Home Garden and Organic Farming

Bacterial Wilt:  Symptoms:       - Wilting ( loss of water from leaves), Stunting( results in dwarfing and loss of vigor), yellowing of the foliage, and finally entire plant will break down.       -The vascular system becomes brown in color.       -Plants show wilting symptoms in afternoon times, will recover at nights but it will die soon.       -Lower leaves will drop first before wilting occurs.     Management:       Crop rotation with cruciferous vegetables such as cauliflower helps in reducing the spreading of disease.

These are derived from organic sources like the plant, animal, and human residues. Among these are bulky organic manures such as farmyard manure(FYM), compost, concentrated manures like Oil-Cakes, and various products of animal origin like dried blood, fish manure..etc. are added in the soil, to improve the physical condition of the soil, replenish and maintain it's human status via soil organic matter, create optimum conditions for the activities of soil microorganisms and contribute a small part of the plant nutrients removed by the crops or otherwise lost through leaching and soil erosion. The plant-food elements contained in manure are released in an available form upon decomposition by soil microorganisms. The main role of this manure is to add organic matter and humus content. Biofertilizers or bio inoculants: These are the preparations containing microorganisms beneficial to agricultural production in terms of nutrient supply, especially N and P. Fertilizer and thei

1. Black rot: ( Xanthomonas campestris )     Symptoms:       *  Most commonly seen in areas having a wet and warm climate.       * Plants can be infected during any growth stage and the symptoms resemble nutritional deficiencies.       * Infected seedlings turn into yellow in color, drop lower leaves and soon become die.       * Leaves may be affected only one side of the seedling.       * The infected tissue turns pale green-yellow and then turns brown and dies.       * Affected areas are usually a wedge or V-shaped.       * Disease progress the severely affected leaves may drop off. The veins in infected leaves, stems, and roots become black in color.   Management:      * Planting should be done on raised beds to facilitate drainage.      * Raising non-host crops.      * Affected plants should be removed and destroyed. 2. Leaf spot and Blight: (Alternaria brassicae and A.brassiciola) Symptoms:  * One of the destructive diseases on seed crop. Older

Benefit each other:       The Native Americans planted corn, beans, and squash together so that they could benefit each other. The corn provides the structure for the beans to climb. The beans provide the nitrogen to the soil that the other plant utilizes and the squash spreads along the ground preventing weeds. Eco-friendly plant:        Plant a lot of hemp in the land of Fukushima. Hemp's vibration has the potentiality to purify the contaminated environment made by radiation.- Dr.Masaru Emoto. To prevent ants:              Planting mint around your house can prevent ants from coming into your house. Mint destroys an ant's sense of smell making them less likely to risk the possibility of entering. Grow them near doors/windows and place mint leaves in pantries. Keep away mosquitoes in your garden:       Lemongrass, Lavender, Lemon balm, Basil, Lemon Thyme, Catnip, Rosemary, Garlic, Marigolds . Put any of these plants in your garden. Mosquitoes absolutely hate them

Coco peat or coir pith is an agriculture waste byproduct from a coir industry, used as a soil additive. It contains macro and micronutrients, natural enzymes, and helps to improve soil aeration, improve soil structure. Coco peat is mainly used as a lightweight growing medium for the germination of seeds. Processed coco peat used as a compost for growing plants. It absorbs water up to eight times its weight.           About 180 grams of coir pith is obtained from the husk of one coconut. Coir pith contains C: N in the ratio of 112:1 and it also contains lignin (75%) which does not permit natural composting as in other agricultural wastes. Mushroom pleurotus has the capacity to degrade the lignin present in the coir pith by producing enzymes like cellulases and lactases. The C: N ratio is reduced to 24:1 from 112:1 at the end of composting. Coco peat for germination of seeds Composting method: Follow this simple composting method for large-scale production of cocopeat composti

In the US chrysanthemum is the No.1 dollar earning flower. Small-flowered types are used in garland making. Soil: It has a shallow, fibrous root system that is sensitive to waterlogging and prone to attack by root rot and wilt if there is no aeration. Sandy loam soil is much desirable since they retain sufficient moisture and provides good aeration. Climate: In general its a short day plant but it requires high light intensity and if reduced light is there the plants become taller with thin stems and large leaves. Insufficient light results in pale leaves and delayed flowering. For balanced root and shoot growth the optimum air and soil temperature are 16 ° c and 18-21 ° c respectively. At day and night temperatures of 22 °c  and 16 °, c respectively chrysanthemum plants produced the best overall growth. Propagation: Chrysanthemum plants are propagated by both vegetative and sexual methods. Vegetative methods include both cuttings and suckers. But cuttings are the most com

Any potting media for growing plants will generally consist of 2-3 types of components. The first is organic plant-derived materials like peat moss, leaf mold, bark these are absorbing the water very well, and also nutrient holding capacity will be great. The second component is called the coarse aggregates like sand, perlite, vermiculite, charcoal these are improving the drainage of the medium because of the shape of each particle creates large pore spaces it makes easier the flow of air. A third component is soil it is used to hold and supply the nutrients, such as loamy soil, clay soil, sandy soil are most commonly used in many potting media. Organic plant-derived materials:   Peat moss is the main ingredient for many potting mixtures for houseplants. Sometimes it is used alone for air layering and rooting, cuttings. Having very good water holding capacity proving an ideal combination of moisture and air. Leaf mold is the second possible component after peat moss in many ho