Thailand is good place for agricultural productivities. Warm weather brings the battle of insect pests all around year. Insecticides has been used widely to eliminates insect pests But due to their long time uses have been affected to the environments and health. This caused more problems for more residues found in both soils & water, caused more health problems to farmers, more danger to consumers and export acceptances.

What can be done!!       Is prevention better than insecticides??

Naphthalene Mothball repel insects in your house, in your garden and in your vegetable field.
Insects, birds and others do not like the smell!

Naphthalene Mothball repel insects in your house, in your garden and in your vegetable field.
Insects, birds and others do not like the smell!

Naphthalene is an unique character:
1) Sublimation - only evaporated to air
2) Non soluble to water, nothing to be residue in plant
3) Not kill but repel insects from where the smell is.

If insects were less, you can cut the insecticides less!!

  [Safety]

Naphthalene is a mothball for clothes and hung in toilet of every house for long history. It is not only warm weather country in Thailand, but also it is common household practice in all over the world. And no one got cancer by being in toilet where Naphthalene is hanged. Naphthalene, purity 99.6% mimimum is widely known as the unique smell. When human / or insects feel uncomfortable, they just go away . Why Naphthalene has been used as mothball for long years in all over the world? Insects may not have developed resistance. Some people say Naphthalene is toxin. But everybody undersand that we have the stink smells many time a day and wear in the closet. We have no health problem of it in house. It’s just smell.

  [How to use]

 There are 2 method.   1) Hanging it in the air to be sublimated and   2) Put it on the ground
It gets rid of insects or birds to coming for the tasty part of plant

Naphthalene is not an insecticide. It's just a mothball. The function is to prevent plants, crops and flower. Less chemical procedure give easier for plant growth. But when pests were began in the certain period, the insecticides should be sprayed properly.

<Target> Aphis fruits fly mothes mosquito butterfly mouse mole bat birds etc

<Products> The methods and how much use are depend on the area, conditions and climate.

<IMPORTANT> Recommed to hang it before the insects come for eat or egg into the nut or flower. No mother, No Worm. It is non-soluble to water. It is just sublimation - only evaporated to air. Warm temperature and a lot of wind get sublimation faster, and cool keep it longer.

30g Ping pong ball (left), 3.5g Small ball (right)

<Fruits tree >

<Flower>

Put 3.5g Small ball nearby orchid on the ground

More graphical on how to use? < Download 1 minute video clip here >

<Vegetable>

<ExAMPLE: Small balls packed in>

 Photo show, It's not good, It should have many holes to get oxygen to be sublimated. This is slow and not affective. Naphthalene is need to meet oxygen then insects dislike the sublimated air.

<Warning>

It is Non-soluble to water, It is impossible to spray. If you try, get plugged up.

More graphical on how to use? < Download 1 minute video clip here >

  [Less insect, Less insecticides]

Grapes

Mr.Kampol of Nakhon Pathom reduced the cost of insecticide a lot. Butterfly gone. He used to spray once in 3 days but became only once a week. So that his cost was dropped to B4000 from B10,000 in 4 month. Less insecticide and less insects made his grapes grown better.

30g pingpong ball were hanged 5m distance and close to grapes. No smelled to grapes.

Tourist Farm

Tourist grapes farm is very popular recently at Kao Yai hilly country. Mr.Sanit told us that he would try to reduce spray as much as he can. Because tourist like to pick grapes direct from tree. He heard about Naphthelene useful by radio. So he put it in water pet bottle and hang them in the center line. This way is better than just there. Tourist may be not smell much. He does not worry about insects bites on outline of grapes.

Dragoon fruits

This is a unique red skinned fruits of cactus family originated from Mexico. Heavy stem needs to be held bu concrete pole and have a heavy crop at the end. Looks like dragoon sitting.
Insect caused problem for crop. This farm hangs a bag for each one.

The farmer get the Naphthalene small ball in the supermarket and make bag for. It is common practice to replace every month. It must be better to make holes in the bag. So that it is evaporated better to be prevented.

Chomphu

It is a typical Thai fruits. Mr.Kampol has been the problem of the fruits fly for many years. It is large tree to grow sweet red one originated in Indonesia. He made the bags of small balls and then put 3 bags per tree. It came out less pests and grown better.

Orchid

Nasabi, a pink orchidas know the breeder Mr.Prasit has This beautiful flowers in his large green house. He had heard about useful of Naphthalene in the radio and then used to have it for already 5 years. To extend the smell all over it is hanged high and 10m distance. At first it was worried about rain to be dissolved. So he put a packed back as like raincoat. Naphthalene is non-soluble. This way is also a good to control evaporation by supplying less oxygen and not feel the smell. Spraying once in 2 weeks and a half density of standard level. It's enough for this house. The environment around the house has been less insect pests. It is better for all of flower.

  [Information]

It is one of the most affected insect to all kind of crop.

<p-Dichlorobenzene>

This is also popular for mothball use. But it is not recommend to have p-Dichlorobenzene for Agriculture or prevention in you garden.

 

<Dear Export Company> Our agriculture products and fruits are exported to all over the world. America and Germany have been concerned more about the agricultural chemical residues in not only imported fresh products, but also further processed foods. And their acceptances are getting harder. Of cause we don’t want residues but need to use insecticides to farm them. Try Naphthalene Mothball at the field for the export purpose. Less insecticides spray can be less residues. Naphthalene Mothball is:        1) Non soluble to water, nothing to be residue in        2) Sublimation – No smell got into the products        3) Less insects environment tend to make plants grow better <Power Melon Co.,Ltd > address: 9/105-106 Moo 3, soi Chokechai 4, Latphrao Rd, Latphrao, Bangkok 10230 Tel. 081-3158540 [(+6681) 3158540] , 081-7324234 [(+6681) 7324234] See how good to the farmer? < Download 1 minute video clip here >