Indigenous Farming :: Indigenous Technical Knowledge
Traditional Fruit Varieties
MANGO
- Neem oil is sprayed to control the hoppers.
- Sunflower is cultivated in between the mango trees to attract honey bees which increase pollination and fruit production.
- To induce early ripening of mango fruits, they are spread on a layer of the branches of 'Aavaram' (Cassia auriculata) plant on the floor and again covered with its branches and finally
GRAPES
- Brown coloured cuttings, which are foot in length, having good and live buds are used for planting.
- Long trenches are dug at a spacing of 10 feet three months before planting. In these trenches green leaf manures like Kolingi (Tephrosia purpurea), Agave sp., Erukku (Calotropis sp.) are applied, covered with soil and allowed to decompose.
- Groundnut cake is powdered, soaked in water and poured to grapes @ 1 bucket/pit for better fruit quality and yield.
- Circular trenches are dug around vines in which green manures and FYM are applied in 3:1 ratio and covered with soil before the monsoon starts in order to get higher yields.
- Neem cake is applied to control the nematodes.
GUAVA
- Pounding 2kg.of foliage of Calotropis sp. with 3 kg.of neem cake, soaking them in 20 lit. of water for four days and dissolving the extract in 200lit.of water and spraying for one ac. to control all the pests.
- Burrying the dog's carcass at the root zone for higher yields in acid lime.
- Applypig manure @ 1 basket/tree to increase the yield and to prevent flower shedding.
- Neem seed kernel extract or neem cake solution is sprayed to control leaf miner.
- Dried neem fruits are powdered and applied @ 500g. per tree to control the nematode attack.
MANDARIN ORANGE
- Orange trees attacked by Stem borer are given time wash, holes are cleaned and plugged with lime soaked cotton or wrapped with lemon grass.
- Greenish Aloe vera plants are cut into small pieces and spread to a radius of 2 feet around the tree during flowering to control powdery mildew.
- Collected orange seeds are mixed with ash to avoid ants' attack
|
|
