Saturday, 25 April 2009

Protecting bonsai from diseases

Today I will trying to advice some of the steps, how to fill out protect your bonsai from diseases of the trees.
The ways that are considering most effective for controlling pests and disease bonsai is the observation and treatment plants regularly. However, if the attack of pests and diseases to occur, efforts need to be protects as follows.
If plants remain ill despite treatment and maintenance are correct, then the first things you should do is thoroughly check the canopy trees. When healthy and not visible symptoms of attack, the plant is dismantle with care from the pot, views and root. When the roots still look strong and the edges are white also means that its function is still good, can be concluded symptoms of the disease not from there. However, if the root brown color and visible form of change can be ascertaine in there is the source of problems. As for pests and disease that usually attacks, the bonsai is as follows.

APHISS

Insects are usually found on the surface of the bottom leaves; gather near the bones in the shoots or leaves / shoots. Easy to control this pest, enough with the way is spraying with high water to fall and die. Or can also use insecticide light.

APHIS ROOT.
Aphis this bonsai can cause the leaves wilt. He is a small white insect that lives in the root of the plant. However, because there is not any kind of fungus that lives also at the root, often forming small bundle and generally found in the root of the pine tree (Mycorrhiza). This beneficial fungus for the plant, because he symbiosis mutualisms with the root of plants.
Aphis root pests can be controlling with the insecticide spraying an injection directly into the soil.


Earthworm.
Actually, this is not harmful to animals directly, but the dirt that is very sticky and can cause disturbing drainage. So this pest should be avoids.

Snail
This animal ate all the plants. To protect them you should be done early in the morning, because only activities at night.

THRIPS
Insect attack is generally leaves bayan tree (Ficus benyamina). These are belong to opened, inside look Trips are insects. Such as needle-shaped needle to run, sometimes be disturbed when the back of the body (abdomen) take over.