A Series of Lectures By Mr. Allah Dad Khan Former DG Agriculture Extension KPK , Provincial Project Director CMP II MINFAl Islamabad and Visiting Professor the University of Agriculture Peshawar Pakistan

2. Kitchen Vegetable Garden
A Series of Lectures
By
Mr. Allah Dad Khan
Former DG Agriculture Extension
KPK , Provincial Project Director
CMP II MINFAl Islamabad and
Visiting Professor the University of
Agriculture Peshawar Pakistan

3. Sometimes a little special
care pays off
Removal of
tomato suckers
increases fruit
production

4. Blanching is a process of denying light to certain
plants to make them more tender, less bitter, more
attractive

5. Pollination assistance
Transfer ripe
pollen from
male to female
flowers
Touch anthers
to stick pistil
in center of
female flower

6. Pollination Assistance
• Squash, Cucumbers, Melons
• Small Corn Patch
– shake the stalks
• Tomato Plant
– shake plants to assist self pollination and
initiate fruit set

7. Control of Pests

8. Plant pest
resistant
cultivars

9. Beneficial Insect

10. Plant a mix of flowers & herbs
Queen-Anne’s lace, goldenrod, yarrow, penta, herbs

11. Companion
Planting

12. Identify Pests
• Chewing Insects
– Corn ear Worm
– Tomato fruit worm

13. Piercing / Sucking Insects
• Stinkbug
• Aphid

14. Disease
• Tomato Early Blight
Prune out & destroy
disease shoots
Disinfect shears b/w
cuts

15. Powdery
mildew

16. Harvest Time