Natural farming was practiced since ancient days but the green revolution destroyed it with the greed of producing more grains and vegetables with the use of fertilizers and pesticides. These chemicals are so dangerous that these killed earthworms, bacteria, fungus, algae etc. which provide nutrients to the roots of the plants from the soil. It incurs more cost in producing grains on one side and creates deadly diseases like cancer on the other side because these chemical are absorbed by the plants and in turn go into our body. As such, a time has come when the farmers have to revert back to natural farming which have following advantages: -
1. No expenditure on fertilizers and pesticides.
2. Originality of the soil is retained.
3. Grains and vegetables are healthy to the human beings.
4. No loss of production.
METHOD
‘Desi’ cow is an essential requirement for natural farming. Only ‘desi’ cow and not New Jersey cow is to be used. Cow dung and urine play most important role in the treatment of seeds and preparing solution for bringing originality of the soil. One cow can cultivate 30 acres of land. Following processes would make ‘natural farming’ very effective: -
1. Seed treatment : Take 2 kg of cow dung in a cloth and hang it in 10 litres of water for 12 hours. Squeeze the cloth three times in the water. Add 2 kgs of soil collected from the ‘bund’ of the field where previous crop was cultivated. Stir it well and add 10 litres of cow urine (or human urine). Stir it further. The solution is ready for treatment of seeds. Put the seeds in this solution for half an hour. Damaged or infected seeds will float while good seeds will settle at the bottom. Remove bad seeds and use it for mulching whereas good seeds should be removed and dried for few hours. Don’t rub the seeds as it will take out the skin and damage the seeds. Now seeds are ready for sowing. Use the solution to spray on the seeds during germination. Roots of the seedlings of paddy, tomato, brinjal, onion, chillis, cabbage, cauliflower should be put in the solution for half an hour before planting them in the fields.
2. Amrutpani / Jiwamrita : Add 10 kgs cow dung in 200 litres of water and stir it well clockwise with a wood log or stick. Then add 2 kgs of jaggery or 4 litres of sugarcane juice and 2 kgs of flour of any pulse (beans, blackgram, redgram or arhar) Stir it well. Thereafter add 10 liters of cow / human urine. Stir it well and cover it with jute bag. Keep it for 2 to 7 days for fermentation. Stir it thrice every day for better fermentation. Solution of second and third day is the best. After five days, it gives bad smell due to over fermentation. 200 to 400 liters of the solution is enough for one acre of land. Take the solution near the irrigation drain and mix it through small tap in such a way that it mixes in one acre of land. Amrutipani / Jiwamrita should be used once a month minimum, but it will give good results if used once a fortnight.
Don’t use iron container which gets rusted. Use plastic container or make a pit in the ground. Put solution of water and cow dung for 24 hours in this pit so that it doesn’t absorb more water. Then prepare Amrutpani. Pits can be dug near the irrigation source.
For trees, one should mark the shadow line at noontime when the sun is at the head. Dig a circular trench (2’ wide and 1’ deep) one foot away from the shadow since these are the places where the roots are spread and most effective for roots to absorb nutrients. Two to five litres of Amrutpani are sufficient for one tree to be mixed with water. It may be given twice a month.
3. Natural Pesticides :
Now days it is very difficult to kill some of the pests which attack various crops. Pesticides available in the market have become ineffective and the pests have developed resistance and can survive the spray of these pesticides. However, one can achieve best results by any of the following methods : -
(i) Neemastra: Add 5 litres of urine of ‘desi’ cow in 100 litres of water. Then add 2 kgs of cow dung in this water. Crush 5 kgs of ‘neem’ leaves and add this ‘neem’ pulp in this water. Leave this solution for 24 hours for fermentation. Stir this solution twice a day. Filter the solution and spray on the plants for sucking pests and mealy bugs.
(ii) Take the dried pods of Indian Acacia (Babhul) and make its powder. Dissolve 25 gms of this powder in one litre of water. Filter it and add it into 200 liters of water. Stir it well and spray on the plants for Mealy Bug pest. The powder is excellent teeth protector from any kind of infection and powder can be used as tooth powder.
