About the Practice
Detail:

1 kg fresh green soap nut (Sapindus emarginatus) fruits. He breaks the fruits and soaks these in 2 L water for 4 - 5 hours. Thereafter, he vigorously stirs the solution with hand and discards the outer shells, adding some water in the solution if necessay, to dilute it. He sprays this solution on the rose plants, filling 500 g per spray pump, twice in a week. This acts as a fertilizer and improves the growth and size of the rose flowers.


About the Innovator

Knowledge Provider / Innovator: Modanbhai Ramjibhai Aahir
Agro-Ecological Zone: Arid western Plains(5.1)
Address: Mu. Ingrola, Babra, Amreli
District: Amreli
State: Gujarat
PIN Code 365620

Practice Details

Crop: Rose
Crop Family: Rosaceae
Crop Scientific Name: Rosa
Crop Vernacular Name: Gulab
Formulation: 1 kg fresh green soap nut (Sapindus emarginatus) fruits. He breaks the fruits and soaks these in 2 L water for 4 - 5 hours.
Ingredients: soap nut (Sapindus emarginatus) water

PAS 1:

"ROSE INSECTS & RELATED PESTS" -
https://hgic.clemson.edu/factsheet/rose-insects-related-pests/

PAS 2:

Method of using soapnuts extract as organic fertilizer -
https://patents.google.com/patent/WO2019049164A1/en


GIAN Reference: GIAN/UAL/905 - Practice ID: DTP0010000005627
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