Termites make a rich protein and Vit.B12 snack for our chickens. Our chickens love termites. We can harvest termites in an earthen pot filled with cowdung and dry organic matter, pot is kept with open mouth facing towards the ground. After 2-3 days the pot gets filled with termites. When the chickens see us overturning the pot the will come running for the termites.
In my whole i heard of chemicals relating to this white paint on tree. For very first time i got the true knowledge because of you. Thank you very much:)
Mam very huge respect to you. I am very big fan of yours....you are big inspiration...please make video on how you irrigate your vegetables and crops...
Please recommend useful books about trees, vegetable gardening, homemade insecticide & pesticides and about horticulture. They could be in English or in Hindi both are highly appreciated. And thank you for recommending "TREES OF DELHI" by Pradip Krishen in past, it was amazing to come across that knowledge Bank. I loved it and Thank you so much 🙏🏻 . Wishing you and the team with lots of happiness and good health back there.😊
Earlier I used to think the trees are painted white to look good until I attended a workshop on Gardening. There is where I came to know the reason why trees are white washed.
Very nice information. I always follow you. There is little bit deep research by an agricultural scientist Dr.Manohar Khake regarding the termites behaviour .
ma'am termites literally give a *pedicure* to trees. On living trees they only eat the extra bark, which helps the tree to regenerate its living bark.. This is what shows up as those lines of termite build up. But loved the rest of your info and suggestions anyway!
@@farmaanandaa I am a small farmer from Pakistan, not an expert but only posting for the benefit of your subscribers it's called " Bordeaux micture" 1 kg Copper sulphate 1 kg lime stone mix them separately in 5 litres of water each and after àt least 4 hours add copper sulphate mixture into lime stone mixture. So the ratio is 1:1:10 . It's also antifungal and has many other benefits
Thanks a lot! I have lots of mulch in my garden but still they are all over in my bedroom eating rafters of my house roof , my books . My house is an old goan house & the wood is old. For me termites are like atom bomb ready to explode. I was away just for a week from home & when I returned home , my precious books were eaten. I dread & hate termites. Just today I bought white wash. But I bought the inferior one for Rs 100/5kg. I hope that works. I was told it is used for sports lines markings.
Any idea what happens if you lime on the floor in Animal Shed and it mixes with the animal waste, will it inhibit earthworms from such mix if we plan to use if for preparing vermicompost?
Hi Manisha, Your farm and the farm related videos are fabulous. In all the videos you had been insisting on the importance of mulching,and you had been mulching your farm with wood chips. My question is ,doesn’t the wood chips get infested with termites.
Mulching trees with wood chips, broken twigs etc. is a diversion technique that I have adopted in my garden. Termites are really helpful for farmers, they eat the dead wood and in turn enrich the soil. They also eat dead barks on live tree too. I have visualized, termites eating dead barks of neem tree itself. (Neem leaves, oil, bark etc. Widely used as anti-pest, anti-fungal agent by farmers) .Earthworms generally till the soil, 6 to 7 feet only, whereas termites can reach up below 100 ft. They increase porosity and help air to reach the root and promote tree growth. Besides termites acts as feed for birds. They are helpful in sustaining the ecosystem.
This is a very intresting piece of info. What I would like to know that in container gardening when we mulch with organic matter do we attract termites as well. Thanks
termites need soil connectivity. if you live in a high rise or centre of a city, they're not an issue. They're extremely beneficial in arid zones as they keep the leaf litter and forests from getting bone dry in summer. Termites are literally the only way to stop forest fires from spreading. One single early shower and termites with cover the entire forest floor with mud - and safely return biomass and nutrients back to the soil with their work. Termites do NOT harm living trees. In India as most of our homes are concrete these days they cannot survive. They could only be dangerous in old homes in rural areas which used to have timber framework for roofs.
@@crypton_8l87 thank you for the detailed information and sharing info. about the significance of termites for our ecosystem and in preventing forest fires. I am on the twelfth floor but we have on and off termite infestation in our kitchen, bathroom etc. I do hope it isn't related to plants and soil and mulching 🙏
@Manisha - I'm had chance to go through all ur videos. Do you recommend any book or guide to follow permaculture to start for a person like me who has limited knowledge in permaculture
Namaskar Madam, In our region (Vidarbha) we have s tradition of mixing Copper sulfate and dikamali (containing sulfur) with lime. Your comments please. Someone else also asked about it in your comments.
