How and when to apply pest repellents and growth promoters: Methodology

How to use pest repellants? When to actually use them? 

I have been using lots of growth promoters and pest repellants but no use. If you have such questions, then this write up will definitely help you to check what went wrong.

Here is the checklist:

1. What went into your potting mix? Is that nutritious enough to support the plant? Your potting mix should be able to nurture, porous, well-drained and should be able to retain the moisture.

2. How about the seed or sapling? Where did you get it from? If you get seed from your previous harvest and if its a hybrid, it will be difficult and sometimes not possible to propagate it to a plant. My recommendation is to use an open-pollinated seed. and if you want to propagate a plant from cuttings, then use a cutting from a healthy plant.

3. What goes into your kitchen compost making is very important. Apart from kitchen scraps, Add a little bit of cinnamon powder, few cashew nuts/peanuts, and any other seed powder. This will actually support the plant in proper root growth and tasty fruit.

If you follow the above, less likely are the chances of pest, even if it comes, it will not be able to abrupt the growth of the plants. Because the plant is very strong.

We are humans, we do make mistakes, here are the troubleshooting tips!

Your plant will tell you more if you can understand the language...

Too much or too less of applying growth promoters and pest repellant will also create many problems... have to strike a balance.

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1. Keep an eye on leaves, branches and the stem of the plant. it tells you many things. If the leaves are drooping below, it is an indication that they need water. Also, cross-check with the potting mix whether it is dry or moist. If it's dry, sprinkle some water. potting mix or soil mix plays an important role here. it should be able to drain too much moisture and it should also retain the moisture. To strike a balance, you have to take the potting mix ratio very seriously.

2. If you are overwatering, it attracts lots of other tiny worms like maggots and other worms which will eventually result in root rot. Especially, if your potting mix is not able to drain the excess water. The plant will not be able to uptake nutrients properly and slowly the plant will die if appropriate action is not taken.

3. All the Plant issues emerge from improper potting mix, improper seed, and improper watering.

4. The stage of a plant during seed to budding is very crucial. Whatever the nurturing you do here either help the plant or spoil it. Too much of adding fermented fruit juice will create problems like a plant will have issues with budding. Since too much of fermented fruit juice makes a plant bushy. it means all the nutrition you gave was spent on making leaves. The plant is busy in digestion and assimilation of nutrients instead of making a different food which is responsible for the formation of buds.

If you think you have overdone. stop adding FFJ and sprinkle sour buttermilk there.

5. Too much of adding rasam or 3G buttermilk solution and ash will actually repel beneficial microorganisms. Strike a balance. Follow the instructions carefully.

I hope this helps you. I will be modifying this write up based on your understanding and for adding more solutions to FAQs. If you have more questions, put them in the comments box.