Enchitreuses: worms in a flower pot. Earthworms in a pot How to get a worm out of a pot

Experienced flower growers advise starting the fight against dangerous guests with proven and effective means.

Causes of cultural defeat

Factors that provoke the invasion of dangerous arthropods and insects:

Mealybug

Such a small insect is very difficult to recognize with the naked eye, for this you will need to use a magnifying glass of at least 6 millimeters. Characteristic signs:

Means for the fight:

Aktar;
Fitoverim;
Calypso;
Biotlin.

Folk methods of treatment

tincture with orange or lemon peel;
soap-alcohol solution;
garlic tincture;
plant treatment with running water;
a mixture of olive oil and liquid;
horsetail tincture.

spider mite

Over time, discolored leaves begin to dry out, curl, fall off. Throughout the time, the flower becomes weaker and weaker. Places where small mites are located are covered with a thin layer of cobwebs. Adult mites are colored red-brown or green, they are very difficult to find among the leaves and stems of the plant.

Spider web spider females are very prolific, they can bring hundreds of new eggs every three days. Without regular inspection, thousands of small ticks drink all the juices of the plant in a short time, the indoor flower begins to die quickly.

Thrips

thrips- These are small flying insects with an elongated body, their color combines a dark brown black tint, there are reddish specks above, yellowish below.

Insects lay their eggs mainly on leaves and stems, but do not descend to the ground. Recognizing thrips on the plant is quite simple: the leaves turn grayish-brown at the bottom, a silvery color prevails on top.

In the process of active reproduction of harmful insects, indoor cultures begin to weaken, lose all decorative qualities.

What you need to fight thrips:

good watering: thrips simply cannot tolerate moisture;
regular inspection, mechanical elimination of thrips;
treatment of the culture with fungicides and systemic insecticides that penetrate into the root system itself, into the leaves and stems of the room culture.

Effective ways to deal with insects

There are more effective methods for pest control:

Dangerous diseases of domestic plants

leaf spot (anthracnose)- the foliage of the culture begins to become covered with small brown spots, the edges dry quickly. For treatment, the culture is isolated from other plants, as the disease spreads rapidly. After that, the plant is treated with a product that contains copper. Watering continues moderate.

Gray rot (Botrytis)- a characteristic white coating appears on parts of the plant as a result of overflow. For treatment, you need to place the diseased plant separately, remove all affected parts from it and significantly reduce watering.

sooty fungus- black dots appear on the leaves of indoor plants, which are the result of sticky secretions of aphids, photosynthesis almost completely stops in the culture, there is a noticeable lag in growth. It is necessary to clean the wet coating on the culture with a napkin or a soft sponge and spray it against the disease with a Fungicide.

Brown rot on the plant- characterized by brown-red spots on the leaves, which quickly and in a short time increase in size. With untimely treatment, the flower dies. The most common factor in the defeat of the flower is excessive moisture and rotting of the root system.

powdery mildew. With such a lesion, the entire plant is covered with a white powder. The disease is fungal in nature, so the soil is affected by spores of the fungus. Diseases are especially susceptible to plants with reduced immunity. It is best to isolate the culture and carry out a thorough fungicide treatment.

downy mildew- such a lesion is very similar to the previous disease. The main feature lies in the fact that when downy mildew is affected, the lower region of the leaf is most often covered with white bloom, and the upper one is strewn with light yellow specks. Remove all affected leaves, buds and shoots. Treat with fungicide.

cercosporosis- the disease is caused by the defeat of the fungus, manifests itself in the form of many black spots on the back of the leaf, with the development of the disease, the leaves begin to lose chlorophyll and quickly dry out. The plant should be treated with Fungicide and Dinocap.

Rust on roses- the development of pustules, of various colors from red-orange to dark brown. The upper part of the leaves is strewn with a large number of red spots. Remove all affected parts of the flower. Keep an eye on the optimal indicator of temperature and humidity.

Fusarium- this fungal infection most often begins with rotting of the root system, and after the lesion diverges throughout the flower. The plant begins to weaken, quickly withers and often dies.

In an advanced case, such a disease is almost not treated. Eliminate or destroy the culture along with the soil mixture, disinfect the pot and window sill with a five percent solution of copper sulfate would be the best option.

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To keep the flowers from wilting in the vase

It is desirable, of course, to completely change the soil, but if this is not possible, then ask a special poison in the flower shop.

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How to properly fertilize indoor plants

Among some part of flower growers, there is a widespread opinion about the harm that earthworms can bring. Which (allegedly) gnaw on roots in pots, gnaw at young shoots, eat seedlings, sprouts, seeds, etc. To destroy the worms, they come up with different methods, the most harmless of which is freezing the soil.

Fertilizers for gardenia

Good luck in the fight against these wormy pests.

Rose food

Mushroom mosquitoes. Midges in flowers.

Ash for fertilizing flowers

Earthworms in a pot are a disaster - this year I went through a Nike of their eviction, and I always buy land, I don’t save, some of the packages were with ... (under the ellipsis, read nasty words) the arrowroot almost disappeared, until I understood that now one small leaf is sitting with it, and in order to get them out, the earth had to be completely washed off from the roots, all other methods did not work, dying coencentric circles went on the leaves of the Amazonian lily, it was not possible to save my beloved rose, I suffered all summer and to this day I’m not sure that she managed everywhere, soaked the myrtle 4 times - it is a big and complete replacement for the earth, it’s like death to him, and he feels bad from potassium permanganate

Garlic revitalizes plants

Always fresh geranium

Worms in indoor flowers

They feed on the most delicate small roots

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Worms in a flower pot, what to do?

Elena*

Dilute a weak solution of potassium permanganate and pour in

Murmur

Flowers in a vase will not wither longer if you change the water every day and add an aspirin tablet to it.

Alexander

The earthworm fertilizes and enriches the earth

Valentina Dylgina

You can. The fisherman's husband will like them very much.

Emilia Bilyauer

And what is most offensive - they tell (especially on the Internet) about earthworms all sorts of unreasonable filth and nonsense ...

