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6. LIQUID MANNURES & PESTICIDES<br />

Panchagavya is a comb<strong>in</strong>ation of 5 products obta<strong>in</strong>ed from the cow<br />

which is used <strong>in</strong> traditional medic<strong>in</strong>e extensively. These are cow<br />

dung, cow’s ur<strong>in</strong>e, cow’s milk, curd and ghee. This is also<br />

mentioned <strong>in</strong> Vrkshayurveda texts and it has been experimented by<br />

various organic farmers. It has a significant role <strong>in</strong> provid<strong>in</strong>g<br />

resistance to pests and disease and <strong>in</strong>creas<strong>in</strong>g the overall yield.<br />

a. Panchagavya as a Liquid Mannure:<br />

Ingredients:<br />

• Cow dung - 5 kilo<br />

• Water - 5 litres<br />

• Cow milk - 2 litres<br />

• Curd - 2 litres<br />

• Clarified butter/ Ghee - 1 litre<br />

• Sugarcane juice - 2 litres<br />

(In place of sugarcane juice use 500gms of honey or 1 kg of<br />

jaggery or Palm sugar)<br />

Mix these <strong>in</strong>gredients <strong>in</strong> a mud pot and stir them well. Allow this<br />

mixture under shade for fermentation for about 3 weeks. Then take<br />

out 2 litres of Panchagavya and dilute it with 100 litres of water<br />

and spray the crops by us<strong>in</strong>g a power sprayer <strong>in</strong> 1 acre plot. The<br />

above mixture is sufficient for spray<strong>in</strong>g 4 acres at the rate of 2<br />

rounds per crop. The diluted mixture has to be stirred thoroughly

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