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How to control Mites in Sponge gourd

24/03/2021 Wednesday March 24th, 2021

These pests are small, red in color and are found in large quantities on the tender parts of crops such as leaves.
Webs are visible on the mite infested plant. This pest attacks on the soft parts of the plant by sucking the sap and eventually killing the plant.
Propargite 57% EC 57% EC @ 400 ml / acre or Spiromesifen 22.9% SC @ 200 ml / acre or Abamectin 1.9 % EC @ 150 ml / acre.
As a biological treatment Use Metarhizium anisopliae @ 1 kg/acre as a biological treatment

How to use Decomposer on old stored dung?

23/03/2021 Tuesday March 23rd, 2021

Farmers can easily convert the dung collected on their farm into useful manure with the help of a decomposer.
For this, 4 kg of Decomposer culture is suitable for 2-3 tons of dung.
To begin with, wet the dung heap with water.
After this, mix the decomposer culture well in 200 liters of water and spray this whole mixture on the dung heap.
While spraying, keep mixing the dung heap if possible. By doing so the decomposer culture will get mixed well into the cow dung.
In this way, keeping a good amount of moisture in the dung heap ensures quick conversion of dung into compost.

Benefits of nutrition management in watermelon crop in 25 to 30 days

22/03/2021 Monday March 22nd, 2021

Watermelon crops start flowering in 25 to 30 days.
In this stage, healthy and on time flower formation is very important. To avoid flower shedding and to promote flower growth, it is very important to manage nutrition during this stage.
For this give 10:26:26 @ 100 kg/acre + MOP @ 25 kg/acre + Boron @ 800 gram/ acre + calcium nitrate @ 10 kg/acre from the soil.
Thus by managing nutrition, NPK, boron, potash, and calcium nitrate can be easily replenished in watermelon crops.

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How to control tomato crop from mite outbreak

22/03/2021 Monday March 22nd, 2021

These pests are small, red in color and are found in large quantities on the tender parts of crops such as leaves.
Webs are visible on the mite infested plant. This pest attacks on the soft parts of the plant by sucking the sap and eventually killing the plant.
Propargite 57% EC 57% EC @ 400 ml / acre or Spiromesifen 22.9% SC @ 200 ml / acre or Abamectin 1.9 % EC @ 150 ml / acre.
As a biological treatment Use Metarhizium anisopliae @ 1 kg/acre as a biological treatment.

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How to use decomposer after harvesting of wheat

21/03/2021 Friday March 19th, 2021

After harvesting the wheat crop, residues remain in the field in large quantities.
Due to these residues in the next crop, outbreaks of fungal and bacterial diseases are caused epidemically.
It is very important to use decomposers in an empty field after harvesting wheat or after sowing of the crop, to prevent the infection of fungal and bacterial diseases in the new crops.
For this, if farmers want to use liquid form, then use decomposer at the rate of 1 liter/acre as spray.
Apart from this, Gramophone is providing decomposer to the farmers in the name of Speed kompost, which should be used 4 kg/acre and mixed with 10 kg of urea in 50-100 kg of field soil and broadcast.
When decomposer is being used, make sure that there is enough moisture in the field.

Benefits of Pseudomonas fluorescens in cucurbits crops

21/03/2021 Friday March 19th, 2021

Pseudomonas fluorescens act as an organic fungicide and bactericide.
It protects the cucurbits crop from fungal, bacterial, soil borne and seed borne diseases
Protects the crop from adverse effects on crops due to changing weather
It plays a very important role in controlling Gummy stem blight disease in most important cucurbits crops.
In cucurbits crops, it also plays a very important role in good root development, fruit development, flower development.
Pseudomonas fluorescens assisted in the prevention of diseases affecting cucurbits crops such as dumping off , root rot, wilt , stem rot, fruit rot, scorching, etc.

Importance of Potash for Tomato Crop

20/03/2021 Saturday March 20th, 2021

Potash is very important for good fruit production in tomato crops.
In the initial stage of crop, the use of potash from the soil is very necessary for the development of tomato roots.
Potash is an essential nutrient for tomatoes.
Potash plays a very important role in transporting the synthesized sugars to fruits in plants.
Potash promotes the activity of natural nitrogen.
Potash is essential for the production of lycopene necessary for the dark red colour of tomatoes.
Potash increases the weight of tomato fruit.

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Purchase date on MSP changed in Madhya Pradesh due to rain and hail

19/03/2021 Friday March 19th, 2021

Registration of farmers is done by the governments of different states for procurement of crops at the minimum support price. If we talk about registration of farmers for purchase at the minimum support price in Madhya Pradesh, then this process has been completed. However, this process is still going on in other states. Preparations have also been started to buy produce on behalf of the Government of Madhya Pradesh. In this regard, the date for purchasing the produce from the farmers has also been fixed.

Madhya Pradesh Agriculture Minister Shri Kamal Patel had said that wheat, mustard, gram and lentils will be procured from the farmers of Madhya Pradesh by 15 March. But due to rain and hailstorm, procurement has not started from this date. It is now reported that the procurement process will start from 22 March.

Source: Krishi Jagran

What to do to increase the fruit quality of watermelon

18/03/2021 Thursday March 18th, 2021

In the watermelon crop, if the quality of the fruits is very good, then the farmers get production along with the good income.
Potash (MOP) @ 2 kg / acre should be given in the soil through a drip system, daily in the initial stage of fruit growing in watermelon crop.
The use of potash makes the size of the melon fruit very good.
With this, spray Prominomex @ 30 ml/pump and give PK bacteria @ 1 kg/acre from the soil.
Pro amino maxx and Procombimaxx both work to improve the watermelon fruit colour and shineness.

Know how a bee works as a good pollinator in pumpkin crops

18/03/2021 Thursday March 18th, 2021

Cucurbit crops are planted in large quantities as summer crops.
Due to change in weather and temperature, after flowering in cucurbits crops, there is a lot of problem during the development of fruits.
Honeybees play a very important role in natural pollination in cucurbits.
In the cucurbit crop, through honeybees, pollination is done up to 80%.
A large number of hairs are found in the body of honeybees, which pick up pollen particles. After this, they collect pollen and transport it to the female flowers.
Honeybees do not cause any harm to the crops.
The action of fertilization is completed after the above mentioned action. After this, the process, conversion starts from flower to fruit in the plant.