Aphids are quite common on parsley outdoors. A poor location, too dense planting and excessive moisture are usually to blame. What you can do against lice and how best to prevent them.
What to do if you have lice on parsley?
If you have lice infestation on parsley, you should collect the lice or spray them with a jet of water. If the infestation is severe, you can make nettle decoction and treat the plant with it. As a preventative measure, you should use distracting plants and encourage beneficial garden insects.
Aphids – what to do?
- Collect
- Cum with water jet
- Make nettle stock
- Cut off affected leaves
If the parsley is infested with lice, it can hardly be used in the kitchen. Who wants to find lice on their salad?
If the infestation is small, you should collect the lice or spray the plants with a light jet of water.
Remedies against severe aphid infestations
Even if there are a lot of aphids on the plant, do not resort to chemical agents. Not only are they harmful to beneficial insects, but they are also harmful to you if you consume parsley treated in this way.
Make a nettle broth and spray the plants with it.
To do this, cut a few non-flowering nettles and place them in lukewarm water for 24 hours. Pour off the water and pour the broth into a pointed bottle. After treatment, you should not harvest the parsley for a long time.
Prevention of aphids
- Don’t plant too close together
- Keep only moderately moist
- Partly shaded location without direct sun
- Setting distraction plants
- Care for garden beneficial insects
- Keep ants away
Good prevention reduces lice infestation
A good, airy location protects against aphids. Distraction plants such as nasturtiums can be very helpful. These plants are very popular with aphids, so they are more likely to go to the cress than to the parsley.
Some beneficial insects such as lacewings or ladybirds live on aphids. Use insect hotels to ensure that these garden inhabitants feel comfortable in your garden. They eat the majority of all lice.
Ants help spread lice. Therefore, keep ants away from the parsley by interrupting the paths and removing ant nests.
Tips & Tricks
If the aphids have appeared on the parsley in the pot, you can try immersing the parsley pot with the leaves down in water for some time. This can destroy many lice. Place infected pots separately so that the lice cannot spread further.
