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Diseases and insect pests of staghorn fern and its control methods

Lydia Rodarte-Quayle
2020-08-06 09:00:37
As long as it's plants, there are diseases and insect pests. We should find a way to treat them. Next, let's learn about the diseases and insect pests of staghorn fern and their control methods.

The main disease of staghorn fern

Leaf blight and its control

Leaf blight is also known as blight or leaf spot. At the beginning of the disease, there are small brown spots on the leaves of plants. At the middle stage, the brown spots gradually become large patches, and the color gradually deepens. At the later stage, the large patches become one after another, which makes the whole leaves wither or even necrosis. The control method is very simple, only need to use mancozeb wettable powder to spray properly.

Leaf blight of staghorn fern and its control

The main pests of staghorn fern

Shell pests and control methods

Scale insects are a kind of pests with strong reproductive capacity. They are concentrated on leaves and branches and suck the nutrients of staghorn fern. If there are too many pests, the whole plant of staghorn fern will wither or even die. The control methods are divided into two categories: artificial control and drug control. The artificial control is applicable to the initial stage, only when there are pests on one or two branches, it can be directly brushed with soft brush. The drug control can be used in the later stage, when there are many pests, spray malathion or dichlorvos once a week, and two or three times can eliminate the pests.

Leaf blight of staghorn fern and its control

Aphid harm and control

Aphids mainly appear in the young growth stage of staghorn fern, distributed on the young branches and leaves of staghorn fern, and absorb its nutrients, so that it can not grow normally. Early prevention and control can spray soap water, later directly spray drugs can

Aphid of staghorn fern and its control

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