[Digestion] Digestion Digest, Vol 33, Issue 9

[Rex Zietsman]

Hi there,

One thing I can tell you is that improperly processed bioslurry causes the
biggest swarm of flies in the known universe! We live next to two dairies
and they do not process their slurry adequately. Consequently, when they
apply it to the fields, we have flies for the next two weeks. I suspect this
is a pest of a different sort to that implied in the thread.

Rex Zietsman
Principal Consultant
Mobile:   +27 82 457 7311
Fax:         +27 86 726 7028
Email:     rex at whitfieldfarm.co.za
Website: www.whitfieldconsult.co.za 

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   1. Re: Info request on "Pest Repellent property of	dilute
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Date: Wed, 15 May 2013 19:09:17 -0700 (PDT)
From: Eric Buysman <ericishier at yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: [Digestion] Info request on "Pest Repellent property of
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Dear Chanakya,
?
You may find this attachment interesting. In?Cambodia some?farmers?prepare
their own pesticide by mixing bio-slurry with a number of plants (tobacco,
chili etc), then let it ferment for a couple of weeks before applying it as
botanical herbicide. Farmers report that it works just as good or even
better than chemical pesticides.

However, most farmers just use bio-slurry directly without this treatment.
Even so, farmers report it reduces pests. In our latest monitoring
survey?among 165 randomly selected?households we asked what the impact of
applying bio-slurry was on the number of pests,?8% said no difference, 12%
said no pests anymore and 76% reported experiencing less pests after
applying bio-slurry. This clearly shows that bio-slurry is much more than a
fertilizer.

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Hope this is of use,
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Cheers,
?
Eric



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From:Hoysall Chanakya <chanakya at astra.iisc.ernet.in>
To: For Discussion of Anaerobic Digestion
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Sent: Monday, 6 May 2013, 19:21
Subject: [Digestion] Info request on "Pest Repellent property of dilute
slurry"

Dear List users,
I would be grateful if any of you could forward me any information of
'personal experience' or 'published information' on "pest repellent"
properties of dilute or filtered biogas slurry on agricultural and
horticultural crops.? This will be used to convince a few policy makers to
push the case of Biogas plants.
Regards
Chanakya

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(Assoc. Faculty at Centre for Infrastructure, Sustainable Transport and
Urban Planning (CiSTUP) and Centre for Contemporary Studies) Indian
Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012 ph 91-80-2293 3046; fax-91 80 2360
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