Vladimir Emelianenko

You need to go to the garden store. there is a means for disinfecting the roots of leaves, and best of all a book about flowers!

compas

This is perhaps the most “favorite” pest. Why don’t they just poison them! Mushroom gnats look like annoying little midges that curl around flowers. They hatch from larvae in the soil, which look like white worms about three millimeters long.

Olga

show me that idiot cat launches them there on purpose

Irina*

Harmful impact

Lydia

Vera Shelest

Pour very warm water 40-50 degrees into the container

Katya Kotovich

Throw it out soon, nah, it's a nightmare and unsanitary conditions!!
Flowers in a vase will stay fresh longer if you add 4-5 drops of lemon juice to the water.
You need to get rid of them, they multiply very quickly. Water the plant with aktelik or aktara a couple of times.
pour a strong solution of potassium permanganate

Alinka Malinka

Features of digestion make earthworms detritus-eating, i.e. they feed on detritus - decaying plant organic matter (in bite with soil particles) located on the surface of the soil or in their underground burrows, as well as in the soil itself. Therefore, the coprolites that the earthworm leaves behind are lumps of soil enriched with nitrogen, microelements, and having low acidity due to the alkaline environment of its intestines.

Lady with a dog

This is not normal. They will devour them. Change the earth.
These worms are capable of damaging the delicate tissues of a plant, but they cause much more trouble to a person by the very fact of their existence :)
And I put an earthworm in each pot. We are happy with the flowers, the worms, I don’t know, but they are alive.
Normally, they feed on plant debris, but in a pot, with a shortage of fresh organic matter, they easily switch to living plant roots and underground shoots and rhizomes.
Fighting methods
And put a flower pot in it for 5-10 minutes
Digging and fishing ... all year round, by the way, worms are useful for plants - they loosen the earth.
If the roses are drooping in a vase, dip their tips into a basin of water to which 5-6 tablespoons of vinegar have been added.
Of course, they are very harmful to the flower, try (do not be lazy) to change the entire soil, and carefully look at the roots. The flower will not grow while there are worms.
Potassium permanganate, but not strong, otherwise the roots can be burned.

Catherine

Due to its slowness and thoughtfulness, the earthworm does not have time (and is even embarrassed by prying eyes) to eat detritus, and therefore drags it into the depths of the soil for storage, saturating it with organic matter and feeding its smaller brothers.

Marina Mirutenko

Try pouring a weak solution of potassium permanganate. The worms will come out. I was advised by a florist.

Natalie Filini

Interestingly, midges are an excellent indicator of improper care. They start only with excessive watering.

It’s bad for flowers, but I don’t know for you.

Earthworms spoil the earth in flower pots with their liquid sticky secretions, clog the drainage, causing the earth in the pot to turn sour.

So that the water level does not reach the top of the pot cm 2
The earth will have to be thrown away, the roots of the plant should be washed in a light solution of laundry soap. Rinse the pot and pour over boiling water. Ignite the new earth before use in the oven ...

Never put fertilizer under a plant that needs to be watered. Water the plant first, and then apply fertilizer, otherwise you risk burning its roots.
I disagree with many of the answers. Earthworms are useful for garden soil, but not for flower pots. I convinced myself of this. She brought bitter pepper with a clod of earth from the garden, planted it in a pot. At first it grew well, and then it began to fade and there was still no pepper. When I dug up the ground, I was amazed. I found an earthworm, and at the bottom of the pot the earth was so compacted that I had to peck with a knife (although it was wet). Therefore, I advise you to definitely remove them from the soil. At the flower shop, ask for pesticides from them.
They do not need to be removed, they loosen the ground and do not harm the flower.

Elena

In addition, thanks to the numerous passages and burrows of earthworms, the air supply to the soil and all its inhabitants and plant roots is significantly increased.

An ordinary earthworm can be driven out of the pot by placing the plant in a solution of potassium permanganate, so that the solution is above the soil level. The worms will start to choke and crawl out of the ground. After that, start "hunting" them.

samuel etoo

What measures to take to get rid of them?

tell me if worms started up in pots, is it good or bad?

clinical blindness

Any worms (even earthworms) are very dangerous for indoor plants: the plant slows down growth and then dies.

s-elena66

In the presence of earthworms in an earthen coma, characteristic lumps of earth appear on the surface, thrown out by them from their passages. In the presence of earthworms in a pot, the plant becomes lethargic and stunted.

Alexander Pushkin

But if they have already appeared in a pot, it is necessary to immerse the pot with the plant in warm water for half an hour - the worms will either crawl out to the surface, where they are easy to collect, or drown. Also, when transplanting, it is quite easy to collect large worms. You can well water the soil in a pot with a pink solution of potassium permanganate.

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After the worms will crawl out to the top

Puppeteer

I think it’s best to change the land, even if it’s purchased, you never know what kind of worms it is, suddenly don’t bring them out? Wash the pot, change the soil and let your palm tree rejoice.
The best fertilizer for gardenia is coffee grounds. Dilute it slightly with water and pour it into a flower pot.

and I have one settled in the monster. Everything would be fine, but today my sister broke off a new leaf from the monstera. What is more dangerous: a worm or a sister.

It is not necessary to display in principle, but if they are irritated, put the flowerpot in a pot of water, the water should reach the edge of the flowerpot,. Water will be absorbed through the bottom hole and fill the container, the worms ticking from the water will crawl out. Then remove the flowerpot from the pan, the water will flow out. Potassium permanganate and other strong chemicals will damage the roots.
What practical conclusions can be drawn from the above reasoning?
We need to catch them all.
First, it is necessary to normalize the irrigation regime. But this alone will not bring them out. To finish them off, systemic insecticides will help. "Aktara", "Confidor", dimethoate. The Regent also helps against them.

It is urgent to change the ground, wash the roots with running water and in a weak solution of potassium permanganate. Before planting, "fry" the pot in the oven and cool.
Fighting methods
You can decide here which worms are in your pot

Natalia Kalantyr

You collect them for fishing, as advised above: 0)))

tonyte

I had the same problem - they ate three cacti (((I was also recommended potassium permanganate ... watered, the fourth cactus is still alive. Only the solution should be very weak

Lena

Pour the water over the rose in which the spinach was boiled without salt. This is a very good fertilizer. The rose will get stronger and the leaves will become shiny.

