices available.

1) Buy new compost

2) Kill all the bugs within your old compost.

Put your compost into the oven for at least 30 minutes on Gas Mark 5.

Let the compost cool down and buy some sand from the store.

Put your plants back into your pots and sprinkle some sand over your compost. This stops the adult flies to lay eggs.

Create a mixture of washing up liquid (1 table spoon) and water. Spray that mixture onto the plant. The strong odur should keep the flies away.

Answer 4

Under rocks, in moist, dark places. Pill bugs (Also commonly called "Potato Bugs" or "Woodlice") are crustaceans, they breath through tiny gills, depend on moisture. They are also scavengers, feeding off of dead animal matter. Or are you meaning what regions are they common in?

Answer 5

Have you tried a spray that you can make from water and mixture of dish washing detergent. I have lots of different plant of roses and each year when it gets hot, those little pest shows up. It also goes to my tomatoes, but since I used that spray, its getting better. See if you can try it and if you do, make sure you spray your plants twice and early in the morning before the sun comes up...I do hope this idea can help you..

Answer 6

Encouraging nectaring/pollinating competitors and removing debris are ways to protect plants from love bugs (Plecia nearctica). Love bugs feed upon decaying materials as larvae and nectars as adults.

Answer 7

First identify what kind you have then go to the hardware store and buy some bug spray.

Answer 8

First you'll need to identify what insects you have then go to the nursery or hardware store and start reading the labels on some pesticides to match up with what you see on your plants.

Answer 9

You can buy a bug spray that will kill them. You can find bug spray for pill bugs at stores like Lowe's, Home Depot, or any garden store.

Answer 10

Try a weak solution of dishsoap and water in a spray bottle.