mealy bug

To control mealy bugs it can be used by using natural pesticide. We can use garlic as a natural pesticide that have been crushed out and pressed to get drift. After that we can add a water to dilute. If there is too many mealy bugs and stick to your plant, you have to add oil before sprayed.

The other way to control mealy bug you can rub leaf with cotton that have been added with alcohol 70 %. It commonly used to decorate plant.

Mealy bug calculate liquid from leaf, so it can caused leaf become wrinkle. Some times mealy bug produce liquid (seems like honey) and it looked like a black spot on your plant (leaf). Not only cause damage to your plant, mealy bug also spread viruses from other plant.

Beside using natural pesticide, you can use chemical i.e Decis, Curacron, Confidor, Rumba with dose 2 ml/liter.

ecofarming

A broadly agreed standard definition of what is referred to as eco-farming has not yet been established. Thus, several definitions of this concept continue to be used.
Eco-farming is also known as ecologically appropriate agriculture,

ecologically sound agriculture, biodynamic farming, organic farming,

conservation agriculture and sustainable agriculture.
Sustainable management and development means sustaining human well being over time,

i.e. satisfying the present needs without risking the possibility that future

generations may not be able to satisfy their own needs.
Therefore, sustainability implies providing future generations with as much,

or more and better of the natural capital (land, water, air, genetic material, ecosystems, etc) per output as the current generation is enjoying.

LOVE YOUR ENVIRONMENT AND THEN IT WILL LOVE YOU MUCH.....

Integrated Farming Systems

	Pest Monitoring Techniques	Techniques to Reduce & Replace Pesticides	Biocontrol & Cultural Techniques
Walnuts & Pome Fruit	Pheromone-based pest (codling moth) traps; agroecological monitoring protocols; assess beneficial insects	Pheromone mating disruption; foster biocontrol by eliminating OPs from orchard; precise timing of pesticide applications; reduced rates of application	Orchard sanitation; beneficial insect releases; bird/bat boxes;
Grapes (wine, table & raisin)	Agroecological monitoring protocols; assess beneficial insects; insect ID sheets; computer monitoring data software	Decision rules and treatment thresholds; softer pesticides; precise timing of pesticide applications; reduced rates of application	Leaf pulling; beneficial insect releases; cover crops to moderate vigor
Almonds & Stone Fruit	Agroecological monitoring protocols; pheromone-based traps; assess beneficial insects; insect ID sheets; computer monitoring data software;	Develop specific economic thresholds; pesticide use decision rules; softer pesticides (Bt, pheromones, ant baits); precise timing of pesticide applications; reduced rates of application	Early harvest; orchard sanitation; beneficial insect releases; cover crops
Citrus	Agroecological monitoring protocols; assess beneficial insects	Ecologically selective pesticides	Beneficial insect releases; irrigation management
Annual Crops	Agroecological monitoring protocols; assess beneficial insects	Avoiding early season pesticide application; softer pesticides	Insectary crops; releasing beneficials; optimizing plant nutrition; resistant varietals; trap crops

love our environment for better future

eco farming is how to be wisely using resources especially for un-renewable resources.
its important to use it optimally in economic and social culture (in specific location) to make a sustainable agriculture.
we have not to fertilize our plant but also our land to maintain its fertility.
as we known, in indonesia there is a problem to fullfill the demand of fertilizer.
its shown us that almost farmer in Indonesia always depend on input from outside farming (ex: chemical fertilizer)
we have to build a system to make an input from inside farming, it called integrated farming.
what is integrated farming ??
be there in my next article....
LOVE YOUR ENVIRONMENT AND THEN IT WILL LOVE YOU MUCH.....