Nifri

You can get rid of worms by drying the earth. They themselves will die. Dry your camellia, loosen the ground. I started in a barrel with ficus. Growing normally. Sometimes in other colors came across. Yes, worms feed on plant debris. But I did not notice that indoor flowers are harmed. And in the previous letter, it was not the worm that was to blame for the death of the pepper. Drainage should be laid at the bottom of the pot. And peppers transplanted from the street generally feel very bad at home. Even grown in a greenhouse. They don't handle this stress well. Immediately light, temperature, humidity, even the location to the sun is different. And also autumn. Also, almost every year, I take home. The result is one. Sooner or later it will rot. Houses grow well, which are immediately left in seedlings. Only cobweb loves to wind up on peppers in the summer.

Im@go

P/S. Sogasen with "Peganov Yuri"

Nataliya

1. No need to be afraid of worms, expecting some harm from them. They cannot cause it because of the peculiarities of their diet (Nature acted very wisely ...). Although they have teeth! As for their life in pots (with houseplants or seedlings), there is only one extreme case that it is desirable to avoid: when the volume of the pot is so small compared to the size of the worm that it turns it (the worm) into Ivan Matveich living in a crocodile. .. :-))

lu-lu

But if the plant is small, it's easier to change the ground.
It is necessary to shed the earth once and spray the plant. The flies will not bother you anymore.

Galina

You need to put the pot completely in a vessel with water so that it is completely filled, the worms do not like excess water and will crawl out

Irina Kirilova

The soil from the street can contain not only adults, but also eggs. Therefore, it is better to sterilize garden or forest land before use in one way or another. If the plants are taken outside in the summer, place the pots only on pallets and so high that earthworms cannot climb into them. At the same time, worms rarely start up and successfully breed in pots with indoor plants due to the peculiarities of preparing soil mixtures and irrigation regime.

Ludmila Otradnaya

How to get rid of worms in a flower pot?

GALINA VLASOVA

A slug crawled out of my purchased land in a sealed bag. Lively, he immediately crawled to eat the leaves. This is the kind of land we pay for! I began to steam the earth now on the stove in a saucepan. I advise you to take the flower out of the pot and steam the ground.

Tatiana

Wood ash is rich in metals, especially potassium. Use it as a fertilizer for indoor and garden flowers.

Dimm

If you can’t put it in water, then change the earth or the worms will eat all the roots)

Karym

They loosen the earth... But the flowerpot of an indoor flower is a small container, and over time the earth in it will become unusable from these worms. They will pass it all through themselves several times, taking nutrients and turning it into small crumbs. I had such a story.

Natalia Lagunova

2. Knowing the peculiarities of the worm's digestion, it is necessary to create appropriate conditions for life, rest and reproduction in the garden. And then all problems with the quality (structure, fertility, etc.) of the soil in the garden will be solved by themselves. More precisely, earthworms will do everything for you.

There are worms in houseplants...

bark

Can worms be introduced with purchased soil? Yes. But this is a problem of low-quality products, especially if the mixture includes turf or hardwood, poor biohumus, compost. In peat, the worm is a very rare guest and can get in two cases: with careless storage or when plants are exposed to the street. In industrial peatlands, earthworms, despite the huge amount of undecomposed organic matter, do not live. The probable cause is the acid reaction of the environment and very high humidity (in an environment with acidity below pH = 5 or above pH = 9, all worms die within a week). With the right technology for the extraction, transportation and processing of peat, as well as the delivery of the substrate to the consumer in packaged form, infection with live worms or their eggs is excluded. Worms do not live in high-moor peat, therefore, with a high-quality peat substrate, worms cannot get into the pot. Most often, worms or their eggs fall into the pot if unsterilized garden soil is used. Usually, they fall with unsteamed soil in the form of eggs.

Natasha

I don’t know, but my sheffler died because of them;

Elena

Oksana Ghost

So so. DON'T LISTEN TO THE FUCK. GET THEM OUT!! ! everything is connected with their nutrition, they not only loosen the soil, they feed on organic matter, when the rotted one runs out, they will take up the flower ...

Spring Melody

There are three groups of nematodes.
I totally agree with the previous speaker... Maybe not worth throwing out? Well, if they decide, then very easily with the help of vibration they run away from it and climb out. Samm saw how a man used such a thing: he stuck a pin with a winding and a core at the end into the ground and plugged them into the network, that is, collect the worms out at least with a scoop and a broom ;-)
Bad, change the land, better buy it in a store, there definitely won’t be any larvae.

Sofia Prutnikova

This is bad. Transplant flowers.

Tatyana Raldugina

Earthworms are completely harmless! And they do not eat any kaorns, they consume earthy organics and pass through themselves, structure the earth. But others were described to you how to bring them out.

If earthworms are bred in the ground of indoor flowers, they can be removed without replanting the flower

Karpik

These creatures live on the ground, they just got to you, but the seller does not check the earth, they eat everything, from plant roots and snails to the ground.

tatyana yakimova

It happens that worms start up in flower pots. Boil 100 grams of fresh sage leaves in one liter of water and pour this water over the flower. The worms will die.

Peganov Yury™

Preventive measures Use a quality peat substrate. Store the remains of the substrate in a closed container, in a dry place. If you take the plants outside in the summer, put the pots on pallets and so that the earthworms cannot climb into them. If you are harvesting land from the garden yourself and using other high-risk components (soddy soil, compost, deciduous soil, biohumus of dubious origin), it is highly desirable to sterilize them thermally or chemically. This is true both for the soil from your garden, and for unreliable cheap purchased mixtures.

They first loosen the earth, and then they are taken for the roots;

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthworms

It’s impossible, you need to shake out the whole earth.

