Traditional Practices in Agriculture FULL - ANGOC Site

23. Coconut oil or any other vegetable oil is especially for bean
seeds. For one kilogram of bean seed add 2 teaspoons of
vegetable oil, Mix the oil with 230 gms of seed and pour it into
a clean container. Add the remaining seeds and mix till all the
seeds are coated with oil. It helps the seeds to prevent from
the pest.
24. Chilly seeds are immersed in biogas slurry for half an hour to
promote vigorous growth and to impart disease resistance to
seedlings
25. Vegetable seeds of bitter gourd, pumpkin, snake gourd and
ridge gourd are stored by mixing them with ash. It is wide
spread practice to plant these seeds after mixing them with
ash that leads to better growth.
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