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Meen Amilam (Fertilizer from Fish waste)

Steps to prepare Meen Amilam 1. Take equal quantity of Fish Waste and Naatu Sakkarai (Jaggery). 2. Mix the above two materials in a Pot or a Plastic container and close it air tight. 3. Leave it for 21 days 4. On the 22nd day Meen Amilam is ready for use.(it looks like Honey) Usage Mix 30ml of this portion prepared above with 10litres of water and spray it on the plants. This acts both as fertilizer and pest repellent. http://youtu.be/JoSL9uRQ9AI

Weed as Fertilizer

An increase in weed growth indicates better soil health. But, weeds are considered as competitors  to plants and there is a tendency to remove, throw or burn them. Owing to their longer  decomposition time, wee ds are often destroyed. However, with increasing awareness on organic way of farming, weeds are increasingly being used for making organic manure. Weed as Fertilizer I tried a method which could convert weeds to organic form within 15 days. The method is as follows: Collected about 25 kg weed from my farm land, wastelands, roadsides etc. Then mixed them with 200gm jaggery, 200 gm salt, 200 gm. tamarind in 100 lit of water and left to decompose in a drum for 15 days. This mixture was rotated once in every three days. In 15 days the mixture was emanating a bad odour and was then converted to liquid form. When this liquid manure was used for vegetable crops, the growth was very luxurious. Though this indicated that the manure had high nutrient content, but still I wanted...

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