How to prevent plants from insects
What is better than planting in your house? You get to eat fresh herbs, veggies, and fruits every day. You can also have them pure, clean from any poisonous chemicals.
You can plant multiple plants. But you need to pay attention to them properly. The small home plants are delicate and need extra care.
Having them commercially is a whole different thing. When the plants are grown commercially, individual attention cannot be given to every plant. Therefore, they use insecticides and pests to control the insects and best. But the addition of chemicals can eventually make them less fit for eating.
Having a garden in your home is the best way to produce some healthy fruits and vegetables. But you need to keep in mind if you intend to eat them, try not to add anything harmful in them. Some insecticides and pests can be very harmful to the health.
But then you must think about how to save the plant from insects. You can not stop insects, but you can take necessary measures to prevent the plants from the insects.
Here we have a few ideas for you to save your plants from insects. We have listed some of the ideas which will still keep the plants fit to eat but will also make them clean from the insects.
It is not difficult to save your plants. You just need to watch out for them like your own kids.
Cover the organic plants
The first thing you can do is to cover the plants, not one of those covers in which no sunlight can pass through. Cover them with a material from which air, light, and water can pass but not the insects.
You can use a material, which is net. It is perfect for use.
Remove the infested plants
If you see some of the plants infected by the bugs or insects, remove them. It is more like to spread to other neighboring plants. You should remove the plants which are dried or have already been infected.
Keep them watered
If the plants are not watered properly, it is more like to dry and become a portion of food for insects. You would not want that. You have to keep them hydrated and put the right soil, to nourish them.
Remove the weed
You will see the weed growing here and there around the plant. You need to remove them and clean the plant from a weed. Weed might infect your plants.
Use vinegar
You can also use vinegar to kill the weed. Vinegar is acidic in nature and will help your plants grow and will kill the weed.
Vinegar work really well in summers.
Fertilize
You know how important it is for a plant. If you don’t fertilize the plants every now and then, the plant is likely to die soon. Fertilization makes the plant healthy.
Use natural insecticides
You can use homemade, organic insecticides to save the plants from insects. There is nothing poisonous in these insecticides which you have to worry about.
Here are a few natural and homemade insecticides, which will help your plants grow better and prevent them from insects.
Oil spray
You can make this oil spray at your home. It is a very cheap alternative to expensive organic insecticides.
What you have to do is to add a little amount of vegetable oil with some amount of mild soap. Shake well, and spray it on the plants. It will do wonders. It will kill the insects. You just need to be worried about one thing. Minimize the hiding place for insects as much as you can. So, they don’t hide here and there when you spray the insecticide.
Soap spray
It is similar to that of an oil spray, works in the same manner. What you can do is to add mild soap with water, shake well. Now spray the mixture on the plants to kill the insects. Here you go, got a natural insecticide which will make the insect problem easier.
Neem Oil spray
Ever smelled neem oil? It has this strong fragrance. It is an old trick used in India, to save plants from insects and pest and make them healthy.
You can easily find this il in any grocery store or if not there, you can find it in the gardening store.
What you have to do is to mix oil with half the quantity of mild soap. Shake well. Now spray the mixture on the plants. Voila! Now your plants are safe.
Garlic spray
We all are well aware of the smell garlic has. It has this strong and pungent smell. And it works perfectly to kill the insects. What you can do is to make a spray of garlic. Now how would you make it? You need to take two bulbs of garlic and blend them. You can use water, a very little amount of that, to make a mixture. Leave it overnight and now add some oil and mild soap in it. Mix it well. While using take a little amount of the mixture and add some water in it. Mix it well and now spray it over the plants. The pungent smell will repel the insects and keep your plants safe.
There are a few other ways to prevent plants also, but there are a few easiest and the cheapest of all. The sprays we have told you works perfectly and can be made at the home. So you don’t want to find a store, which provides them. Just keep the plants clean and provide them with ample soil and water. You will surely see a great difference. And you can enjoy the homegrown fruits and veggies.
