Many gardeners are familiar with that annoying feeling when they discover hordes of insects that literally stick around dill. Those who tried to get rid of parasites, also know how this is not a simple matter. In this article we consider effective methods of how to deal with aphids in dill.
Causes of aphids in dill
Aphids are tolerated by garden ants. The fact is that it emits a sticky, sweet liquid - down or honeydewthat ants love to eat. Therefore, the main reason for the appearance of this parasite in your garden is the invasion of ants. And if you don’t get the root cause, you’re unlikely to achieve results in getting rid of aphids.
There are about 4,000 species of aphids. Wings with wings can migrate through the air. Also aphid can be brought in with new plants already infected. A large number of it lives in untidy areas. Possible causes may be a lack of phosphorus or a surplus of nitrogen in the soil.
How to determine that on dill aphid
The fact that your dill attacked aphid may indicate several factors that are easy to notice. Despite the fact that it is very small (2-5 mm in length) parasitic insect, it multiplies very quickly and massively - every two weeks, a new offspring of 150 larvae appears.
Did you know? For one season aphid is able to reproduce from 12 to 18 generations.Therefore, literally in a matter of days you will find on the stems, buds and leaves of dill a lot of swarming green or black bugs. Insect can be wingless and winged. Her body is like an egg, it can be crushed by lightly pressing the fingers. Lthe stumps and umbrellas of the affected plant are deformed, subsequently cease to develop and fade.
It feeds on plant sap, sucking all nutrients with it, which is why it is also called plant lice. However, she is also a peddler of dangerous diseases. A black fungus or other pathogens can settle on the plant. Parasitic excretions inhibit plant photosynthesis.
Take a closer look at your dill. Is the inside of the leaf covered with a sticky substance?
These are waste products of aphids. If you often see on the beds where dill grows, "ant paths", this can also be a sign that your plants have been attacked by aphids. Also a symptom of the fact that the greens were chosen by the plant louse is the presence of small white scales under the plant - an old, discarded aphid shell.
How to get rid of aphids on dill
If you notice any of these signs, then immediately you need to choose methods of dealing with aphids on dill, otherwise very soon you can lose the entire crop, and aphid will eat dill before you.
It would be very nice to inspect the plants as often as possible, and at the first detection of pests or products of their vital activity, immediately destroy them.
However, unfortunately, in most cases it is already necessary to fight a widespread infection. This can help both chemical drugs and sparing folk remedies. 
Chemicals against aphids in dill
One of the most effective ways to rescue dill from aphids will be treatment with chemical and biological preparations. However, this measure should be applied in an exceptional case, when other methods have been ineffective or when the greens are planted on seeds, and not for food.
After all, when using chemistry for the greenery used in food, there is a high probability that further harmful substances will settle in the human body.
Important! Using insecticide for spraying dill is unsafe.To begin with, we try non-toxic antiparasitic biopreparations. These include, in particular, "Fitoverm". One ampoule with this substance (5 ml) must be diluted in 1 liter of water. After treatment, the aphid should die within 2-3 days. The effect of the drug lasts for a week. Then the procedure will need to be repeated.
Also a good idea "Enterobacterin". However, the duration of its action is slightly less - a maximum of five days. For drugs of this action applies and "Biotlin".
Moderately toxic chemicals are used. "Malathion" (1 tbsp. spoon for 10 liters of water) and "Preparation C-30" (300-400 ml per 10 liters of water).
Important! When treating plants with insecticides, it is important not to forget about the observance of personal safety measures. In order to avoid getting drugs on the body and clothing spraying is carried out in calm weather. Hands should be protected by gloves, eyes - glasses, nose and mouth - by mask.The methods of dealing with aphids in dill include foliar dressing a mixture of 10 g of potassium chloride and 20 g of superphosphate, diluted in 10 liters of water. She process the back of the leaves and the root zone. The treatment is repeated after a week.
How to get rid of aphids in dill harmless methods
It should be understood that the spraying of greenery used in food with insecticides can have negative and even dangerous consequences for humans and the environment. Therefore, harmless methods will be the best ways to get rid of aphids. There are several of them. These include mechanical and folk methods. We give the most common and effective.
Mechanical methods. The primary physical method is the destruction of anthills. They need to dig a shovel, while destroying the eggs of ants. You can pour boiling water into them. Also use sticky traps for insects.
Apply spraying "Biotlin", "Fitoverm", the use of folk decoctions and mixtures.
If aphids only begin to settle on dill, the fight against it can begin with washing the dill with a strong stream of cold water from a garden hose in several stages. In this case, it can be expected that the aphid's limbs will numb, for some time it will be excommunicated from the power source and will die.
With a slight spread of the pest, infected plants are removed and destroyed by hand or by collecting insects.
