Traditional Practices in Agriculture FULL - ANGOC Site

11. Spray neem cake extract to control mites and the spotted
beetle (Epilachana octopunctata) in brinjal
12. Brinjal fruits are harvested for market before their stalks
change from green to brown in colour
13. For seed extraction in brinjal, medium sized fully ripened fruits
which are bright yellow in colour are harvested. Then they are
cut into 4-6 pieces and softened by soaking in water overnight.
Next day, the seeds are removed and washed well with water.
After washing add little quantity of wood ash. Dry it in the
shade and preserve in a cloth / mud pot.
14. Well matured and ripen brinjal fruits are cut with some portion
of the stem. And cut the brinjal into 4 parts and tie it with the
thread and hang it (8 to10 feet) above the chullah (chimney).
Smoke from the chullah will help the seeds to dry naturally.
Extracted seeds are mixed with wood ash and shade dried for
2-3 days and stored upto six months.
15. Take ½ kg cakes of each are soaked overnight in enough water
to submerge them. (This quantity is sufficient for an area of 50
sq. meters). The soaked cake should be broadcasted and
mixed well with the soil in early morning. It gives good yield
and reduces the population of all major brinjal pests like root
aphids, fruit and shoot borer, Epolaehna beetle and other
major pests.
16. 1 Kg of fresh custard apple leaves and 1 kg of neem cake
soaked in 2.5 litre of cow’s urine overnight, then filtered. The
filtered solution is diluted with water in a ratio of 1:3 and
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