How to manage soil health in polyhouses

How to manage soil health in polyhouses
  • Different types of fertilizers are used continuously throughout the year in poly houses / greenhouses.

  • For this reason, the health of the polyhouse soil starts to deteriorate within 3-4 years. Despite good seeds, proper nutrients and all precautions, there can be a huge decrease in the yield and quality of the crop.

  • Therefore, it is necessary that in order to do scientific farming, farmers should constantly examine the health of the soil and maintain complete information about it.

  • Correct sampling is very important for soil testing.

  • The sample is taken from different locations inside the polyhouse/greenhouse. Then it is mixed well and divided into four parts.

  • Repeat this process until the remaining sample weighs half a kilogram.

  • The samples obtained in this way are sent to the testing center. And according to the report farm fertilizer is used.

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How to manage acidic land

How to manage acidic land
  • If the soil pH is below 6.5, then this type of soil is called acidic soil.

  • In highly acidic soil, only acid-resistant crops can be planted

  • In the case of more acidic soil, it is necessary to adopt the method of liming.

  • Liming increases base saturation and availability of calcium and magnesium.

  • The stabilization of phosphorus (P) and molybdenum (Mo) can inactivate reactive components.

  • Liming induces the action of micro-organisms and increases nitrogen fixation and nitrogen mineralization. In this way, leguminous crops benefit greatly from liming.

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How to control fruit fly in watermelon

How to control fruit fly in watermelon
  • The female fly  lays eggs in soft fruits

  • The maggot comes out of these eggs and makes a tunnel in the fruit and eats the fruit’s pulp, which causes the fruit to rot.

  • The fruits become curved and become weak and separate from the vine.

  • On the damaged fruit, the egg keeps the fluid coming out from the given place, which later becomes a khurnt.

  • For the control of this pest, use Fenpropathrin 10% EC @ 400 ml/acre or Profenofos 40% + cypermethrin 4% EC @ 400 ml/acre or Spinosid 45% SC @ 60 ml /acre.

  • UseBeauveria Bassiana   @ 250gram/acre as a biological treatment.

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How to control mites in bitter gourd crop

How to control mites in bitter gourd crop
  • Mites are small and red-colored insects that are found in large quantities on soft parts of bitter gourd crops such as leaves, flower buds, and twigs.

  • Webs can be seen on bitter gourds infested with mites. 

  • This insect sucks the tender parts of the plant, weakens them and in the end the plant dies.

  • Chemical management:- Propargite 57% Ec@ 400 ml/acre or Spiromesifen 22.9% SC @ 200 ml/acre  or Abamectin 1.9 % EC@ 150 ml/acre 

  • Biological treatment :- use Metarhizium Anisopliae @ 1 kg/acre

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Farmer increased profits by 60% by adding fields with Gramophone app

Farmer Success story

If you are a farmer and you or any member of your household uses a smartphone then you can bring many revolutionary changes in your agriculture. Pritesh Goyal, a resident of Dewas district has also brought some similar changes in his farming.

Pritesh is a young farmer and understands the importance of technology in agriculture, so when he came to know about the gramophone app, he immediately installed it on his smart phone and soon started getting the benefits of it.

When Pritesh was sowing his moong crop, he connected his field with the ‘My Farm’ option of the Gramophone app. Pritesh got the result of a 60% increase in profits by connecting the farm to the app. With the help of the app, their agricultural cost also decreased than before and there was a significant increase in yield as well. Pritesh cultivated moong in his 7-acre field and achieved a production of 38.5 quintals. This production was 10% higher than before.

However, if you do not have a smartphone, you can still connect to Gramophone. For this, you have to make a missed call on our toll-free number 18003157566 and then our agricultural experts will call you and solve your problems.

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Light rains may occur in the next 24 hours in some areas of Central India

weather forecast

There is a possibility of light rain in the next 24 hours in Vidarbha, Chhattisgarh, Marathwada, South Madhya Pradesh etc. areas of Central India. At the same time most areas of North India will remain dry. Weather is also expected to remain dry in the northeastern states, however light rain may occur at one or two places.

Video Source: Skymet Weather

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Chilli Samriddhi Kit shows amazing results, farmers earn lakhs from chilli farming

Chilli Samriddhi Kit Success story

Indian farmers work very hard in the fields, but most of the farmers are not able to get good results of their hard work because they insist on traditional agriculture according to their knowledge. Whereas in today’s era, many major research has been done in the field of agriculture, as a result of which, with the help of many new agricultural products, agriculture has become modern as well as beneficial. Vikas Patidar, a resident of Khedi Khanpura village in Khargone district of Madhya Pradesh, has modernized his traditional agriculture with the help of Gramophone, now he is getting the benefit of it.

On the advice of Gramophone, Vikas ji used the Chili Samridhi Kit in his chili crop. Due to the Samriddhi kit, the chilli crop grew well and yield was also good. Vikas ji says that earlier there was a problem of drying of plants in chilli crop, but this time all the plants remained green and the problem of drying did not come at all. In one and a half acre field, Vikas ji earned 7-8 lakhs from the yield of chilli and due to the use of Samriddhi kit, the agricultural expenditure was also very low.

It is important to note that the use of the samriddhi kit prepared by Gramophone increases the fertility of the fields and the crop does not require any external nutrients, hence the growth of the crop was healthy and yielded well.

Gramophone also provides Samriddhi kits for many crops including chillies, moong, cotton, soybeans and all these kits are getting better results. Along with Vikas ji, many other farmers have achieved better results from its use. If you also want to use any of these kits or want to modernize your farming by connecting with Gramophone, then immediately make a missed call to our toll free number 18003157566 or login to Gramophone Krishi Mitra app.

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