@@farmaanandaa Thank you 😊 we have recently got a land and there is a lot of termite activity. I was wondering if the wood chips will get eaten up by the termite and then we lose the mulch cover. Or does it mean that mulching has to be done frequently as matter decomposes into organic matter (like natural leaf fall etc).
Hi Aananda, once again an amazing and inspiring video. I am eager to know how did you manage to mulch ur farm in the early years. Is there any place to buy such mulch leaves in india. If yes kindly share details. Your reply will help me follow your footsteps. Thank you
We have a lot of termite on our farm and nests every where. We recently planted coconut trees and wanted to mulch with straw and leaves. But then realised any bit of straw, wood found on the ground is attacked by termites. Though they help break down organic matter. Can they affect the roots? Thanks
Termite eat dead organic matter and build soil. The way to protect your trees from termite is to give them enough food to eat on the soil floor. So mulch heavily. Keep them fed and happy. Also as the soil builds and big insects come in, they will keep the termite population in check.
manisha man please do try the bio char... there is farming channel on YT 'living web farms' in North Carolina in US, they have bio char information & ofcz terra pretta soil building like in amazon as well. i would like to see giant water melons & pumpkins... three times the normal size
Madam termite does eat only dead wood which does not harm the healthy tree. As your are following permaculture you know that you are living with nature and not disturbing it. Just think about it. "Termite does eat only dead wood not the healthy one". You can verify about it. 👍👍👍🙏🙏🙏 Thanks in advance.
@farmaanandaa I am a small farmer from Pakistan, not an expert but only posting for the benefit of your subscribers it's called " Bordeaux micture" 1 kg Copper sulphate 1 kg lime stone mix them separately in 5 litres of water each and after àt least 4 hours add copper sulphate mixture into lime stone mixture. So the ratio is 1:1:10 . It's also antifungal and has many other benefits
@@Kirloskarshri lolz. we here are alone and not a single neighbor is around us. We live on a farmland all alone. Offgrid. We have enough of work daily like watering the garden and tending to our chickens. We have no time to feel lonely
Termites make a rich protein and Vit.B12 snack for our chickens. Our chickens love termites. We can harvest termites in an earthen pot filled with cowdung and dry organic matter, pot is kept with open mouth facing towards the ground. After 2-3 days the pot gets filled with termites. When the chickens see us overturning the pot the will come running for the termites.
In my whole i heard of chemicals relating to this white paint on tree. For very first time i got the true knowledge because of you. Thank you very much:)
Appreciate the knowledge! I live in a small city in China where this is super common throughout the whole city, but I could never figure out why.
Pls make one video on preparation of termite resistance paint .
Always feel awesome to see your video
Please tell us how you prepared this ?
Mam very huge respect to you. I am very big fan of yours....you are big inspiration...please make video on how you irrigate your vegetables and crops...
We use a mixture of chuna and gomutra. It works very well 🙂
What about prevention of termite during plantation of tree sapling..?? What to add in soil??
Add neem cake
Our coconut tree wood is getting destroyed due to termite attack, how to prevent and kill the termites?
Try using the lime wash as suggested in this video
Please send me some info on chipper for a quarter acre of land
Please recommend useful books about trees, vegetable gardening, homemade insecticide & pesticides and about horticulture. They could be in English or in Hindi both are highly appreciated. And thank you for recommending "TREES OF DELHI" by Pradip Krishen in past, it was amazing to come across that knowledge Bank. I loved it and Thank you so much 🙏🏻 . Wishing you and the team with lots of happiness and good health back there.😊
The natural way of farming and one straw revolution by Masanobu Fukuoka
Earlier I used to think the trees are painted white to look good until I attended a workshop on Gardening. There is where I came to know the reason why trees are white washed.
It’s helpful when u share information... but if you could tell how to prepare that paint with lime it would have been great....
(water + lime) Mix. That's it.
Thank u Mohan viya
Mix water to lime until you get a milky paint like consistency. Its called caustic lime or slaked lime or hydrated lime.
@@nikhilp8838 thank you Nikhil
Very nice information. I always follow you.
There is little bit deep research by an agricultural scientist Dr.Manohar Khake regarding the termites behaviour .
But mulching on the ground will increase turmites. What do you have to say about that?
