Natural insecticide from neem seed

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00:02:37

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2012

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SAWBO
»Naturally occurring insecticidal compounds can be extracted from neem seeds and sprayed onto crops to prevent pest insect damage. This animation explains how to sort neem fruits, dry them, remove their outer shells, sort the seeds, grind them, mix the powder in water, filter the mixture, and then prepare the solution necessary for spraying on the «

Inorganic insecticides are used commonly by farmers to control insect pests. Organic insecticides are the most healthy and environmental friendly and manufactured locally.

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Find and select yellow neem tree seeds and dry them for 4 days to turn brown. Pound dried seeds to remove shells without breaking the seeds inside. Winnow to separate the shells from seeds. Classify and separated seeds basing on colour as good ones are dark. Pound seeds into powder and mix with water in container at a ratio 0f 350 grams to 10 litres. Settle the mixture for 24 hours and filter to remove particles that can affect the sprayer. Spray on crops at 50 cm above foliage.

Sequence from Sequence to Description
00:0000:21Making insecticide using neem tree seeds.
00:2200:41Dry up yellow colour selected neem tree seeds for four days.
00:4200:53Pound seeds in a motor to remove shells without breaking seeds and winnow.
00:5401:03Classify seeds and separate them basing on colour.
01:0401:28Pound seeds into powder and mix with water
01:02901:43Settle the mixture for 24 hours and filter.
01:4402:03Spray on crops.
02:0402:37Summary

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