Folk methods. To folk remedies to combat aphids include solutions, mixtures, infusions and decoctions of household products, ashes and plants.
The easiest way is considered the processing of dill a solution of rubbed soap (200 g / 200 l of water). It can also be mixed ash or onion peel. The solution is sprayed or rubbed on the leaves and stems.
In the same way you can cook green soap solution. Green soap is also added to the mix:
- 9 liters of water, 20 g of mustard powder, 200 g of green soap. Mix well, add copper sulphate (20 g / 1 l);
- 1.5 kg of wood ash and 50 g of green soap dissolved in hot water and insist.
There are many recipes with the addition of liquid dishwashing detergent, but very often gardeners complain that such solutions lead to burn of the leaves of plants.
Important! All traditional methods should be repeated at least three times with an interval of 5-7 days.As a preventive and therapeutic agent for aphids in dill, as well as fertilizer, it has proven itself well wood ash, which helps both to get rid of insects, and prevents their appearance. From it is prepared infusion for dusting: Boil 300 g of ash for half an hour, dilute with 10 liters of water.
It is known about the insecticidal properties of tobacco, so you can also use it to destroy aphids. To do this, prepare tobacco infusions and decoctions.
Infusion: Tobacco dust should be poured with water in the proportion of 1:10, infused for two days, diluted with water 1 to 3 and add soap (40 g / 10 l).
Broth: tobacco dust pour water in a ratio of 1:10, boil for half an hour, stand for a day, strain, dilute with water 1 to 3, add soap.
There is an opinion that aphids help vinegar, mustard and soda. Essences are prepared from vinegar for spraying (1 tbsp / 10 l of water). Mustard is scattered on anthills and used to prepare a solution (100 g / 10 l of water). Baking soda is dissolved in water (75 g / 10 l) and used to sprinkle the bushes.
Of plants that prevent the spread of plant fleas, use garlic, onions, tomatoes, potatoes.
Garlic tincture: 200 g of minced garlic pour 1 liter of warm water for 5 days. For spraying diluted in water (100 g / 5 l).
Infusion of onion peel: 200 g of husk pour 10 liters of warm water, insist 12-15 hours, drain. Another recipe is with the addition of citrus skins: pour boiling water over the husk and citrus peel, leave for 3 days, drain, store in a dark place, dilute with water before use.
Infusion of tomato tops: crushed dry tops pour 10 liters of water, boil for 30 minutes. Before spraying diluted in water in a ratio of 1: 5 and add soap (40 g / 10 l).
Infusion of potato tops: 1.5 kg of fresh or 0.8 kg of dry tops pour 10 liters of water, insist 3-4 days, drain. You can add soap (30-40 g).
For the preparation of antiparasitic decoctions and tinctures, you can use these herbs: celandine, red pepper, nettle, wormwood, marigold, yarrow, horse sorrel, chamomile, tansy and others.
Gardeners suffering from aphids on dill, every year many methods are tested how to get rid of it. Some of them claim that spraying is effective. solution of iodine and milk. For its preparation, add 0.5 ml of iodine in 100 ml of milk, mix thoroughly and dilute with 1 l of water.
Important! Folk remedies do not apply in the rain. After their use, plants should not be watered for 2-3 days.A feature of all the methods listed in this section is that even if they do not help get rid of aphids, then at least they will not harm either you or the plants.
Although, to be safe, we recommend that you first try any of these methods on a single plant. If there are no side effects, after a day you can continue the procedure on other plants.
Preventive measures: how to prevent the appearance of aphids in dill
And yet it is better not to deal with aphids, but to pay attention to the prevention of its occurrence. The first step is to take care of the correct agrotechnical methods. These include timely weed control; deep soil digging in autumn, thorough cleaning and destruction of post-harvest residues.
Fertilizing dill is also an important component of prevention, since pests usually settle on plants with a low or high nutrient rate.
When planting dill, it is necessary to take into account the rules of crop rotation (crop change) - no need to plant greens in the place where they grew before carrots, parsley, celery.
Did you know? Scare away plant lice can not only drugs, but also plants growing in close proximity. These include garlic, onions, chamomile, mint. From decorative - kosmey, mallow, begonia.It is not recommended to plant dill near viburnum, bird cherry, linden - these plants aphid loves and gladly settles on them, subsequently extending to neighboring cultures.
Also aphids have natural enemies - ladybugs, praying mantis, wasps, birds. Therefore, one of the preventive measures can be the attraction of birds to your garden with the help of feeders, drinkers and nests. Insects can be attracted by planting nearby plants that they love.
To prevent aphids on dill apply plant shelters agrotechnical tissue.
So, we introduced you to many ways to cope with aphids on dill. The most effective will be carrying out several activities in the complex. We hope there will be suitable for you and your plants among them, which will help you to forget about this problem for a long time and eat only ecologically clean products.