(iii) Take 10 litres of ‘desi’ cow urine. Add 3 kgs pulp of ‘Neem’ leaves, 2kgs of Papaya leaves, 2 kgs of pomegranate (Dalimbre) leaves, 2 kgs of guava leaves and boil this solution five times. Keep the solution for 24 hours to stabilize. Filter it and mix 2 litre in 100 litres of water. If pest attack is severe, 2.5 litres may be added in 100 litres of water for effective control.
TREE PLANATATION AND FOLLOWING ADVANTAGES
Trees play an important role in preserving the atmosphere of the earth. These generate oxygen during day time and carbon dioxide during night time. Trees help the process of rainfall, reduce soil erosion besides providing shadows and relief to the farmers. However, people started cutting trees for burning it as firewood, constructing buildings and furniture etc. So ecology of the atmosphere was disturbed. Therefore it necessary to plant trees in order to preserve nature, have regular rainfalls, enough of oxygen etc. UNO pays for growing trees in those areas where there is more carbon dioxide and deficiency of oxygen.
During each course, the participants should put 500 plants which can be selected according to the requirements of the area. There are number of plants like ‘neem’, which can be chosen. However, Guruji has promoted one wonderful plant named ‘LAXMITARU’ with following properties: -1. A multipurpose tree which can grow in degraded soil (barren land) and even in less rainfall areas, unlike euca
2. lyptus, it requires very less water for its growth.
3. Bears seeds in nuts 5th year onwards from which 3 to 6 kgs of oil per tree can be extracted (fit for human consumption).
4. Juice can be extracted from fruit nuts which is malaria resistant.
5. Ideal raw material for manufacturing biodiesel, quality soap, lubricants, paints, cosmetics etc.
6. Nut shells can be used for making board particles and activated charcoal.
7. Leaves remain green throughout 12 months.
8. Termite can not attack the plant or wood of this tree.
9. Mosquitos run away from the area where these tree are grown.
10. The leave and bark extract cure amoebiasis and malaria.
11. After 15 years, the tree can produce minimum 10 cft. high class wood. Since, the wood is termite resistant, it can be used for door/wood frames and furniture.
1. No expenditure on fertilizers and pesticides.
2. Originality of the soil is retained.
3. Grains and vegetables are healthy to the human beings.
4. No loss of production.
METHOD
‘Desi’ cow is an essential requirement for natural farming. Only ‘desi’ cow and not New Jersey cow is to be used. Cow dung and urine play most important role in the treatment of seeds and preparing solution for bringing originality of the soil. One cow can cultivate 30 acres of land. Following processes would make ‘natural farming’ very effective: -
1. Seed treatment : Take 2 kg of cow dung in a cloth and hang it in 10 litres of water for 12 hours. Squeeze the cloth three times in the water. Add 2 kgs of soil collected from the ‘bund’ of the field where previous crop was cultivated. Stir it well and add 10 litres of cow urine (or human urine). Stir it further. The solution is ready for treatment of seeds. Put the seeds in this solution for half an hour. Damaged or infected seeds will float while good seeds will settle at the bottom. Remove bad seeds and use it for mulching whereas good seeds should be removed and dried for few hours. Don’t rub the seeds as it will take out the skin and damage the seeds. Now seeds are ready for sowing. Use the solution to spray on the seeds during germination. Roots of the seedlings of paddy, tomato, brinjal, onion, chillis, cabbage, cauliflower should be put in the solution for half an hour before planting them in the fields.
2. Amrutpani / Jiwamrita : Add 10 kgs cow dung in 200 litres of water and stir it well clockwise with a wood log or stick. Then add 2 kgs of jaggery or 4 litres of sugarcane juice and 2 kgs of flour of any pulse (beans, blackgram, redgram or arhar) Stir it well. Thereafter add 10 liters of cow / human urine. Stir it well and cover it with jute bag. Keep it for 2 to 7 days for fermentation. Stir it thrice every day for better fermentation. Solution of second and third day is the best. After five days, it gives bad smell due to over fermentation. 200 to 400 liters of the solution is enough for one acre of land. Take the solution near the irrigation drain and mix it through small tap in such a way that it mixes in one acre of land. Amrutipani / Jiwamrita should be used once a month minimum, but it will give good results if used once a fortnight.