Termite is a soil builder. It will always be there in the soil
@@farmaanandaa ohh!! I don't know that thanks
Mam
All your videos are wonderful
In which month we have to apply lime
ma'am termites literally give a *pedicure* to trees. On living trees they only eat the extra bark, which helps the tree to regenerate its living bark..
This is what shows up as those lines of termite build up. But loved the rest of your info and suggestions anyway!
At which concentration we mix lime with water?plz reply❤
Just make a slurry
@@farmaanandaa I am a small farmer from Pakistan, not an expert but only posting for the benefit of your subscribers it's called " Bordeaux micture" 1 kg Copper sulphate 1 kg lime stone mix them separately in 5 litres of water each and after àt least 4 hours add copper sulphate mixture into lime stone mixture. So the ratio is 1:1:10 . It's also antifungal and has many other benefits
Shall we apply lime painting at any season mam
What is the paint to lime' ratio for the trees?
There is no paint. Only lime and water!
This is great 8nfo. I always wondered why trees in india were painted. Now i know :)
Hi Manisha, can you please share the details of the paint mixture like the composition ? Thank you very much for the informative videos you share.
Its simple lime and water mixture
@@farmaanandaa Thank you Manisha.
Thanks a lot! I have lots of mulch in my garden but still they are all over in my bedroom eating rafters of my house roof , my books . My house is an old goan house & the wood is old. For me termites are like atom bomb ready to explode. I was away just for a week from home & when I returned home , my precious books were eaten. I dread & hate termites. Just today I bought white wash. But I bought the inferior one for Rs 100/5kg. I hope that works. I was told it is used for sports lines markings.
Let us know how it goes.
Any idea what happens if you lime on the floor in Animal Shed and it mixes with the animal waste, will it inhibit earthworms from such mix if we plan to use if for preparing vermicompost?
This time please show is how you sow seeds for Turmeric and ginger?? And how to manage diseases?
Didi please make a video on musterd cultivation in Ananda
Can we pay visit to your farm to learn about permaculture?
Well explained...👌👌
Wao.. So good ..
There are holes on the trunk of my coconut tree. Will this weaken my trees?
Pls check locally. We don't grow coconut, so don't really know
@@farmaanandaa ok. Thanks
Hi Manisha, Your farm and the farm related videos are fabulous. In all the videos you had been insisting on the importance of mulching,and you had been mulching your farm with wood chips. My question is ,doesn’t the wood chips get infested with termites.
Termites eat the wood chips and build soil. Thats their job.
@@farmaanandaa But will the termites spread to the trees from the wood chips.
Mulching trees with wood chips, broken twigs etc. is a diversion technique that I have adopted in my garden. Termites are really helpful for farmers, they eat the dead wood and in turn enrich the soil. They also eat dead barks on live tree too. I have visualized, termites eating dead barks of neem tree itself. (Neem leaves, oil, bark etc. Widely used as anti-pest, anti-fungal agent by farmers) .Earthworms generally till the soil, 6 to 7 feet only, whereas termites can reach up below 100 ft. They increase porosity and help air to reach the root and promote tree growth. Besides termites acts as feed for birds. They are helpful in sustaining the ecosystem.
Thanks Senthil Kumar.
This is a very intresting piece of info. What I would like to know that in container gardening when we mulch with organic matter do we attract termites as well. Thanks
termites need soil connectivity.
if you live in a high rise or centre of a city, they're not an issue. They're extremely beneficial in arid zones as they keep the leaf litter and forests from getting bone dry in summer.
Termites are literally the only way to stop forest fires from spreading. One single early shower and termites with cover the entire forest floor with mud - and safely return biomass and nutrients back to the soil with their work.
Termites do NOT harm living trees.
In India as most of our homes are concrete these days they cannot survive.
They could only be dangerous in old homes in rural areas which used to have timber framework for roofs.
@@crypton_8l87 thank you for the detailed information and sharing info. about the significance of termites for our ecosystem and in preventing forest fires.
I am on the twelfth floor but we have on and off termite infestation in our kitchen, bathroom etc. I do hope it isn't related to plants and soil and mulching 🙏
@Manisha - I'm had chance to go through all ur videos. Do you recommend any book or guide to follow permaculture to start for a person like me who has limited knowledge in permaculture
नमस्ते मेम,,,,from छत्तीसगढ़,,,,, क्या चूना के साथ नीला थोथा भी मिक्स करते हैं आप लोग???
