Not with chemicals or ash: I add 1 teaspoon to the water – and the aphids disappear within a day: even old and sick currants “came to life” and bloomed

If aphids have attacked your bushes, do not rush to buy expensive chemicals. A mixture of garlic, soda, soap and ammonia, which is found in every home, will completely destroy the pest within 24 hours. The leaves, curled and sticky just yesterday, will become elastic the next morning, and the most hopeless bush will come to life and even sprout new shoots.

Aphids choose weak plants – old, frozen, with a lack of nutrition. Most summer residents resort to chemicals, but they kill beneficial insects, upset the balance in the soil and leave traces in the berries.

Composition for 2 liters of warm water:

1. garlic (1 large head, grate with skin) – phytoncides paralyze the nervous system of aphids. Bees and ladybugs are not affected;
2. soda (1 teaspoon) – changes the acidity on the leaf, aphids cannot feed. Plus suppresses fungal spores;
3. liquid soap (1 teaspoon, preferably household) – destroys the waxy coating of aphids and helps the mixture stick to the leaf;
4. ammonia (1 teaspoon) – burns aphids by contact and gives the plant quickly absorbed nitrogen.

Mix everything, leave for 30 minutes, filter through cheesecloth.

How to process and why it works

It is better to spray in the evening, after sunset. Treat the entire bush from head to toe, especially the underside of the leaves and young shoots. The ground under the bush is also lightly sprayed. Repeat after 5 days – the first treatment kills adults, the second those that hatched from eggs.

Where else does this mixture work?

The mixture is effective on cucumbers, peppers, zucchini, and roses. Do not use on tomatoes during the flowering period – excess nitrogen drives the tops to the detriment of the ovary.

Personal experience

The old currant behind the barn has completely withered away – the leaves have curled into tubes, the shoots have turned black, the neighbor told me to uproot it. I decided to try the garlic mixture and processed it in the evening. In the morning there were no aphids, the leaves opened, and a week later the bush even produced several berries. Now this is my saving grace.