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Roaches Against Your Orchids: Tips To Stop Your Plants From Getting Chewed On
Cockroaches are some of the most frustrating pests with which you will have to grapple in growing orchids. They can do amazing damage in a few nights if not stopped and destroyed.
Why are roaches such a huge problem? The answer is that one of their favorite foods is a potted plant’s tender young roots and flower stems. It is not unknown for the roots of a plant to be entirely chewed up in one night by these pests.
Dealing effectively with cockroaches is a huge subject. People have been fighting with them in their homes and kitchens for centuries, and we will probably be fighting them for centuries to come. They have evolved to be incredibly successful in living amongst us and in resisting extermination.
A wide array of poisons have been devised in an attempt to control roaches. If you go the route of putting out poison, you should of course only use those that will not harm your plants. Visit the garden aisle of your neighborhood hardware store.
Less risky to you and your household is the boric acid solution. Get some boric acid (cheap and readily available at most drug stores) and mix it up into a paste with some sugar, a little flour and water. A little paste should be spread into every corner and crevice that you can access. To be completely safe, though, don’t get any of this paste on the plants themselves.
You could also put out a few those “roach hotels.” These will trap many roaches and prevent a few at least from getting to your orchids in the first place.
Truly, the only way you can every keep roaches under control is to look for them constantly. You should especially search for them on and around your plants in the evening, using a flashlight. They leave their hiding places in the evening to seek food and it is then that they are most easily caught and killed. Don’t forget to move your pots and baskets around to uncover ones that may have run into hiding from you.
A good guide to orchid growing will have many other tips and suggestions for making sure that pests such as roaches don’t destroy your plants. The most complete guide to expert orchid growing, I have found, is Orchid Care Expert by Nigel Howard, which may be downloaded from the web. Mr. Howard’s guide is a full education in itself, appropriate for beginners as well as the more experienced. Also, check out the Orchid Secrets web site, which has an ever-growing database of articles on many topics of orchid cultivation.
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