Thursday, July 4, 2013

Pesticide and growth booster : fermented vegetable garbage in molasses


    For the protection of plants against herbivorous mites and parasites many farmers in South East Asia spray a diluted solution of  fermented vegetable garbage - fruits, spices leftovers from the kitchen - in molasses ( 3 to 1 by weight ).

If the vegetable garbage are fresh, then water may not be added, at least in the first stage. After at least 3 months of an anaerobic fermentation at a temperature above 30 Celsius the content is a viscous and acidic liquid whose properties are debated ( You may want to read http://www.ecowalkthetalk.com/blog/2011/03/04/responses-how-effective-are-garbage-enzymes/ ) Farmers know it works as an efficient pesticide and growth booster.


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Tuesday, July 2, 2013

About 1/3 of Hoya lobbii " Black II " seeds germinate 3 weeks after sowing


S. in France was about to lose hope of seeing any plantlet from the 30 seeds of Hoya lobbii Black II sent by aleyagarden.com. The seeds had been collected 10 days before the day S sowed them; in total 10 plantlets showed up after two to three weeks !

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The germination test are reported here.

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