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In our Agriculture for Everybody  blog series, we are going to see Herbal Tea. Required Ingredients S.No. Ingredient Name Qty in Litres/Kgs 1 Fresh Cow Dung 5 Kgs 3 Jaggery 250 Grams 2 Medicinal Plants Required Qty 4 Big Stone or Brick 1 Number 5 Water 3/4 of Drum size Note: Any Medicinal Plants like Neem, Nochi, Custard Apple leaves. Method of Preparation Have a Water Drum filled with 3/4 of water. Place all the above mentioned items (1 to 4) inside a jute sack, tie the mouth of the sack tightly with a rope and immerse it inside the water. Shake the sack, holding the free end of the rope two times everyday in such a way that the contents inside the sack mix well with the water (similar to the tea bags immersed in milk). Note: Water Drum can be made of Iron, Plastic or Cement Tank. The manure will be ready after 1 week. Method of Storage The manure should be kept in the shade and covered with a wire mesh or plastic mosquito net to prevent housefl...

In our Agriculture for Everybody  blog series,  we are going to see Amudha Karaisal.  This is known as Amruthpani in Hindi. Required Ingredients S.No. Ingredient Name Qty in Litres/Kgs 1 Fresh Cow Dung 1 Kg 2 Cow's Urine 1 Litres 3 Jaggery 25 Grams 4 Water 10 Litres 5 Ipomoea Cornea 1 Kg Note: Ipomoea Cornea is known as Neiveli Kattamanakku in Tamil and is an Optional Ingredient. Method of Preparation Mix all of them and stir well (3 times a day). The manure should be kept in the shade and covered with a wire mesh or plastic mosquito net to prevent houseflies from laying eggs and the formation of maggots (worms) in the solution. Method of Storage Not Applicable as the manure can be used after 24 hours itself. How long can we store the Manure? Not Applicable as the manure can be used after 24 hours itself. How to use the Manure? Spray System - The manure can be applied as a foliar spray. Flow System - The solution of manure can be mixed with irrigation water, either thr...

In our Agriculture for Everybody  blog series, we are going to see Ghana Jeevamrutha popularised by Subhash Palekar. Required Ingredients S.No. Ingredient Name Qty in Litres/Kgs 1 Cow Dung 100 Kgs 2 Jaggery 2 Kgs 3 Flour of any Pulse 2 Kgs 4 Soil from same land 1 Handful 5 Cow's Urine As required Note: If Jaggery is not available, use Palm Jaggery. If Jaggery or Palm Jaggery is not available, add 4 Litres of ripened Tender Coconut. Use Greengram or Blackgram or CowPea flour. Living Soil should be used. Method of Preparation Mix the first 4 ingredients well and keep adding Cow's urine as required to get a good solid form. Spread the solid form in a shaded place during the day and allow it to dry well. Method of Storage The manure should be kept in the shade. How long can we store the Manure? The manure can be stored for longer periods. How to use the Manure? The solid manure need to be made into a powdery form before mixing it with FYM. Apply the manure in the ra...

In our Agriculture for Everybody  blog series, we are going to see Jeevamrutha popularised by Subhash Palekar.  The data provided below is for ONE acre only. Required Ingredients S.No. Ingredient Name Qty in Litres/Kgs 1 Water 200 Litres 2 Fresh Cow Dung 10 Kgs 3 Cow's Urine 5-10 Litres 4 Jaggery 2 Kgs 5 Flour of any Pulse 2 Kgs 6 Soil from same land 1 Handful Note: If Jaggery is not available, use Palm Jaggery. If Jaggery or Palm Jaggery is not available, add 4 Litres of ripened Tender Coconut. Use Greengram or Blackgram or CowPea flour. Living Soil should be used. Please note that the stick (neem stick is better or any pole) used for mixing the ingredients should be cleaned before & after the usage so as to avoid maggots formations in the manure. Method of Preparation Mix all of them and keep them in a shaded place for 48 hours. Method of Storage The manure should be kept in the shade and covered with a wire mesh or plastic mosquito net ...

In our Agriculture for Everybody  blog series, we will see the extension of Panchakavya namely Panchakavya Plus or Panchagavya Plus . Required Ingredients S.No. Ingredient Name Qty in Litres/Kgs/Nos 1 Fresh Cow Dung 5 Kgs 2 Cow's Urine 3 Litres 3 Cow's Milk 2 Litres 4 Cow's Curd 2 Litres 5 Cow's Ghee 0.5 Kg 6 Sugarcane Juice 3 Litres 7 Tender Coconut Water 3 Litres 8 Banana (Ripe) 12 Nos 9 Toddy (or) Grape Juice 3 Litres Note: If Sugarcane Juice is not available, add 500 grams of Jaggery dissolved in 3 litres of water. If Toddy is not available, add 100 grams of Yeast powder and 100 grams of Jaggery to 2 litres of warm water and add this solution to the manure after 30 minutes. If Toddy is not available, take 2 litres of Tender Coconut Water and keep it in a closed plastic container for 10 days and this becomes toddy. Where possible, Poovanan Banana should be used. Method of Preparation Non-Metallic Container should be used for preparing t...

In our Agriculture for Everybody  blog series, we are going to see Panchakavya. From this blog onwards, we will be covering all the manures which are part of Organic Farming.  As a first step, we will fix the format for the users of this blog.  You will see the same format being repeated for every manure that we are going to cover from this point onwards.  Anything that has not been filled under the topic, means the data is not available currently and will be filled in once the data is available. The term manure will be used generically and it will refer to the manure in the topic unless explicitly mentioned . In this blog, we are going to see a very important manure namely Panchakavya or Panchagavya .  Required Ingredients S.No. Ingredient Name Qty in Litres/Kgs 1 Fresh Cow Dung 5 Kgs 2 Cow's Urine 3 Litres 3 Cow's Milk 2 Litres 4 Cow's Curd 2 Litres 5 Cow's Ghee 0.5 Kg Method of Preparation Non-Metalli...