DEAR ALL,
BIOFARMS R & D CENTER, RAMAKKALMEDU, IDUKKI,KERALA- devoloped “BIOFERMENTATION” technique
to eliminate SOIL INSECTS,NEMATODES etc… IT IS WIDELY USING THE “cardamom farmers”
OF kerala- TO CONTROL " root grubs, nematodes"ETC…
ADVANTAGES OF THIS TECHNIQUE
– increase MICROBIAL POPULATION OF SOIL —ie. SOUND HEALTH OF SOIL
–KILL ALL PATHOGENS, WEED SEEDS, NEMATODE POPULATION PRESENT IN COWDUNG/SHEEP
MANURE
– 10- 20% OF COWDUNG/ ANY COMPLEX ORGANIC MATERIAL NEEDED FOR WHOLE SEASON
–NEUTRALIZE ADDED PESTICIDES IN SOIL BY MICROBIAL ACTIVITY – THERE BY PREVENTING
GROUND WATER CONTAMINATION
–CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT FOR EARTH WORMS-- THIS IS PROVED IN KERALA. THIS IS THE BASIC
STEP IN ORGANIC FARMING/ SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE
TECHNOLOGY
Cow dung -250-300 kg + Jaggary -20 kg + Sugar -10 kg + Cooked maida flour- 20 kg +FM -250 g +
Amin-100 gm + cooked chicken waste -25 kg + yeast -50 gm + --BIOCULTURES (Trichoderma+
Azospirillum+Phosphate culture +Potash culture + Beauvaria+ Verticillium + Paeciliomyces +
Metarrhizium - aLL 250ML EACH/ 1 KG POWDER put ALL THE ABOVE MATERIAL
IN 500 LITS OF
WATER OF 10 DAYS - AGAIN ADD 500 LITS MORE WATER TO MAKE FINAL VOLUME OF 1000 LITS.
DRENCHING:-
10- 20 LITS OF ABOVE SOLUTION IN 200 LITS WATER -DRENCH 5- 10 LITS TO PERENNIAL TREES
fILTER AND APPLY THROUGH DRIP SYSTEM, ALSO CARRYOUT FOLIAR SPRAY TOO.
PRACTICE AND GIVE FEED BACK," BECOME A MEMBER OF SOIL SAVING TEAM"
THANK YOU
GOODLUCK