BLEACHING POWDER

Searching an antibiotic for application in agricultural field is cumbersome. Mr. Asari was cultivating banana for the last 20 years in leased land and finding livelihood in it. He had a problem of uprooting banana when it reaches maturity. It has no other symptoms like insects or nematodes. I inspected the plot and found this was due to bacterial infection. I suggested application of 10 gm of Bleaching powder to the plant growing to its vicinity. Absolutely it clicked and he was happy. Bleaching powder has germicidal properties which we may employ in the application in our wells.

DISINFECTION

Searching an antibiotic for application in agricultural field is cumbersome. Mr. Asari was cultivating banana for the last 20 years in leased land and finding livelihood in it. He had a problem of uprooting banana when it reaches maturity. It has no other symptoms like insects or nematodes. I inspected the plot and found this was due to bacterial infection. I suggested application of 10 gm of Bleaching powder to the plant growing to its vicinity. Absolutely it clicked and he was happy. Bleaching powder has germicidal properties which finds application on our wells for disinfecting the same

N.P.K

For proper growth of plants Nitrogen, Phosphorous, Potassium (N, P, K) are needed in adequate amounts in soil. One of the farmers who had cultivated about 1000 banana plants came to me and told that he is going to loose his crop ,a remedy should be given. I immediately rushed to his plot. The symptom is that of newly produced leaves are unable to open fully. I could identify the problem as the deficiency of potassium. Later talking with the farmer it was said that he had applied only ammonium phosphate only, a fertilizer contains only nitrogen and phosphorous only. I advised to apply 100 Gm of muriate of potash, a potassium fertilizer per plant twice. He got desired result after three months and was happy over my advice

Fungi Food

Mr.Parameswaran residing at Karakukulam of Trivandrum District is running behind mushrooms for the last three deccades.He is talented in domesticating edible varieties of mushrooms and developing the spawn for their culivation. Here in his huge bed he uses 15 covers of spwan in 15 kg paddy straw .

Mushroom is a fat free protein rich food, which is ideal for diabetic as well as heart patients. The essential amino acids, minerals, vitamins, fibers present in mushroom can prevent occurrence of heart diseases. Daily up take of minimum 50 grams of mushroom can induce vitality and can reduce diseases affecting human body. Mushrooms belong to the group of fungi. Some mushrooms are highly poisonous. Some are edible. It is becoming popular in the food habits of Developing countries. Oyster mushrooms are adapted to tropical climatic conditions. It can be grown in paddy straw. Production technology is simple. The mushrooms are gaining importance as they impart immunity to humans