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Managing the Mango woes! |
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"Gummy disease and fruit flies in mango fruit
Shri Somabhai, a farmer from Lolpur village in Borsad Taluka, has found an innovative solution using natural ingredients to deal with gummy disease or fruit flies found in mango farms. The solution is to collect green and dried leaves of neem and burn them at sunrise and sunset. The other option is to apply limestone around one meter in height around the tree stem. This method controls the “Tadtadiya”, gummy disease.
Somabhai Dhulabhai Padhiyar
Village. Lolpur, Tal. Borsad, Dist. Kheda
Maheshbhai shares a practice to control “Tadtadiya” found on the mango trees. Add 500 gm mint (Pudina) leaves to ten liters of water and boil them together. Let the solution cool and then filter. Sprinkle the solution on the leaves and stems, and repeat the practice a few times for optimum result. You will see the benefit in four to six days.
Maheshbhai Vasava
Village. Khoonta Aamba, Tal. Rajpipla, Dist. Narmada
Gafarbhai Kureshi, a well-known farmer, has this to say, ""I have been organic farming for mangoes since 1990. At the flowering stage, the mango trees are affected by gummy disease."" To solve this problem, take 500 gm pieces of neem giloi (Tinospora cordifolia), 100 gm kalijeeri
(Nigella sativa), 100 gm carom seed (Trychespermum ammii) and 100 gm deel seed and boil them together in 10 liters of water till the quantity of water becomes half. Let it cool and then filter. Add 1 liter of this solution to 15 liters of water, and sprinkle on leaves, branches and stems, such that they become completely wet. Repeat the practice at an interval of 10 days and you will see the results.
Gafarbhai Kureshi
Village. Ramlechi (Gir), Tal. Talala, Dist. Junagadh
Farmer grows 13-20 Krishna Tulsi plants per bigha of his mango orchard. He believed that when fruit fly sits on Krishna Tulsi plants, it stops their population. By this way mango trees can be saved.
Late Shri Bhikhubhai Govindbhai Patel At. Hariyavaad, Post: Killa Pardi, Tal. Pardi, Dist. Valsad
Cassia leaves and rice husk to ripe the mango
Most sellers nowadays use chemicals to ripen the mango fruit, a practice which is very harmful to human health. As a better solution, Ramilaben Sumanbhai Deshmukh spreads rice husk in a bamboo basket to keep the mangoes and then covers them with a layer of husk. She then covers the basket with cassia leaves and air-tights the basket with mud. The mangoes take a week to ripen and are much sweeter compared to those available in the market. The villagers have been widely using this practice for a long time and have greatly benefited from it.
Ramilaben Sumanbhai Deshmukh Village: Karanjveri
Scout: Jayendrsinh Vaghela
Use Euphorbia and Aloe Vera to control “Munda”
Generally, the “Munda” pest is seen to attack plants such as groundnut, cotton and pigeon pea. It damages the root of the crop and stops its growth. As a way out of this problem, Maheshbhai from Bhavnagar uses Euphorbia and Aloe Vera to control “Munda”. He mixes 6 to 8 kg Aloe Vera leaves with 20 kg Euphorbia with thorns in a bag and then crushes them together. The mixture is then added to 200 liters of water and left to soak for 12 to 14 hours. The solution is then added to the crop by drip or canal during irrigation. One use of the solution yields optimum results.
Maheshbhai has been using this practice for many years. He initially learnt it from Chandubhai Baraiya, who lives in Piparla village. He also uses products such as castor cake, neem cake, cow dung manure, cow urine and 30 days’ stale butter milk from cow;s milk in his formula.
Caution: Be careful while using cactus milk, as it should not go into the eyes.
Maheshbhai Naranbhai Dhandhalia Village: Takhatgadh, Ta. Talaja, Dist. Bhavnagar
Makrodi and Ardusa leaves for Aphid
Aphid is a pest that sucks out crops, causing irreparable damage to the farmers. Several farmers have been experimenting for a solution to this problem. One such farmer, Pashabhai uses Makrodi (Diospyros cordifolia Roxb.) and Ardusa leaves to control the pests. He suggests the following solution. Take 2 kg leaves of Makrodi and Ardusa leaves and shred them into small parts. Soak them in water, cover the vessel with a cloth and let it stand for three days. Then, add 20 liters of water, stir well, filter the solution, and sprinkle on the crop to control the aphid. Pashabhai has been following this practice for several years
Makrodi is a tree which bears green fruit that becomes yellow on ripening. The inside of the fruit contains flat, black-coloured seeds. The fruit is mostly found during the monsoon months of August and September. During this time, some people tend to get fungal infection in the fingers of the feet. Markoda fruit can be used as a cure to treat the fungus. For this, roast the makroda fruit and apply on the infected area.
Patel Pashabhai Ishwarbhai Mansa, Gandhinagar.
Scout: Thakor Vijaykumar Rameshji
Stem borer in maize crop
Stem borer, or any insect larva, is commonly found on the maize crop. These larvae bore into the stem and damage the crop. Generally, farmers use chemical pesticides to deal with this problem; however, farmer Somabhai Solanki from Govandi village came up with an alternative method using “Kanthi” leaves. His solution is as follows: Take 1 kg of “Kanthi” leaves, crush them and add
15 liters of water. Let the mixture soak for 2-3 days and then filter the solution. Sprinkle the prepared solution in to pipe and on stem, and you will see the results within 3 to4 days. The use of this practice when used at the initial stage of the crop gives better results.
Somabhai has been following this traditional practice for the last 35 years.
Shri Rajnikant Patel, an active farmer and Agriculture officer in the Aravalli district, uses tobacco to control the stem borer. His solution is to mix 1 kg of tobacco powder and river sand and then sprinkle in some water to allow tobacco to stick to the sand. This sand is then applied on maize pipe. The method effectively controls the stem borer in the maize plant. Scout: Thavrabhai Jethabhai Pardhi, Mahesh Parmar
Somabhai Kanabhai Solanki
At.Po. Govandi, Tal. Khedbrahma, Dist. Sabarkantha
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