After reading this article you will learn about:- 1. Important Green Manuring Crops 2. Important Green Leaf Manuring Plants 3. Technique of Green Manuring 4. Advantages and Disadvantages 5. Economics. Important Green Manuring Crops: Green manuring crops must grow rapidly on varieties of soil and must decompose quickly enough to release the nutrients they contain in the soluble form, for [...]
After reading this article you will learn about the principles and process of compost manufacture. Principles of Compose Manufacture: Waste plant materials contain nutrients in the form in which plant roots cannot absorb them. Waste plant materials are decomposed by micro-organisms when complex organic form of nutrients like proteins are converted to their respective simple inorganic form in which plant [...]
After reading this article you will learn about the preparation and use of Farm Yard Manure (FYM). Preparation of Farmyard Manure: (i) In India, a major portion of cattle dung is used as fuel by farmers, after being converted into dung cake. Urine is completely soaked into the earthen floor of the cattle shed, thus wasting a major portion of [...]