Nematodes with free formation of cysts penetrate the roots and destroy their shell. After fertilization, the body of the female turns into a brown cyst (reservoir with eggs) hanging from the outside of the root. The cyst can persist in the soil for years, waiting for favorable conditions.
Only with a solution of potassium permanganate, such an average. This will not harm the flower and the worms will come out of the hole at the bottom of the pot. And they do harm to the flower, I don’t know what, but after the expulsion, the flowers grow better.

don't change anything. just scratch the chalk "Mashenka" above the ground in a pot, it is designed to fight flies, ants. verified by my own experience, all creatures disappear.
If it’s raining, it’s not dangerous, but if roundworms, pinworms, tapeworms, then apasaysi !!!
Earthworm (Lumbricidae)

so hurry up!

Earthworms are bad. As long as there are nutrients in the ground, they are not dangerous, but as soon as everything is over (when everything ends), they are taken for roots, especially young roots. When earthworms started up in the pot, I tried everything, both aktara and potassium permanganate, washed the roots. Everything is useless. It got to the point that she even left it for the night already with the washed roots in a bucket of water. I thought they would choke. But no. When I raised the plant (it was sickle-shaped asparagus) from the water, I saw a terrible picture. The worms hung like ropes stuck to the roots. I removed them with tweezers. The drug CONFIDOR helped me. Spilled the earth twice with an interval of 1-2 weeks. Earthworms in a favorable environment breed very quickly.

If you have purchased soil, then this is how it should be. After all, worms are used in the production of fertile soil. Worms do not harm flowers.
In the garden - another matter, but in a pot ...

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No need to bring them out - it’s even useful - they loosen the earth !!!
- Free nematodes do not attach to the roots in one place, but crawl from place to place.
Unfortunately, you did not indicate which worms you got. There are a lot of pests of indoor plants. Many species and worms. Here are the main ones.
If rain is good, thanks to them the roots breathe, and if maggots or something else, transplant ...
ok
Length from 2-3 cm with a thickness of approx. 1 mm to 50 cm with a thickness of 1.5-2 cm. Approx. 300 species, widely distributed; most numerous in the forest and forest-steppe zones. They live in the soil, are nocturnal, crawl out to the surface during the day after heavy rains. Soil formers. 11 species are protected. Usually earthworms (oligochaete family) are considered as beneficial organisms, but in a small pot with houseplants they can be harmful.

Igor Platunov

Immerse the pot in a bucket of water for half an hour. . maybe so? don't know.

Andrey Kurochkin

There is such a drug AKTARA. diluted in water. buy at the store and spill pots of plants on them

Linda

Watching what worms!

Ksyushka

Why? After all, earthworms do not harm the plant, they only enrich the soil with their vital activity.

Houseplants are just as susceptible to insect infestation as garden plants. Improper care of flowers contributes to the appearance of flying, jumping and crawling pests. Most of them are very dangerous for plants - they damage the root system, suck the juice from the leaves and stems, bite through the buds, preventing the flowers from blooming. A common phenomenon is small white worms in the ground of indoor plants.

White or transparent worms in indoor pots are an alarm. Pests weaken the plant, slow down its growth. The flower stops releasing buds, the leaves turn yellow and wither. These worms can be both adult insects and their larvae. Whoever they are, if timely measures are not taken, the plant may die.

insect larvae

When it comes to larvae, they usually mean several genera of insects from the Diptera order.

Mushek

Springtails (springtails, podura) are tiny arthropods no larger than 5 mm in size. In the lower part of the body they have a jumping fork, which allows them to move quickly. Some specimens are so small that it is difficult to see them. Often the owners notice white worms in the pan, in the water left after watering. Insects live in the soil and feed on organic matter. If this nutrition is not enough for them, the roots of the flower, young shoots are destroyed. Waterlogged soil is a favorable habitat.

mushroom mosquito

Representatives of the sciarich family that indoor flower growers face:

midges sciara;
mushroom mosquitoes;
genus Bradysia.

Only a specialist can find the differences between these insects, but the harm they cause and the methods of struggle are almost the same. The insect is a small mosquito. The length of the thin body is 3-4 mm, the head is round. It has only an anterior pair of transparent wings, in place of the posterior ones there are club-shaped halteres.

Insects fly well, multiply quickly. The young mosquito has a light gray body, blackens with age. Adults do not cause much harm to plants, but can carry various diseases and larvae of other pests.

The main harm is caused by the larvae of the mushroom mosquito - white, transparent worms 3-5 mm long with a black head.

Insects damage the root system of an indoor flower. The supply of the plant with nutrients and moisture is disrupted, the flower may die. The larvae get along with the contaminated soil. The second way adults enter the apartment is from the street through open windows. Mosquitoes prefer waterlogged soil.

Nematodes

Nematodes (roundworms) are protostomes. Zoologists suggest the existence of about a million species on earth. They live in fresh and salt water bodies, in the soil.

Nematodes are tiny worms in indoor flowers that start in moist soil, feed on living and dead plants.

Types of plant nematodes:

Gallic, settling on the roots, their secretions contribute to the formation of thickenings in which pests live and multiply. When the eggs mature, the shell is destroyed, the larvae spread in the ground.
Nematodes with free formation of cysts are attached to the root.
Free nematodes do not have a permanent place of residence, crawling, damaging various organs of the plant.

Signs of damage by nematodes:

the appearance on the foliage of yellow, and subsequently brown and black spots;
reduction in the size of the leaves, their deformation;
curvature of the stems, drying of the apical buds;
the formation of thickenings and swellings on the root system.

Nematodes lay oval eggs, from which white, partially transparent larvae emerge.

Enchitreya

The appearance of enchitrea in home flowers is difficult to notice, they live on the roots of plants. If no action is taken, the root system will be covered with worms. Signs of defeat - stunting, yellowing of the leaves. Enchitreya often appear in greenhouses, they love heat and moisture. Pests look like small mobile white worms with pointed ends. The body of the worm is translucent, through which the digestive organs are visible. These pests are good food for aquarium fish.

Fighting methods

If pests are bred in a flower pot, it is urgent to get rid of them. Depending on the degree of damage, select methods of struggle.

Mechanical

Since white worms live mainly in the soil, mechanical removal is ineffective. You can remove or wash off adult specimens from the roots, but you will not be able to get rid of eggs and larvae. If the pests have just appeared, transplant the houseplant into healthy, calcined soil. Treat the soil with insecticides. During transplantation, remove adult insects, larvae and eggs from the root system. Cut off damaged areas, treat with disinfectant solutions.

