TBS, One Way to Minimize The Pests (Rats)

There are some ways to minimize the pests, but the way the most secure and easy to do is use TBS (Trap Barrier System) or in Indonesian is “Sistem Perangkap Bubu”. This way without using chemical, so isn’t dangerous to our environment.

TBS is plastic fence that can protect crop and herded the rats into a rat trap with a hole trap placed facing out.

To make TBS, we need :

1. Thick plastic to make the fence (1 kg of plastic to about 13 m. Split the plastic with the width about 50-60 cm).
2. Bamboo stake to stand up plastic fence and Bubu trap.
3. Plastic or wire rope to stand up the plastic fence.
4. stick (lidi) to glue the plastic on a string.
5. 16 units Bubu trap per hectares.

Then, this are the ways to make TBS :

1. Clean the land
2. Place the bamboo stake 10 cm below the soil with the high is 60 cm above the ground. Spacing of about 1 m per bamboo stakes
3. Plant the food crops or holticulture
4. Dig a trench at the bund with a width of 50 cm
5. Belt the plastic into 3 rows (the top, middle and bottom)
6. Put plastic along the bamboo stake which have been installed
7. Fold the top of plastic in a bit with the rope in it and clipped by a stick in order to stretch the plastic tight and neat so the wind does not easily separated
8. Pair the Bubu trap with a maximum distance of 20 m. Bubu installed by using bamboo, fastened about 15 cm of soil (not flooded). Set 16 Bubu traps per ha
9. Create the entryway by putting bamboo from the bund to Bubu trap

So that this way of running a successful, we must keep the Bubu trap with check its condition. Empty the Bubu trap from the rats which have been caught as early as possible each morning. Then, avoid drainage of grass or weeds. And also, we must fix immediately if there is a hole in the plastic.