Aphids take away the courage to face maple - tips for combating
Just in time for budding in spring aphids are on the spot to colonize the beautiful maple leaves. The insects pierce the epidermis with their mouthparts and suck up the sap. Since many species are capable of virgin generation, the explosive reproduction of the pests can cause considerable damage to the tree. Don't let it come to that. With the following home remedies you can successfully fight the plague in the early stages:
- In 1 liter of hot water, 50 g of grated curd soap or 50 ml Soft soap(€ 38.88 at Amazon *) dissolve
- To increase the effectiveness, stir in 2 teaspoons of alcohol
- Let cool and pour into a hand sprayer
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Spray the soapy water on the top and bottom of the maple leaves while dripping wet. Repeat this application every 2 to 3 days until you can no longer detect any lice.
Deer and rabbits like maple to eat - so do the right thing
Wild animals like to nibble on the tender bark of young maple trees for their lives. Deer cannot resist the nitrogen-rich buds of the deciduous trees. Home gardeners often have to complain about game browsing on maple. The smallest bite wounds are a welcome gateway for pathogens, so we recommend the following precautions for protection:
- Protect large areas with rich maple trees with a game fence or gate
- Equip individual maple trees with bite protection sleeves or growth covers after planting
In addition to mechanical defense measures, specialist retailers offer brushable or sprayable bite protection products. These are based on purely natural ingredients such as animal body fat or essential oils.
Tips
A propagation bed with freshly planted Seedlings is a richly laid table for rabbits and deer. So that the lovingly grown maple offshoots are not eaten, ward off the uninvited guests from the forest with tree protection mesh covers made of plastic. The nets are specially developed to protect young trees from being bitten by game, are attached with cable ties or wire and are reusable.