Chemical

In a specialized store, you will be offered several proven preparations for combating soil pests:

"Carbation"- means of fumigation action. It is used once to protect the flower, to sterilize the soil.
"Agravertin"- a safe highly effective agent, does not cause addiction in pests, in the hot season the efficiency increases.
"Fitoverm"- a few hours after treatment causes paralysis in pests, after 2-3 days they die. It is applied by spraying, re-treatment is recommended.
"Confidor"- the active substance penetrates into the tissues of the plant, the effect persists for a long time. The drug can only harm insects.
"Intavir"- a nerve poison that affects most insect pests. After half an hour, the feeding process stops, within a day the pests die. Does not destroy eggs.

Chemical preparations are toxic, safety rules must be strictly observed.

Folk remedies

If you are not a supporter of chemicals, try folk remedies:

Prepare a pale pink solution of potassium permanganate, water the houseplant several times with this solution.
Use soapy water for spraying.
Place citrus peels, garlic cloves near the flowers, treat the soil with anise oil.
Prepare a solution of 5 g of tobacco dust and a liter of water. After insisting for a day, spray the plant and the soil in the pot. Repeat the procedure once a week for 1-1.5 months.

Many flower growers are convinced that matches stuck with sulfur heads into the soil help to cope with white worms in the ground.

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Prevention measures

It is easier to prevent insects from infecting plants than to fight them.

Heed the advice of experts:

Even if you spot one fly or worm, check all the pots.
Replace the soil, wash the containers.
Adjust watering, do not overmoisten the soil.
Do not use folk remedies for fertilizer - tea leaves, meat juice. These products create favorable conditions for the reproduction of pests.
Do not place vases with purchased flowers near indoor plants.

Monitor newly acquired plants and soil. Follow the rules for caring for flowers, a healthy plant is less susceptible to pests.

There are two radically opposing opinions about the activity of earthworms in containers with houseplants. Some claim that these creatures harm the root system of the flower, while others claim the opposite. In fact, there is no single answer to this question.

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Houseplants

To keep the flowers from wilting in the vase

It is desirable, of course, to completely change the soil, but if this is not possible, then ask a special poison in the flower shop.

http://www.floralworld.ru/illnesses_wreckers/lumbricidae.html

How to properly fertilize indoor plants

Fertilizers for gardenia

Good luck in the fight against these wormy pests.

Rose food

Mushroom mosquitoes. Midges in flowers.

Ash for fertilizing flowers

Earthworms in a pot are a disaster - this year I went through a Nike of their eviction, and I always buy land, I don’t save, some of the packages were with ... (under the ellipsis, read nasty words) the arrowroot almost disappeared, until I realized that with now one small leaf is sitting, and in order to get them out, the earth had to be completely washed off from the roots, all other methods did not work, dying coencentric circles went on the leaves of the Amazonian lily, it was not possible to save my beloved rose, I suffered all summer and to this day I’m not sure that everywhere coped, soaked the myrtle 4 times - it is a big and complete replacement for the earth, it’s like death to him, and he feels bad from potassium permanganate

Garlic revitalizes plants

Always fresh geranium

Worms in indoor flowers

They feed on the most delicate small roots

Worms in a flower pot, what to do?

Elena*

Dilute a weak solution of potassium permanganate and pour in

Murmur

Flowers in a vase will not wither longer if you change the water every day and add an aspirin tablet to it.

Alexander

The earthworm fertilizes and enriches the earth

Valentina Dylgina

You can. The fisherman's husband will like them very much.

Emilia Bilyauer

And what is most offensive - they tell (especially on the Internet) about earthworms all sorts of unreasonable nasty things and nonsense ...

Vladimir Emelianenko

You need to go to the garden store. there is a means for disinfecting the roots of leaves, and best of all a book about flowers!

compas

Olga

show me that idiot cat launches them there on purpose

Irina*

Harmful impact

Lydia

Vera Shelest

Pour very warm water 40-50 degrees into the container

Katya Kotovich

Alinka Malinka

Lady with a dog

This is not normal. They will devour them. Change the earth.
These worms are capable of damaging the delicate tissues of a plant, but they cause much more trouble to a person by the very fact of their existence :)
And I put an earthworm in each pot. We are happy with the flowers, the worms, I don’t know, but they are alive.

Fighting methods
And put a flower pot in it for 5-10 minutes
Digging and fishing ... all year round, by the way, worms are useful for plants - they loosen the earth.
If the roses are drooping in a vase, dip their tips into a basin of water to which 5-6 tablespoons of vinegar have been added.
Of course, they are very harmful to the flower, try (do not be lazy) to change the entire soil, and carefully look at the roots. The flower will not grow while there are worms.
Potassium permanganate, but not strong, otherwise the roots can be burned.

Catherine

Marina Mirutenko

Try pouring a weak solution of potassium permanganate. The worms will come out. I was advised by a florist.

Natalie Filini

Interestingly, midges are an excellent indicator of improper care. They start only with excessive watering.

It’s bad for flowers, but I don’t know for you.

Earthworms spoil the earth in flower pots with their liquid sticky secretions, clog the drainage, causing the earth in the pot to turn sour.

So that the water level does not reach the top of the pot cm 2
The earth will have to be thrown away, the roots of the plant should be washed in a light solution of laundry soap. Rinse the pot and pour over boiling water. Ignite the new earth before use in the oven ...

Never put fertilizer under a plant that needs to be watered. Water the plant first, and then apply fertilizer, otherwise you risk burning its roots.

I disagree with many of the answers. Earthworms are useful for garden soil, but not for flower pots. I convinced myself of this. She brought bitter pepper with a clod of earth from the garden, planted it in a pot. At first it grew well, and then it began to fade and there was still no pepper. When I dug up the ground, I was amazed. I found an earthworm, and at the bottom of the pot the earth was so compacted that I had to peck with a knife (although it was wet). Therefore, I advise you to definitely remove them from the soil. At the flower shop, ask for pesticides from them.
They do not need to be removed, they loosen the ground and do not harm the flower.

