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How to get rid of fall armyworms

Are you scooping the armyworms or you are closing the source?

Having armyworms in your field is not a real problem, it’s just a symptom of a problem. If you want to deal with armyworms, deal with the root cause. In most cases we are good at dealing with the symptoms.

If I was to ask you a question if you are in the boat, and it starts leaking what would be the best solution, scooping the water or closing the leakage? I know many will say closing the leakage.

But the fact is when we talk about armyworms many of us are scooping them not closing the source.

We should deal with the root cause.

Pests are causing a lot of damage and loss to many farmers if you are not dealing with them permanently.

It has taken me three solid years to know how to deal with armyworms. And here is the solution I have found working best. In my field armyworms are a strange thing.

I don’t recommend spraying I recommend a real solution, a real solution is to deal with them before they attack. I will share two methods you can deal with them.

1. Crop rotation is very effective

Many of us use the same field for ages to grow maize, if you were to ask yourself mostly armyworms attack maize. The eggs for armyworms can stay in the maize stalk till the next season.

When you rotate the crops and the eggs hatch, the armyworms will starve to death and they will not lay eggs for the next season. You would have disturbed the life cycle of the armyworms.

You can rotate with groundnuts, sunflower, soybeans and other crops which are not attacked with armyworms.

2. The seed

Armyworms are a new thing, like a decade ago we didn’t have them in abundance as now, even when we did not do crop rotation.

I have been planting local maize heirloom and I have not had this problem even if I did not do crop rotation. If you want food security for your family and free from armyworms I would advise you to plant local maize.

Man who makes seeds is sophisticated!!

I hope this helps, it works for me, and armyworms are not a problem with me!

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