6 SWEET CORN – 6.113 - TROUBLES

 

ORGANIC FARMING COURSE AGRO-ECONOMY   
6 SWEET CORN – 6.113 - TROUBLES   

 
SMUT
Lage galls (“smut balls”) appear on the cobs and stalk in hot and dry weather. These galls should be cut off and burnet as soon as they are seen, or they will burst open and release a mass of black spores.  Burn all plants after harvesting and do not grow sweet corn on the site for at last 3 years.
 FRIT FLY
Frit Fly maggots bore into the growing points of corn seedlings which then develop twisted and ragged leaves. Growth is stunted and undersized cobs are produced. Control measures are not generally worthwhile – grow the seedlings in pots under glass until they reach the stage when they are not susceptible to Frit Fly attack.
Text from The Vegetable & Herb Expert D.D.G. Hessayon

 
KOZI YA KILIMO HAI KILIMO-UCHUMI
6 MAHINDI TAMU – 6.113 - SHIDA
 
SMUT
Nyongo ("mipira ya smut") huonekana kwenye mahindi na bua katika hali ya hewa ya joto na kavu. Nyongo hizi zinapaswa kukatwa na kuchomwa moto mara tu zinapoonekana, au zitapasuka na kutoa wingi wa spores nyeusi. Choma mimea yote baada ya kuvuna na usikuze nafaka tamu kwenye tovuti kwa miaka 3 iliyopita.
 FRIT FLY
Funza aina ya Frit Fly walitoboa kwenye sehemu zinazootesha za miche ya mahindi ambayo baadaye huota majani yaliyopotoka na chakavu. Ukuaji umedumaa na mahindi yenye ukubwa wa chini hutolewa. Hatua za kudhibiti hazifai kwa ujumla - zioteshe miche kwenye vyungu vilivyo chini ya glasi hadi ifike hatua ambayo haishambuliwi na Frit Fly.