Elena

In addition, thanks to the numerous passages and burrows of earthworms, the air supply to the soil and all its inhabitants and plant roots is significantly increased.

samuel etoo

What measures to take to get rid of them?

tell me if worms started up in pots, is it good or bad?

clinical blindness

Any worms (even earthworms) are very dangerous for indoor plants: the plant slows down growth and then dies.

s-elena66

Alexander Pushkin

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After the worms will crawl out to the top

Puppeteer

and I have one settled in the monster. Everything would be fine, but today my sister broke off a new leaf from the monstera. What is more dangerous: a worm or a sister.

What practical conclusions can be drawn from the above reasoning?
We need to catch them all.
First, it is necessary to normalize the irrigation regime. But this alone will not bring them out. To finish them off, systemic insecticides will help. "Aktara", "Confidor", dimethoate. The Regent also helps against them.

It is urgent to change the ground, wash the roots with running water and in a weak solution of potassium permanganate. Before planting, “fry” the pot in the oven and cool.

Fighting methods
You can decide here which worms are in your pot

Natalia Kalantyr

You collect them for fishing, as advised above: 0)))

tonyte

I had the same problem - they ate three cacti (((I was also recommended potassium permanganate ... watered, the fourth cactus is still alive. Only the solution should be very weak

Lena

Pour the water over the rose in which the spinach was boiled without salt. This is a very good fertilizer. The rose will get stronger and the leaves will become shiny.

Nifri

Im@go

P/S. Sogasen with "Peganov Yuri"

Nataliya

lu-lu

But if the plant is small, it's easier to change the ground.
It is necessary to shed the earth once and spray the plant. The flies will not bother you anymore.

Galina

You need to put the pot completely in a vessel with water so that it is completely filled, the worms do not like excess water and will crawl out

Irina Kirilova

Ludmila Otradnaya

The only negative is that the earth gets wet through

How to get rid of worms in a flower pot?

GALINA VLASOVA

Tatiana

Wood ash is rich in metals, especially potassium. Use it as a fertilizer for indoor and garden flowers.

Dimm

If you can’t put it in water, then change the earth or the worms will eat all the roots)

Karym

Natalia Lagunova

Worms infested indoor plants...

bark

Or "Spark", it has a lethal effect when sprayed, maybe it will help from worms.
Nematodes. Fields with a solution of potassium permanganate
But if they have already appeared in a pot, it is necessary to immerse the pot with the plant in warm water for half an hour - the worms will either crawl out to the surface, where they are easy to collect, or drown. Also, when transplanting, it is quite easy to collect large worms. You can well water the soil in a pot with a pink solution of potassium permanganate.
from 1cm-4cm pale pink
In cold weather, this is absolutely impossible to do
These are most likely trimatodes (small, white), it is not so easy to get rid of them, potassium permanganate will not help here
If houseplants look sick, bury a clove of garlic in the ground. In a few days, the flowers will change their appearance for the better, and even their color will change.
They always ask the question about worms! ! Yes, I have all the pots with worms, (you will go broke buying land), I have more than 50 pots. They loosen the earth, process organic matter (if necessary). . they don’t eat roots (or gnaw ??). Well, if only some are disgusted by their presence, then I won’t argue
And why bring them out, we specially plant them in flowers, only in this case do not forget to sometimes water the flowers with tea leaves and it’s good for flowers and for worms too.
I can say that in my garden, when I try to open the soil (in any randomly chosen place in the garden), I will certainly find alive and well worms who are in a great mood ...
I heard on TV, but I didn’t try it: a flower pot with a flower must be placed in a container with water, so that the earth turns into mud - the worms come out of the soil. So that they do not curl again, work the soil with special means.

Natasha

I don’t know, but my sheffler died because of them;

Elena

Oksana Ghost

Spring Melody

Sofia Prutnikova

This is bad. Transplant flowers.

Tatyana Raldugina

If earthworms are bred in the ground of indoor flowers, they can be removed without replanting the flower

Karpik

These creatures live on the ground, they just got to you, but the seller does not check the earth, they eat everything, from plant roots and snails to the ground.

tatyana yakimova

It happens that worms start up in flower pots. Boil 100 grams of fresh sage leaves in one liter of water and pour this water over the flower. The worms will die.

Peganov Yury™

They first loosen the earth, and then they are taken for the roots;

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthworms

It’s impossible, you need to shake out the whole earth.

Only with a solution of potassium permanganate, such an average. This will not harm the flower and the worms will come out of the hole at the bottom of the pot. And they do harm to the flower, I don’t know what, but after the expulsion, the flowers grow better.

don't change anything. just scratch the chalk "Mashenka" above the ground in a pot, it is designed to fight flies, ants. verified by my own experience, all creatures disappear.

If it’s raining, it’s not dangerous, but if roundworms, pinworms, tapeworms, then apasaysi !!!

so hurry up!

If you have purchased soil, then this is how it should be. After all, worms are used in the production of fertile soil. Worms do not harm flowers.

In the garden - another matter, but in a pot ...

http://www.green-pik.ru/sections/40.html

No need to bring them out - it’s even useful - they loosen the earth !!!

- Free nematodes do not attach to the roots in one place, but crawl from place to place.
Unfortunately, you did not indicate which worms you got. There are a lot of pests of indoor plants. Many species and worms. Here are the main ones.
If rain is good, thanks to them the roots breathe, and if maggots or something else, transplant ...
ok
Length from 2-3 cm with a thickness of approx. 1 mm to 50 cm with a thickness of 1.5-2 cm. Approx. 300 species, widely distributed; most numerous in the forest and forest-steppe zones. They live in the soil, are nocturnal, crawl out to the surface during the day after heavy rains. Soil formers. 11 species are protected. Usually earthworms (oligochaete family) are considered as beneficial organisms, but in a small pot with houseplants they can be harmful.

Igor Platunov

Immerse the pot in a bucket of water for half an hour. . maybe so? don't know.

Andrey Kurochkin

There is such a drug AKTARA. diluted in water. buy at the store and spill pots of plants on them

Linda

Watching what worms!

Ksyushka

Why? After all, earthworms do not harm the plant, they only enrich the soil with their vital activity.

