Wednesday, 24 September 2014

USE OF ORGANIC PRODUCTS AS DRUGS IN ORGANIC FARMING SYSTEM

Organic pesticides
most of you are complaining why i didnt share,there you go,u can read it all here; the other table for herbs that u can plant cannot be copy pasted,
Garlic (kitunguu saumu)

crush and mix with hot water- cool for 2 hrs then spray to control aphids
Tithonia

crush 2kg, soak in 4 litres warm water for 2-3 hours or in cold water for 2 days. Apply to control caterpillars
thorn apple(Datura stramonium)- 

Take 1kg of leaves,fruits,stem,crush and boil in 4 litres of water for 20 minutes and let it cool-scale insects, aphids and leaf miners
Paw paw leaves

1 kg leaves when green. Crush and boil for 20 minutes-scale, aphids
Wood ash-get maize comb burned and dry the ash. can be used to dust plants when cut worms are a problem
Hot pepper-

crush 500 gms of hot pepper fruits,mix with 5 litres of water, boil for 20 minutes. sieve and add 5 litres of water mixed with bar soap-ants, aphids, flies, caterpillars
Lantana camara-

get branches and leaves,burn to get the ash-ants and worms
sisal leaves

Dry sisal leaves
Get dried leaves of sisal plant,burn to get the ash and use it to store grain seeds
Fresh sisal leaves- crush and put in water- a very good dewormer for large and small animals
Grow organic herbs around your home so that we can achieve the best organic farming in kenya
NB; a ratio of 1 kg leaves: 4 litres water may apply
Liquid manures
A liquid manure is got from both animals and plants that have high nitrogen content..The manure is used as an organic top dress and harnessed as follows;
Get 4 kg fresh cow dung
Put it into a sack and tie the top
Get 20 litres water in a big bucket
Suspend the sack having the dung into the water
Close with a lid
Check and stir the water occasionally
Remove after 2 weeks then dilute to spray
Use one cup for every plant. commonly used for the leafy veggies
NOTE
"please use the specified species plants and the results and conditions may vary from region to region therefore be cautions when using these method we are not liable for any claim"

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