Houseplant health

Diseases of indoor plants caused by fungi: anthracnosis, ascochytosis, alternariasis, powdery mildew, powdery mildew, phyllosticosis, septoriosis, as well as vascular tracheomycosis wilt: fusariosis, verticillosis. Photos and symptoms. Methods of treatment of plant diseases: prevention and recommended fungicides. Norms and dosages of drugs.

Consider common bacterial infections: rot and bacterial spots, as well as viruses (jaundice, mosaic, curly). Where does the infection come from, why do plants get sick. What to treat and what drugs to use. Is it possible to protect plants from diseases, what means of prevention to use.

Often, manifestations of care disorders are mistaken for plant diseases. If the flower suffers from drying of the earth or dry air, this is manifested by drying of the leaf tips, blanching and loss of turgor, and may also be accompanied by the appearance of a tick that causes twisting and deformation of the leaves, and the formation of characteristic puncture spots. Therefore, you should not go to the extreme and dramatically change the conditions of detention, and then, if there is increased humidity around the plant, just remember that it can be threatened by all possible diseases. After all, they are carried with the wind, splashes of water, are easily carried with tools, hands and feet of insects, as well as with water from natural sources.

If a pest is found on one of the plants, then all other plants should be examined immediately. Thrips, for example, easily flies itself, other pests, or rather their larvae can be transferred to the next plant by insects, through an instrument, through non-disinfected soil or pots.
If some adult pests, if you look closely with the naked eye, then their numerous larvae are completely invisible...

Acaricides from the Greek. Akari tick and lat. caedo kill - a group of various chemicals from the group of pesticides to combat herbivorous ticks, as well as parasites of pets and birds). The section contains a description of several drugs for killing ticks on houseplants and garden plants...

Growth stimulants are needed to promote the health of weakened plants affected by transport from the store, by hypothermia, and to stimulate flowering, increase resistance to disease...

What are plant growth stimulants, their mechanism of action. What drug to choose, how to identify a fake.

Fungicide - from the Latin "fungus" - fungus - drugs for the destruction of pathogens of fungal and bacterial diseases that affect many indoor and garden plants. The most common fungicides in floriculture are fundazol, topaz, oxychom, hom, maxim, etc.

Seed pickers are one of the protective functions of these drugs. Already during sowing, part of the seeds can die from phytoinfections. Therefore, soaking in a fungicide solution is often included in the pre-sowing treatment, and is necessary to protect the bulbs.

Insecticide - from lat. insectum - insect and caedo - I kill, this is the protection of plants from pests.

Pests on indoor and garden plants can destroy even the most persistent and unpretentious. The flower is sick, yellowing, losing leaves, withering. The most effective insecticides can help on the first day of use, usually one watering or spraying is enough.

If you have the opportunity to process your flowers outdoors, outdoors, take advantage of it. In this case, all safety measures boil down to the fact that you need to work with gloves and an apron, do not use utensils, do not drink, do not smoke or eat while working, do not scratch your nose or ear with dirty hands. But if there is no opportunity to take out and spray plants on the street or on an open balcony, many do not see a way out, how to process a plant right in the apartment. In this case, security measures should be much more serious. First, spray plants in a room where ventilation is better and easier to ventilate. Someone does it in the bathroom, where there is a good hood, someone - in the room where you can open the window...

The most active growth of the plant occurs in the spring-summer period. Nature itself creates optimal conditions for the development of the plant: light, heat, moisture. But that doesn't mean plants don't need help. Unfortunately, the same conditions are optimal for the life of insect pests parasitizing plants, which often leads to the death of even a strong crop. During the long daylight period, the plant actively grows, synthesizing its tissues and actively consumes nutrients from the soil...