SearchWave

http://www.gardenia.ru/pages/4ervi_001.htm

EARTHWORM:

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- Gall nematodes penetrate the roots, causing thickenings on the roots with their secretions - galls in which the worms live and multiply. When the galls are destroyed, the eggs fall into the soil, from where the larvae spread further.

Marishk@

Earthworms.

ALEX

This is bad! And if you have lice in your head, will you also find out here whether it is good or not?
earthworm
Harmful impact

Olga Popova

I had the same story

Earthworms have started in my camellia. What to do and how dangerous it is?

Alex

with a fishing pot

Moon Cat

I agree with Natalia.

Beautiful girl

I also had worms in the camellia .. I won’t say that they hurt a lot .. I just don’t like that there is always earth in the drainage hole and the pan (a product of their vital activity) so I got rid of it like this .... after drying the ground before watering .. I immersed the pot almost to the brim for several hours in a basin of water ... the worms crawled to the bottom of the cup. They also advise putting an apple core ... but I have not tried ..

ELENA STRAMOUSOVA

http://www.aquaria.com.ua/cherv.html

✿Elena m✿

The family of earthworms (Lumbricidae) consists of almost 170 species, and belongs to the phylum Annelides. All earthworms are similar in lifestyle. They live in damp places, swarm underground, in cold and drought they go deep into the ground. After heavy rains, due to lack of air, earthworms are forced to rise to the surface. They feed on decaying plant debris and soil microorganisms.

Humble incognito!!!

Control measures:

Svetlana

It would seem that earthworms do not belong to pests of indoor plants, some even believe that they are useful because they loosen the ground. However, this is not the case; earthworms can feed not only on organic residues in the soil, but also on the roots of plants. Usually, the plant becomes lethargic and stunted.

Oksana F.

Earthworms in flower pots are good! They recycle the land and fertilize it, some people specially launch them into flowers if it is not possible to transplant and they want to renew the land!

Ludmila

Earthworm (Lumbricidae)

Galina

Normally, they feed on plant debris, but in a pot, with a shortage of fresh organic matter, they easily switch to living plant roots and underground shoots and rhizomes.

Marusya

worms are harmful

What causes worms in a flower pot?

Natalie Filini

If it's raining then it's ok
I make the land myself, when transplanting, I constantly pick out their land (and what a plus. We go fishing, I take it out of the treasured specially-wormy pot). I don’t ignite, I think, the earth after this procedure is dead, not a single flower died

Tatiana M

If this is earthworms, then they are useful creatures, they loosen the earth and fertilize it ...

Ivan Petrov

http://www.sunnygarden.ru/pets/home_worms.html

Marina Turilina

The extremely positive role that earthworms (aka Lumbricus terrestris) have played (and continue to play) in the processes of creating fertile and living soil is widely known. You can talk about this endlessly, but this is a separate conversation. In a nutshell, an earthworm is a continuously operating mini-factory for the production of humus (soil organic matter).

Marusya

Radical measures to combat the nematode do not exist. Severely infected plants are destroyed along with the soil. You can try anthelmintic drugs, for example, "Dekaris". 1 tablet is dissolved in 1 liter of water and the plant is well shed several times.

Control measures: Earthworms can be collected in so-called traps, just like centipedes. You can well water the soil in a pot with a pink solution of potassium permanganate.

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Earthworms in indoor flowers - help or harm the plant

There are two radically opposing opinions about the activity of earthworms in containers with houseplants. Some claim that these creatures harm the root system of the flower. others claim the opposite. In fact, there is no single answer to this question.

What are the benefits of earthworms

Earthworms live in all layers of the soil

Earthworms live in all layers of the soil and play a leading role in creating its fertility. These creatures feed on dead organic matter. Digesting it, they release a huge amount of vitamins, humic and amino acids, enzymes, antibiotics and a host of other biologically active substances that suppress pathogenic microflora.

Together with plant residues and soil particles, the worms swallow the harmful bacteria, fungal spores, nematodes and protozoa that are in them. This is the basis of their protein nutrition. During the day, one individual absorbs and processes a mass of soil with organic matter equal to its own weight.

Simply put, earthworms fertilize and normalize the microbial composition of the soil. In addition, they increase the aeration of the fertile layer, making numerous moves in it. In one summer, each worm creates up to a kilometer of channels through which moisture and air enter deep into the soil.

The presence of water and oxygen is a prerequisite for the occurrence of chemical processes, as a result of which substances useful for plants are converted into easily digestible compounds. In addition, moisture and air are necessary for soil microorganisms, whose activity is important for maintaining fertility.

Due to the fact that there are a huge number of species of worms living in different layers of the soil, the channels they have laid penetrate the soil to a sufficient depth. It is there that the bulk of the minerals necessary for plant nutrition are located.

The waste products of earthworms are coprolites. They are small lumps of soil that have passed through the digestive system of these creatures.

Coprolites help kill bacteria in the soil

Heaps of manure earthworms leave on the surface of the soil. They are collected and used to make biologically active solutions, which are used as a growth stimulator, fertilizer and protection against diseases and pests.

In the digestive tract of earthworms there are special glands that produce lime. It neutralizes acids formed during the decomposition of organic matter. Thus, the worms lime the soil.

The results of the activity of worms in flower containers

Many flower growers believe that earthworms harm potted plants by gnawing their roots. This statement is not true. Worms do not have teeth, so they cannot eat living organic matter.

Another thing is that the benefits of them in a small volume of a flower pot are very doubtful.

Ready-made soil for indoor plants is already enriched with the necessary fertilizers and active substances. It also does not need to increase aeration, since it includes a significant part of peat, which has a fairly loose structure.

In addition, in such soil there is little food for worms - undecomposed organic matter. In search of food, these soil animals will make numerous moves, exposing the roots of the flower in places and damaging them mechanically. As a result, the plant stops growing and may look unhealthy or depressed.

Worms can partially expose the roots of the plant

That is why some flower growers unequivocally consider earthworms to be pests of indoor plants and in every possible way fight their presence. Some people just don't like the slime trails these creatures leave on the surface of the ground. Other worms, in principle, are not cute.