Don’t use iron container which gets rusted. Use plastic container or make a pit in the ground. Put solution of water and cow dung for 24 hours in this pit so that it doesn’t absorb more water. Then prepare Amrutpani. Pits can be dug near the irrigation source.
For trees, one should mark the shadow line at noontime when the sun is at the head. Dig a circular trench (2’ wide and 1’ deep) one foot away from the shadow since these are the places where the roots are spread and most effective for roots to absorb nutrients. Two to five litres of Amrutpani are sufficient for one tree to be mixed with water. It may be given twice a month.
3. Natural Pesticides :
Now days it is very difficult to kill some of the pests which attack various crops. Pesticides available in the market have become ineffective and the pests have developed resistance and can survive the spray of these pesticides. However, one can achieve best results by any of the following methods : -
(i) Neemastra: Add 5 litres of urine of ‘desi’ cow in 100 litres of water. Then add 2 kgs of cow dung in this water. Crush 5 kgs of ‘neem’ leaves and add this ‘neem’ pulp in this water. Leave this solution for 24 hours for fermentation. Stir this solution twice a day. Filter the solution and spray on the plants for sucking pests and mealy bugs.
(ii) Take the dried pods of Indian Acacia (Babhul) and make its powder. Dissolve 25 gms of this powder in one litre of water. Filter it and add it into 200 liters of water. Stir it well and spray on the plants for Mealy Bug pest. The powder is excellent teeth protector from any kind of infection and powder can be used as tooth powder.
(iii) Take 10 litres of ‘desi’ cow urine. Add 3 kgs pulp of ‘Neem’ leaves, 2kgs of Papaya leaves, 2 kgs of pomegranate (Dalimbre) leaves, 2 kgs of guava leaves and boil this solution five times. Keep the solution for 24 hours to stabilize. Filter it and mix 2 litre in 100 litres of water. If pest attack is severe, 2.5 litres may be added in 100 litres of water for effective control.
TREE PLANATATION AND FOLLOWING ADVANTAGES
Trees play an important role in preserving the atmosphere of the earth. These generate oxygen during day time and carbon dioxide during night time. Trees help the process of rainfall, reduce soil erosion besides providing shadows and relief to the farmers. However, people started cutting trees for burning it as firewood, constructing buildings and furniture etc. So ecology of the atmosphere was disturbed. Therefore it necessary to plant trees in order to preserve nature, have regular rainfalls, enough of oxygen etc. UNO pays for growing trees in those areas where there is more carbon dioxide and deficiency of oxygen.
During each course, the participants should put 500 plants which can be selected according to the requirements of the area. There are number of plants like ‘neem’, which can be chosen. However, Guruji has promoted one wonderful plant named ‘LAXMITARU’ with following properties: -1. A multipurpose tree which can grow in degraded soil (barren land) and even in less rainfall areas, unlike euca
2. lyptus, it requires very less water for its growth.
3. Bears seeds in nuts 5th year onwards from which 3 to 6 kgs of oil per tree can be extracted (fit for human consumption).
4. Juice can be extracted from fruit nuts which is malaria resistant.
5. Ideal raw material for manufacturing biodiesel, quality soap, lubricants, paints, cosmetics etc.
6. Nut shells can be used for making board particles and activated charcoal.
7. Leaves remain green throughout 12 months.
8. Termite can not attack the plant or wood of this tree.
9. Mosquitos run away from the area where these tree are grown.
10. The leave and bark extract cure amoebiasis and malaria.
11. After 15 years, the tree can produce minimum 10 cft. high class wood. Since, the wood is termite resistant, it can be used for door/wood frames and furniture.