Showing posts with label organic fertilizer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label organic fertilizer. Show all posts

Mar 1, 2017

How to Make Compost from Kitchen and Garden Waste?


How to make compost from kitchen and organic waste?
Creating compost is a simple and quick process that allows you to create large amount fertilizers in a short span of time.  Composting is a natural recycling process of the kitchen waste which is usually the combination of plants, leaves or any combination of organic material that can be converted into organic manure with the help of micro organisms.
Following items are required to create compost:

Kitchen Waste
Saw Dust
Compost Bin
Garden Waste
Animal Manure
     A Garden Fork

Step 1 - Collect Kitchen Waste

Choose the right food products you are throwing away for making compost.  Peelings from fruit and vegetables, nuts, egg shells and over-ripened fruit are good to make compost and avoid oils, milk products and fatty meats.

Step 2 - Collect Garden Waste

Collect all leaves and clippings from any gardening work you do and add to the compost mix over a period of time for ideal effect.

Step 3 - Other Materials to Include

Add Sawdust and livestock manure to compost pile.

Step 4 - Create Compost

Mix all your compost materials into a compost bin. The bin should be slightly raised from the floor and should have a handle with which you can turn to rotate the bin. Spin the bin twice a day that helps the compost mix together and combine natural benefits to make a very effective Organic Manure. Ensure the bin has a couple of slits down the side to allow moisture to escape as the bin is turned.

Step 5 – Spread

Once your compost has turned into a dark and soil-like mixture, it is ready.  Use garden fork to fertilize and allow the compost layer to seep in and take effect before you fork on another load.
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Jul 31, 2016

How to prepare an organic manure Amirtha Karaisal an effective growth stimulant?


Amirtha Karaisal
Amirtha Karaisal is one of the effective organic manure which is used as a growth stimulant. It is also known as Amruthpani in Hindi.   Method of preparation along with the required ingredients given below:
S.No
Ingredient Name
Quantity in Litres / Kgs
1
Cow’s  Urine
1 Litres
2
Fresh Cow Dung
1 Kilogram
3
Water
10 Litres
4
Jaggery
25 grams
5
Ipomoea Cornea ( optional )
( Neiveli Kattamanakku )
1 Kilogram
Preparation:
Mix all of the above ingredients and stir three times a day.  Within 24 hours the manure will be ready.
Manure should be kept under the shade covered with a wire mesh or plastic mosquito net to prevent houseflies from laying eggs and formation of Maggots (worms) in the solution
This manure can be used as foliar spray or as a solution that can be mixed with irrigation water and applied via drip/ flow irrigation method.  Dilute one liter of solution with ten liters of water.

Jun 19, 2016

How to prepare Panchagavya an organic fertilizer?


Panchagavya or Panchakavya, is made from the blend of five cow-derived products. In Sanskrit Panch mean five and gavya means cow; hence the name Panchagavya.
Panchagavya

Products and quantity Required to prepare 20 litres ( appx. )  of panchagavya :
1)    Fresh cow dung – 5 kgs
2)    Cow’s urine – 3 litres
3)    Curd ( from cow milk ) – 2 litres
4)    Cow’s ghee – 500 grams
5)    Cow’s milk – 2 litres
6)    Jaggery – 500 grams
7)    Tender coconut – 3 litres
8)    Banana – 12 numbers
9)    Water – 3 litres

Preparation
Mix cow dung and ghee and keep it in a mud pot / plastic drum.  Cover the mixture with a wire mesh / plastic mosquito net to prevent houseflies from laying eggs. Keep the drum / pot under a shade during preparation.    Leave the mixture for three days and stir it twice a day (preferably morning and evening once).  Stirring the contents for about twenty minutes facilitates aerobic microbial activity.
After three days add cow’s urine and water and leave it for 15 days.  Don’t forget to stir it twice a day. 
After fifteen days add the following and continue the stirring process.  Panchagavya will be ready after 30 days:
Cow’s milk
Cow’s curd
Ripened Banana’s
Jaggery and
Tender coconut water

See also:
Advantages and Disadvantages of Greenhouse Technology
Organic Farming
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Difference bewtween organic and inorganic fertilizers