Tomatoes

• When you plant Tomatoes, make sure you take out of seedling tray and plant it in such a way 30 to 40 percent of Stalk is in Soil. This helps in spread of more roots and better fruit
• Pruning of suckers should be done at a time where the suckers could be removed by hand. If you are using scissors to get rid of suckers you are late
• Remove the Fan leaves at the bottom of the stalk
• Add 30ml of Panchakavya or meenamilam per litre added to water for 2 weeks. Add this solution near root of plant when the plant is 3 to 4 feet from ground. This will make the stalk grow thick and adds more strength
• Prevent too much of water and abundant sunlight.Pruning and removing the Stalk leaves will increase air flow and formation of fungus due to wet soil.
• Try to grow as vertical as possible rather than making bushy tomato plant
• 1. To get more flower – use wood ash which is rich in potash or use banana peel
  2. Once it flowers – Add 10grams phospobacteria or potashbacteria with vermicompost once plant starts flowering
  3. To avoid flower wilting – Use butter milk mixed with water. Panchakavya could be used 1 to 2 weeks after the plant starts flowering
  4. To avoid fruit burst – Add Mulching leaves to maintain uniform level of water.Water should be uniformly used for growth. non uniform or excessive watering on sudden would leave to excessive growth of fruit and burst since its skin could not keep up to phase of fruit growth.Even excessive fertilizer would result in disproportionate growth of fruit
  5. To avoid end blossom rot – Add calcium(sunambu) diluted in water to avoid blossom end rot. You can also use egg but takes a while to get
     converted to calcium
• Panchakavya and meenamilam helps in plant growth. Spray meenamilam alone once the plant starts flowering once a week.

Flat Beans – Avarai

• Plant beans other than summerdays. End of July or Mid August would be best time to sow seeds. The plant would flower within month and yield till end of January
• Bury asafoetida near the roots to avoid wilting of flowers. This should be done 10 to 15 days before flowring. Once it starts flowering spray they-moore karaisla atleast twice a week. If that is not possible spray fermented buttermilk at the least.
• Add granuels while once you see the plant is about to start flower.
• Spray Neem oil in gap of 15 days to avoid aswini and other pests