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Wednesday, March 11, 2015

EC AGRI-THOUGHTS

Subhash Palekar 098 503 52 747

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The manure/fertilizer should have:

Nitrogen(N): For the plants to evolve and green parts to grow.

Phosphorous(P): For the root system to develop and plant quality.

Potassium(K): For bud placement and fruit quality.

Important things while thinking about agriculture:

1. pH of the soil.

2. Calcium content in the soil: Kummayam/Kakka/Egg Shells/ Calcium Carbonate can be used: Calcium is important for cell strength of plants.

3. Carbon content in the soil: Decayed parts of trees/leaves/stem cane be used.

4. Magnesium content in the soil: Dolomite can be used: Magnesium is important for the Chlorophyll content of plants.

5. Urea in the soil: Cow dung/urine can be used after diluting it ten times.

6. Fat in the soil: Fish manure can be used.

7. Protein in the soil: Kadalapinnak/Kappalandi Pinnnak can be used.

8. Trace elements in the soil: This include Boron, Iodine, Zinc, Phosphorous for giving the plants immunity against diseases.

So the first thing to be done before sowing the seeds is preparing the land for growth and nourishment of the seeds. For this a small pit can be dug and inside it-

Calcium,

Dolomite, Urea,

Protein products,

Trace elements

can be made available.

For Strawberry farming contact Mr. Johnny Patany from Wayanad at 98 95 66 11 87
For brinjal farming contact Mr. Munirathan(099 895 09877) from Chittoor district in Andhra Pradesh in Kasturikandriga village.

TO BE CONTINUED...

Monday, March 9, 2015

Living in this world is an art of managing the uncertainty. Uncertainty is a part and parcel of all lives. No life is free from it. To pacify the mind from the fears of uncertainty humans use the power of resources like religion and spirituality, money, scientific knowledge and methods, communication technologies, relationships, social institutions, social capital, political power etc.

A few engaging/empowering/enlightening words to get battle-ready while facing moments of uncertainty in life:

What have you lost, that you are weeping.?

What have you brought, that you have lost?

What have you made, that has been destroyed?

You brought nothing!

What you have got, you got from here, what was given here.

What you took, you took from this universe.

What you gave, you gave unto this universe.

You have come empty-handed and shall go empty-handed.

What is yours today was somebody else's in the past and will be somebody else's in the future.

You think it is yours and are deeply engrossed in it.

This attachment is the cause of all your sorrows.

Change is the law of life. What you call death is life itself. In a moment you are a millionaire, in the very next you are a poor man. Mine and yours; Small-Big; Ours-Theirs; Remove this from your mind, then everything is yours and you are everybody’s.

-------------------------------------------From "The Gita"

TO BE CONTINUED...