Snails (Pomacea Canaliculata) are freshwater snails known as pests that often attack rice plants since planting. Losses produced by snail pests range from 16-40% in grain production. If farmers in one hectare of rice produce 120 sacks, the snail pest produces a 40% decrease in grain or around 48 sacks. At the time of a major attack, the snail is able to damage the rice groves so farmers have to embroider or replant. if the snail attack is high enough, it is advisable to plant rice over the age of 21 days.
Not only in rice plants, slugs and snails in the garden also become pests and threats, especially in plants having young leaves or snails on fruit trees eating flowers that will become fruit. This pest is indeed very annoying because biologically snails can live 2-6 years, have easy red eggs like mulberries, their eggs are clustered and they usually place eggs in a rice grove. Each group numbered 235-860 snail eggs and dripped after 8-14 days. That is why snails are difficult to control because their development is quite rapid. Note: Depending on the type of snails and slugs biology, the example above is a snail pest in rice plants.
Not only in rice plants, slugs and snails in the garden also become pests and threats, especially in plants having young leaves or snails on fruit trees eating flowers that will become fruit. This pest is indeed very annoying because biologically snails can live 2-6 years, have easy red eggs like mulberries, their eggs are clustered and they usually place eggs in a rice grove. Each group numbered 235-860 snail eggs and dripped after 8-14 days. That is why snails are difficult to control because their development is quite rapid. Note: Depending on the type of snails and slugs biology, the example above is a snail pest in rice plants.
Snail management in crops can be done in many ways to control it. On this occasion I will give many ways to control the slugs and snails pests, there are several ways that you may have just heard but I have practiced and effectively made the snail away from my plants. You can recommend it to your friends who have problems with snail pests.
Snails and Slugs Control
Snails and Slugs Control
1. Use charcoal powder
Maybe you just heard of this method, but it turns out to be very effective in keeping snails and slugs away from our plants. The way you can sprinkle the charcoal powder into the plant area, you can also use rice husk charcoal, this way I often do on my fruit plants and is very effective.
2. Using Snails and slugs natural enemies
Maybe you just heard of this method, but it turns out to be very effective in keeping snails and slugs away from our plants. The way you can sprinkle the charcoal powder into the plant area, you can also use rice husk charcoal, this way I often do on my fruit plants and is very effective.
2. Using Snails and slugs natural enemies
Controlling snails and snails using natural enemies, one of which is by ducks on rice plants, the way ducks are released in the fields before planting or during the processing of land and after harvest to eat eggs and young snails.
3. Using traps
You can make your own traps with many models, the most important thing is that you can easily take them. Traps are given snail's favorite foods such as coconut, papaya, banana, rice, and vegetable waste. Snail traps are installed in the afternoon, then the next morning snails gather at the trap and you can pick them up. On rice paddies, you can make puddles and feed, you can set and take traps in the morning and evening.
You can make your own traps with many models, the most important thing is that you can easily take them. Traps are given snail's favorite foods such as coconut, papaya, banana, rice, and vegetable waste. Snail traps are installed in the afternoon, then the next morning snails gather at the trap and you can pick them up. On rice paddies, you can make puddles and feed, you can set and take traps in the morning and evening.
4. Drying water on rice fields
The snail is very active on land with young rice plants and stagnant water, the way you can do it is to dry it, if the rice plants need water you only need to wet it until the rice plants have strong stems and the snails don't want to eat them (Usually until the age of rice 21 days after planting).
The snail is very active on land with young rice plants and stagnant water, the way you can do it is to dry it, if the rice plants need water you only need to wet it until the rice plants have strong stems and the snails don't want to eat them (Usually until the age of rice 21 days after planting).
5. Manual method by taking it
You can take snails and slugs when you find them, and don't forget that their eggs must also be taken so that their breeding can be controlled.
You can take snails and slugs when you find them, and don't forget that their eggs must also be taken so that their breeding can be controlled.
5. Kill snails and snails with pesticides
There have been many ways to control the snail and snail pests that I have explained, but you can also use other ways to kill snails and snails, namely by using the pesticides that kill snails and snails. What chemical kill snail? You can use pesticides with chemicals Fentine Acetate, Niclos Amida, Deris and many other snail control chemicals, if you are confused looking for you when you directly visit the snail and slug killer on amazon.com.
Besides being known as a pest of rice, when examined there must be a silver lining behind the disaster. Farmers can take advantage of snails to make organic fertilizer. Meat snails and shells contain vitamins, protein, fat, carbohydrates, calcium and other nutrients that can be absorbed by plants so it is suitable for the manufacture of liquid organic fertilizer snails. For availability of raw materials is not feared snails because it has the ability to multiply very quickly.
HOW TO MAKING ORGANIC FERTILIZER LIQUID SNAILS
Material - materials used
- 1 kg conch mas alive
- 4 liters of water washing rice
- 2 liters of coconut water (coconut water waste on the market)
- 400 grams of red sugar / white sugar
- 4 liters of clean water
- 160 mm activator, microbes or other material.
Tools used
- 1 Fruit size 20 liter plastic bucket.
- 1 Piece of used mineral water bottles 1 liter
- 0.5 meter small plastic hose
- One pair of grinding tools
- 1 Fruit strainer or a clean cloth
Ways of making
- Take the rice water mixed with activator or similar materials to accelerate the fermentation process 160 ml (Can Use Trichoderma, such as previous reviews) and deposition overnight.
- Mashed snails were still alive and their meat until soft shell
- Dilute the brown sugar mixed with clean water, and coconut water in one place.
- Mix all ingredients together, stirring until evenly distributed.
- Cover tightly with plastic buckets and tied. The top of the hole appropriate given the size of hose then put a small hose into a bucket connected with mineral water bottles filled with water half. The purpose of the treatment is to find out the fermentation process is underway try air gap exit through the hose. If the temperature in a sealed too high, the air will come out through the hose and remove air bubbles.
- Wait for the fermentation process for about 10-15 days.
- The treatment will be successful if the fermentation will emit a distinctive fresh scent. Fermented fails if it smells like a carcass.
- Fermented filtered and stored in a sealed container.
How to use
- Use of Liquid Organic Fertilizer snails can be sprayed on the soil surface or the entire plant.
- For fertilization in rice plants the recommended dose of 250 ml / 15 liters of water is sprayed at the age of 10 days after planting rice and repeated in interfal within 15 days.
- Fertilizing at the recommended dose of vegetable crops 200ml / 15 liters of water is sprayed on the leaves and soil 7 days after transplanting and repeated every 7 days.
- As for plantation crops such as oil palm recommended dose is 250 ml / 15 liters of water is sprayed on the surface of the soil and the roots every two weeks.
- In addition to the use of both is also used for the types of plants such as crops, horticulture and perennials.
The benefits of Liquid Organic Fertilizer snails corresponding field observations such as the following:
- To restore and improve soil fertility.
- In the rice fields fertilized Liquid Organic Fertilizer snails seem more fertile, more friable soil, there is the development of worms and microorganisms more.
- Improving crop production
- Nutrient content contained in Organic Liquid Fertilizer snails quickly absorbed by plants.
- Improving the quality of growth in plants.
- Environmentally friendly harmless to livestock.
If the farmer wants to implement and utilize snails as organic fertilizer materials, it will reduce production costs, a balance will be maintained, over time the golden snail pest can be controlled and not the main enemy and be beneficial to farmers.
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