If so, getting rid of them is easy. It is enough to immerse the flower pot in water so that it reaches its edge. After some time, the worms will feel a lack of oxygen and crawl out to the surface. All you have to do is pick them up and throw them away.

There is also a more radical method of dealing with unwanted guests - poison. The poison for them are fumigants and fungicides. Some confuse earthworms with really dangerous pests - weevil and cutworm larvae. They just feed on the roots of the plant, causing its death.

Worms or their eggs get into the pot along with poor-quality soil bought at the store, or when using a soil mixture prepared by yourself. To avoid the appearance of unwanted guests in a flower pot, it is necessary to sterilize the soil used for planting indoor plants, chemically or thermally.

Large plants planted in bulk containers will not be harmed by earthworms.

While watching the video, you will learn how to get rid of pests.

On the contrary, their usefulness in this case is undeniable, especially if the pot is filled with heavy garden soil. These tireless workers loosen the soil, fertilize and aerate it.

More information

Recently, a lot of information about the benefits of earthworms. But it's in the garden. And for indoor flowers? Many believe that they should be destroyed in a pot. Is it so?

Opinions about earthworms are extremely opposite. Some praise their virtues and even breed them at home, others see them as an unpleasant creature, like a gluttonous caterpillar.

On the Internet, you can find many stories that give examples of how earthworms "bite a poor flower in a pot" (hereinafter - quotes from various forums). However, such statements are highly questionable. And first of all, in the education of their authors.

Here is a quote from which one story begins: "Usually, earthworms are considered as useful insects ...".

What follows is a description of a poor flower that "faded before our eyes." After it was taken out of the pot, it turned out that there was an earthworm (and not even one!). Apparently, "these worms gobbled up all the roots, only miserable bits remained from them."

What earthworms look like, of course, we know. Let's try to figure out if they can harm plants.

Let's start with the fact that earthworms are not insects (as they were called on the forum). The offensive word "worms" is also not about them. The earthworms we see in the garden are terrestrial invertebrates. Here's how it looks according to scientific classification: Kingdom - Animals; Type - Annelids; Class - Belt worms; Subclass - Small-bristle worms; Order - Haplotaxida; Suborder - Earthworms; Family - Lumbricidae.

Large eyeless worms 10-30 cm long belong to this family. The genera and species of this family differ in the shape of the head lobe (the so-called upper lip), in the position of the girdle, and in the number of rings.

In Russia, there are several dozen species from the genera Lumbricus, Dendrobaena and Allolobophora.

Representatives of this family are the best helpers for increasing soil fertility, and in combination - a popular bait for fishing.

The accusations that the earthworm "bite" the poor flower are completely groundless. The earthworm does not have gnawing organs, unlike, for example, the wireworm. Therefore, healthy plant roots are too tough for him.

The earthworm feeds on semi-decomposed organic matter, including roots, but already rotten and softened. So in a pot, he could well "gobble up" the roots of a flower if they rotted. But with such roots, the flower itself would die, without the "help" of the worm.

If he ate the rotten roots, he was more likely to be beneficial, as he eliminated most of the infected tissue. This can be compared to the amputation of a leg affected by gangrene. Doctors donate part of the body to prevent its death as a whole.

So, the worm does not eat healthy roots in a pot. What happened to the plant that began to wither?

There may be several reasons for the disease. Most likely, the flower was simply flooded. Stagnation of moisture in a pot is harmful to any plants. The top layer of soil may look dry, but the bottom soil remains moist.

Moisture stagnation occurs when the plant is watered frequently and abundantly, when there are no drainage holes or the holes are too small and clogged with earth. Sooner or later, this leads to root rot.

Also, the roots begin to rot from hypothermia of an earthen coma on the windowsill or from a high dose of fertilizers. Another reason is diseases, the pathogens of which penetrate from the soil into the root system.

But in all these cases, the owner of the flower is "to blame", because he did not fulfill the requirements of the plant or inattentively followed him and missed the onset of the disease. It is clear that we do not like to blame ourselves. It is much more convenient to blame everything on the earthworm, especially when he was "at the scene of the crime."

KILL OR LEAVE THE EARTHWORM?

Earthworms (as well as their eggs) get into the flower pot with garden soil or compost, which is added to the soil mixture. These inhabitants usually do not exist in store soil, since the soil is steamed.

A sure sign that there are earthworms in a pot with a houseplant is small black pellets on the surface of the earth. If the activity of earthworms in the soil is considered useful, then they have no place in a flower pot. This is due to the fact that in a pot, the worms are forced to live in a small amount of soil. In search of food, they make many moves and actually "spin" in one place. Thus, they interfere with the growth of thin suction roots that feed the plant. It takes on an oppressed appearance and slowly develops.

With all due respect to earthworms, it is better to remove them from the pot. They do not respond to a polite request to leave, they will have to be kicked out. To do this, use this method. The pot is placed in a container and water is poured to the ground level. Soon the worms will run out of air and crawl to the surface. There they can be collected and transferred to the garden or city front garden. However, this method does not guarantee that no earthworm eggs remain in the ground.

It is better to transplant a flower into a new soil, while choosing uninvited guests. Earthworm eggs are also easy to choose. They are round, yellow or brown and quite large (2 to 4 mm). More precisely, these are cocoons in which there are from 2 to 20 eggs.

When transplanting a flower, sometimes they find many small red worms in a pot at once,

which bear little resemblance to useful helpers. They immediately try to destroy these "worms". But this is how a young earthworm looks like, which hatched from eggs (on the first day, the cubs are only 1 mm long). Together with the earth, they also need to be released into the beds.

In addition to removing worms, transplanting indoor flowers is also recommended because it allows you to carefully examine the plant for root rot.

Diseased roots are easily distinguished by color: black or dark brown. Sometimes the roots become translucent and soft to the touch.

The affected areas of the roots should be cut with sharp scissors and sprinkled with crushed charcoal (or an activated charcoal tablet). After transplanting, water moderately, and cover the aerial part with a jar or bag.

To treat the disease, you need to water the plant with some kind of fungicide, for example, phytosporin.

If the roots were healthy and you just removed the earthworms, then the plant will soon recover.

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