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Farm Queries

Fruiting in Jack

How to induce my jack tree aged about eight years to bear fruits?

T. Nirmal Kumar

Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu

Apply about 750 gms of super phosphate and potash each and about 500 gms of urea as split doses during June and October.

Worm formation

How to prevent formation of worms in vegetables and fruits?

E. Fabian Sebastian

Chennai

Worm infestation is a common problem in most vegetables and fruits. On early detection, a light spray of malathion (2ml dissolved in one litre of water) will do and for advanced stages of infestation, metasystax (2ml dissolved in one litre of water) may be done.

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