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Controlling Orchid Pests & Diseases

This document provides tips for controlling plant pests and diseases when growing plants. It recommends choosing healthy plants, quarantining new plants, sanitizing tools, identifying common pests and diseases, regularly checking plants and removing diseased material, spraying fungicides during rainy seasons, properly watering and fertilizing plants, controlling pests with insecticides when needed, providing proper spacing between plants, and identifying common pests like scales, mealybugs, aphids, and diseases like fungal infections and viruses. The goal is to help gardeners grow quality plants through sanitation, pest and disease identification, and integrated pest management.

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Controlling Orchid Pests & Diseases

This document provides tips for controlling plant pests and diseases when growing plants. It recommends choosing healthy plants, quarantining new plants, sanitizing tools, identifying common pests and diseases, regularly checking plants and removing diseased material, spraying fungicides during rainy seasons, properly watering and fertilizing plants, controlling pests with insecticides when needed, providing proper spacing between plants, and identifying common pests like scales, mealybugs, aphids, and diseases like fungal infections and viruses. The goal is to help gardeners grow quality plants through sanitation, pest and disease identification, and integrated pest management.

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CONTROLLING PLANT PESTS & DISEASES

Norberto R. Bautista

Growing Quality Plants


As a gardener, we are often faced with problems like pests and diseases which either damage or kill our valued plants

TIPS IN PLANT GROWING


Choose plants carefully before you buy Look for insects, insect damage, signs of diseases (viruses, fungus, bacterial rot), snails if there is DO NOT BUY!

TIPS IN PLANT GROWING


Quarantine newly acquired plants before mixing them with your collection

TIPS IN PLANT GROWING


Wash and sterilize all pruning / cutting instruments USE soap and running water Rubbing Alcohol 70% saturated tri-sodium phosphate (TSP) solution

TIPS IN PLANT GROWING


Learn to identify common orchid/plant pests and diseases and how to control them

TIPS IN PLANT GROWING


Regularly check your plants in the garden or nursery --> See to it if they need watering, fertilizing, pest control and most of all, tender loving care.

TIPS IN PLANT GROWING


Clean your plants --> remove all dried, yellowing or rotting parts. Also remove weeds. Sanitation is a good way to make plants healthy.

TIPS IN PLANT GROWING


spray fungicides during rainy season especially during monsoon rains ( syam-syam) or before onset of typhoons. Common Fungicides used: DITHANE, CAPTAN, FUNGITOX

TIPS IN PLANT GROWING


when in doubt, do not water during rainy season, if possible, add plastic roofing to your nursery during summer, water plants properly make sure all soil are wet and let excess water drip out make sure pots have sufficient drainage holes.

TIPS IN PLANT GROWING


spray insecticide only when necessary - to control insect infestation. know the type of insecticides and their target insects systemic (e.g. LANNATE, SEVIN), contact, stomach poison Take NOTE of their color label GREEN, YELLOW, OR RED.

TIPS IN PLANT GROWING


Properly space plants from each other, thus allowing airmovement, allow proper lighting. Know which plants are for shade, partial shade and full sun.

TIPS IN PLANT GROWING


regularly fertilize plants see the NPK requirements of your plant. in slow-release form? Micronutrients / trace elements Calcium nitrate Magnesium sulfate

SCALES

MEALY BUGS

MEALY BUGS

APHIDS

ORCHID WEEVILS

CATERPILLARS

FOLIAR NEMATODES

SNAILS

SLUGS

ANTS

COCKROACHES

SPIDER MITES

RODENTS / RATS

BIRDS (MAYA)

PHALAENOPSIS LEAF ATTACKED BY FUNGUS

Diseases

VIRAL DISEASES

Diseases

Viruses on Leaf

Magandang Hapon po!

THANK YOU FOR LISTENING!!!

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