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Organic Fertilizer

I market products for Integrated Solutions for Crop Protection & Better Yield. Some of these are:
POSHAK : Organic Soil Conditioner with silica : Silica has been conclusively proven as one of the important element for better yield and as a soil conditioner. Silica helps to keep Phosphorous in the plant, in an available form. It also helps in intake of all nutrients because of its Levitational Force (Capillary Action). This enhances growth of the plant considerably. The Silica, which is absorbed by the plant is deposited under the skin as Silicon Gel, up to a thickness of 2.5 microns. The deposit acts as a Physical Barrier for attack by Pathogens. This way almost 80% of Fungal attack is prevented by Silica. One more important quality of silica is enhancing intake of Calcium by the plants. Not only it makes Phosphorous available, but it also prevents leaching of Nitrogen and Potassium. It thus reduces the need of application of Nitrogen and Potassium. Also when less Phosphorous is taken up by plants, Micro Nutrients are also taken up in more quantity, which helps better for Flowering and Fruiting. All in all, SILICA enhances the overall growth of the plant and reduces the necessity of fertilizer application. POSHAK contains 39 to 50% SILICA in organic form. This helps the crops / plants to grow vigorously and a better yield is obtained.
N-RICH: Natural Humic Acid : The capacity of the soil to store nutrients and make them available for plants in time, is called Soil Fertility. The most important factor for this purpose is HUMUS. Humus can only be generated by decomposing organic matter, which takes a long period of time to convert organic matter into HUMUS. Most of the farmers are not aware of this fact, nor do they take care to replenish the most wanted Humus in sufficient quantities. Growing crops year after year, with offering rest for soil, is depriving the soil from the important factor. Humic acid contains natural Humus and its application fulfills the need of Humus immediately. Humic acid acts as a catalyst between ions of nutrients. It also helps in forming root hair, which is the route for intake of fertilizer, thus helping the plants to get more nourishment. It also retains the fertilizer for a longer period of time. N-RICH is 60% Humic Acid and 5% Potash in Organic form.
BHUSUDHA: Humus Decomposing Bacteria : Decomposing the organic matter is very important in agriculture. A non-decomposed organic matter is an ideal media for unwanted fungal growth. On the other hand a well decomposed organic matter is an ideal media for friendly bacteria such as PSB, Azobactor etc. When the organic matter is being decomposed it generates heat. Temperature can rise up to 60^oC, which eliminates all unwanted fungus and seeds of unwanted weeds. Hence decomposing the organic matter is not only important but it also boosts the growth of crops. In order to maximum benefits from the fertilizer applied, the living micro-organisms in the soil have to be provided with congenial environment for their multiplication. To achieve this decomposing the organic matter is essential. BHUSUDHA contains necessary bacteria in ample quantity for decomposing organic matter. Bhusudha can be used to decompose organic matter prior to the application in the soil or it can be used after the application in the soil.
N-LIFE : PSB + AZO = TRICHO : Living organisms in the soil are important components for better growth as well as retaining the nutrients from fixation, particularly Phosphorous. Fixation of Phosphorous is always a problem in agriculture. In order to avoid this problem, replenishing PSB is the only solution. When more Phosphorous is fixed in the soil, the availability of Micro-nutrients like Calcium, Magnesium, Ferrous etc is restricted. Growth of plant is thus deprived of micro-nutrients, even though there are enough micro-nutrients available in the soil. N_LIFE contains all the important micro organisms, P. S. B. Azetobactor, and Trichoderma Virdi, in abundant quantity. 50% of Nitrogen applied in the form of Urea, is converted into Ammonia gas as soon as it gets in contact with water. Remaining Nitrogen is leached out by excessive irrigation. Hence, only 20% of applied Nitrogen is available for plants. Atmosphere contains Nitrogen in its pure form, which can be converted using Nitrogen Fixing Bacteria. For that purpose Nitrogen Fixing Bacteria should be regularly applied. The unwanted fungus generated by careless cultivation practices is causing heavy damage to the crops. In order to prevent fungal growth, it is necessary to propagate the controlling micro-organisms regularly.
N-FORCE : Natural Growth Enhancer with Soluble Silica : Even though Nitrogen, Phosphorous and Potash are the three main ingredients for natural growth of plants / crops, Micro-nutrients such as Calcium, Magnesium etc are as important as the main ingredients. Farmers replenish NPK regularly, mostly in high doses. They rarely apply micro-nutrients. The deficiency of micro-nutrients leads to reduced flowering and fruiting. Due to this there is drastic loss in produce. N-FORCE is a combination of micro-nutrients, Amino Acids, and Seaweed Extract. It also contains SILICA in soluble form. Silica improves the resistance power of the plant considerably. Extensive trials have been carried out on various crops and proved to be very effective for all the crops. The results are visible in 3 to 5 days in field crops.
RAKSHAK-10 : Herbal Pest Controller : It is a combination of Nine Herbal Concentrates in Concentrated in Urine of Cow. All the herbs are non-poisonous and non-toxic. It tranquilizes the insects / pests for a long period. This deprives them from eating their food during this period. Due to starvation, the pests are eliminated. It also does not generate immunity in the pests. It is totally biodegradable and non-residual product. It works on all sucking pests and the results are immediate.

Soil enrichment : Jatropha curcas oil cake is rich in nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium and can be used as organic manure after aerobic fermentation. The fertilizer value of different organic fertilizers is as follows

	Moisture	N	P	K
	%	%	%	%
Jatropha Cake	4.58	4.4	2.09	1.68
Cow Dung	9.7	0.97	0.69	1.66
Chicken Manure	10.19	3.04	6.27	2.08
Duck Manure	17.57	2.37	2.1	1.09
Rice Straw Compost		0.891	0.18	0.68
Water Hyacinth Compost		1.43	0.46	0.48
Municipal Waste Compost		1.25	0.25	0.65

Organic Fertilizer increases the organic matter content of the soil along with the major and minor organic nutrients. The combined interaction of the nutrient ingredients in Organic Fertilizer integrates the soil with the full range of nutrients within a relatively short time, and their effects last longer for the standing crop to benefit directly. By optimally utilizing these nutrients from the soil, crop productivity in the plots treated with Organic Fertilizer greatly increases as reflected in the high yields and quality of the crops. Organic Fertilizer is therefore unique in its action in stabilizing and enhancing the nutrient status of the soil, and thereby increasing crop productivity.
By improving overall physical characteristics of the soil and increasing soil organic level, Organic Fertilizer prevents physical compaction of soil, improves soil aeration and prevents leaching losses. Organic Fertilizer encourages the microbial activities in the soil, increasing thereby the organic matter decomposition, leading to improved soil productivity. Organic Fertilizer not only releases nitrogen, phosphate and potash in a manner easily absorbed by plants, but interacts very positively with inorganic fertilizers as well. This interaction allows better and greater utilization of nutrients, particularly nitrogen by at least 30%.

Method of application : Organic Fertilizer should be applied 30 cm away from plants and well mixed with soil. Application in split dosages is always desirable to avoid excess application. Water should not be applied soon after manuring.