Pest Repellants and Growth promoters

Pest repellants:

Rasam: An excellent pest repellant if made with tamarind and chillies. As a spray

3G buttermilk solution:  50ml.or 100ml. Buttermilk, Green chilli fistful, Garlic fistful, Ginger fistful, pinch of turmeric and pinch of asafoetida Put it in a mixer grinder and after that filter that solution and keep it in a container. While spraying, take some 10ml 3g buttermilk solution and dilute it in 1 litre of water.  If pest infestation is more increase the concentration like 20ml. sol. in 1 litre of water. As a spray.

If there is more fungus infestation due to more moisture, sprinkle sour butter milk.

Growth Promoters:

Dried Moringa leaf spray: Moringa leaves contains a growth hormone called “Zeatin” . This plant growth hormone has been reported to increase yields by 25-30% for nearly any crop.

Preparation:  Take a stalk of fresh moringa leaves, select the good leaves and dry them under shade for a week or so until the moisture is let out. Then you may powder them or use the dried leaves as it is, put them in a cloth and tie the cloth containing moringa powder and then dip them in lukewarm water until the water changes to green colour. Now “Moringa growth promoter” is ready. No need to dilute. Apply it as a foliar spray.

Use this spray about one week after seedlings emerge and once per month before plants begin to flower.

Coconut-Buttermilk solution:  Take 50ml. of coconut milk and 50 ml. of buttermilk, Take any suitable container, like a small terracotta pot or any container. Pour and mix the solution in this container,  Cover the container with clean cloth for 7 days. After 7 days, filter it and dilute it with water in 1:10 ratio. 10ml. In 1 litre of water. Now, the growth Promoter is ready. Use it as a foliar spray on the plants and sprinkle some near the stem. It works great. And very easy to do.

This spray helps in retaining the flowers, aids plant growth during budding stage, flowering stage and fruiting stage.

Fermented Fruit Juice: Take 100g banana,100g papaya and 50g apple.cut them into pieces and pour in a glass jar and take equal amount of jaggery and mix it with the fruit pieces. Take a white paper and use a rubber band to close the container.keep the solution in a cool (not in fridge) and dry place away from ants for 6-10 days.after 10 days it is ready to use.remove the white paper and filter the sol. with a muslin cloth and keep the sol. in a cool and dry place.

Take 1 ml of fermented fruit juice and mix it in 1 liter water feed it to your plants by spray or directly dosage is very important if it is excess plants grow very wild so be careful with this.

Egg Amino-acid:  

Full Eggs – 2-3 Nos, (with shell, don’t crush)

Lemon- sufficient to fully dipping the eggs.

Jaggery – 250 g.

Take a glass jar (Horlicks jar). Place eggs one by one, pour pure Lemon Juice, until sufficient to fully dip the eggs. Close the jar & keep for 18 DAYS. After 18th day you can see, All calcium will dissolve & subside at the bottom. Stir well. Add 250gm jaggery powder & stir. Keep 10 more days. Total 28-30 days . After 28 days take 2ml. concentrate + add 1 litre water, Apply them to plants / spray on leaves once in a week. It can be applied every 15 days. Shelf life is 6 months. It attracts butterflies for pollination.