Plz increase frequency of yur videos... we hv to wait too much 🥰
thank you
Namaskar Madam,
In our region (Vidarbha) we have s tradition of mixing Copper sulfate and dikamali (containing sulfur) with lime. Your comments please. Someone else also asked about it in your comments.
Very helpful 😊 can you please let us know if the termites attack the woodchips...if yes how do you control that?
Why do you want to control that? Termite are soil builders. We need them.
@@farmaanandaa Thank you 😊 we have recently got a land and there is a lot of termite activity. I was wondering if the wood chips will get eaten up by the termite and then we lose the mulch cover. Or does it mean that mulching has to be done frequently as matter decomposes into organic matter (like natural leaf fall etc).
3:20 but some time it destroys tree
Its would be great make some video for us how to make limewash
Any way love this channel from srilanka
Will do
Hi Aananda, once again an amazing and inspiring video. I am eager to know how did you manage to mulch ur farm in the early years. Is there any place to buy such mulch leaves in india. If yes kindly share details. Your reply will help me follow your footsteps. Thank you
We bought mulch from a wood chipping centre in our vicinity. You will have to look for one near you.
You can get it from any carpenter in bulk
But doesn't wood chips have to decomposed before layering it on the ground?
Gud information
you should mix cuSo4 to lime and paint
How much money did it take to build this to you?
We have a lot of termite on our farm and nests every where. We recently planted coconut trees and wanted to mulch with straw and leaves. But then realised any bit of straw, wood found on the ground is attacked by termites. Though they help break down organic matter. Can they affect the roots? Thanks
Termite eat dead organic matter and build soil. The way to protect your trees from termite is to give them enough food to eat on the soil floor. So mulch heavily. Keep them fed and happy. Also as the soil builds and big insects come in, they will keep the termite population in check.
manisha man please do try the bio char... there is farming channel on YT 'living web farms' in North Carolina in US, they have bio char information & ofcz terra pretta soil building like in amazon as well. i would like to see giant water melons & pumpkins... three times the normal size
So white is lime and what about the red color
Red colour is from Geru (also called Gerua)
क्या छोटी जमीन पर परमाकल्चर प्रयोग कर सकते है
मैं परमाकल्चर कोर्स करना चाहती हूँ मैं आपसे कैसे जुड़ सकती हूँ
Visit www.aanandaa.com to learn more.
Please make a video about fire 🔥🔥🔥 in the garden at the time of summer time.
We do this even in South India...
we do this in Dubai :P
Ye indian ka he ke kahi orka
Indian hi hai 👍
Madam termite does eat only dead wood which does not harm the healthy tree. As your are following permaculture you know that you are living with nature and not disturbing it. Just think about it. "Termite does eat only dead wood not the healthy one". You can verify about it. 👍👍👍🙏🙏🙏 Thanks in advance.
Check some more videos on you tube, termite eats living tree also. In our house back in india termite ate all our Ashoka trees
Termite will eat only dead wood and not a greens ...it looks good but why do we need to paint the trees
@farmaanandaa I am a small farmer from Pakistan, not an expert but only posting for the benefit of your subscribers it's called " Bordeaux micture" 1 kg Copper sulphate 1 kg lime stone mix them separately in 5 litres of water each and after àt least 4 hours add copper sulphate mixture into lime stone mixture. So the ratio is 1:1:10 . It's also antifungal and has many other benefits
Thank you for sharing!
Not very intersting u can suggest white oil paint also so 4/5 year tension free
Mulch your garden heavily
what are your ages - you and your family members? does this whole things came after mid-life crisis?
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Your farm is very huge,and you a house in it, don't you feel sometimes loneliness in your farm?coz you don't have any neighbor in your farm.
It's a boon!
@@Kirloskarshri lolz. we here are alone and not a single neighbor is around us. We live on a farmland all alone. Offgrid. We have enough of work daily like watering the garden and tending to our chickens. We have no time to feel lonely
PleaseMadam hindi
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मैडम अपने देश में बहुत से लोग अंग्रेजी भाषा नहीं समझ पाते, आप हिंदी में भी अपने वीडियो डाला करें, जिसे वह भी समझ पाय।
Ummeed hai apne humare hindi ke video dekh liye hain.
Mam
All your videos are wonderful
In which month we have to apply lime
Around Diwali