PaavanaGanga

Bijamrutha - Take 5 Kg Desi cow dung in a cloth and bind it by tape. Hang this in the 20 Liter water up to 12 hours. Take one liter water and add 50 gm lime in it, let it settle for a night. Then next morning, squeeze this bundle of the cow dung in that water thrice continuously, so that all essence of cow dung will accumulate in that water. Then add a handful of soil in that water solution and stir it well. Then add 5 liter Desi cow urine in that solution & add the lime water and stir it well.

Jeevamrutha - It is composed of the cow-dung (20 kg), cow urine (10 liter), Jaggery (2 kg) and dicot flour (2 kg) and is applied to the crops with each Irrigation cycle OR directly to the crops. It provides nutrients, but most importantly, acts as a catalytic agent that promotes the activity of microorganisms in the soil, as well as increases earthworm activity. Jeevamrutha also helps to prevent fungal and bacterial plant diseases. Jeevamrutha is only needed for the first 3 years of the transition, after which the system becomes self-sustaining.

Mulching - It could be done by soil mulch, straw mulch or live mulch. It conserves soil moisture, by reducing evaporation.

Waaphasa - The irrigation should be reduced and irrigation should be practiced only at noon, in alternate furrows. Palekar challenges the idea that plant roots need a lot of water, in-fact, what roots need is water vapour, and therefore, Whapasa is the condition where there exist both air molecules and water molecules present in the soil.

Agnihastra, Bhramhastra, Neemhastra

Agnihastra - It is composed of 10 liter Desi Cow Urine and 1 Kg Tobacco, 500 grams of Green Chili, 500 grams of Local Garlic, 5 Kg Neem leaves pulp (crushed in urine). It is effective against the pests like Leaf Roller, Stem Borer, Fruit borer, Pod borer.

Bhramhastra - It is prepared by neem leaves, custard apple leaves, lantern camellia leaves, guava leaves, pomegranate leaves, papaya leaves and white dhatura leaves crushed and boiled in urine. It is used to control all of the sucking pests, pod borer, fruit borer etc. For spraying, 2 liter Brahmastra is taken in 100 liter water.

Neemhastra - It is made up of Desi cow urine (5 liter), cow dung (5 kg) and neem leaves and neem pulp (5kg) fermented for 24 hrs. It is used for sucking pests & Mealy Bug.