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What is natural manure ? How to prepare it? Give two examples?

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Natural manure is the type of manure that is prepared from the biological wastes and decomposable materials. natural manure does not harm the soil health. These are derived from animal matter, animal excreta, human excreta, and vegetable matter. Naturally occurring organic fertilizers include animal wastes from meat processing, peat, manure, slurry, and guano.

Types of natural manures:-
  • PANCHAGAVYA:
It is a type of natural manure. it is prepared using the components like cow urine, could dung, ghee, toddy, coconut water, and curd. first take somehow dung, ghee and mix it. leave this mixture for 5 days, then mix the curd and leave it for a day. On the sixth day add toddy, coconut water, and cow urine, mix this every day once and within the 15 days, the panchagavya becomes ready to use. This mixture should be sprayed in the crop for a better crop.
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  • VERMICOMPOST:
It is the type of natural manure. it is prepared by using the litter, vegetable waste, rotten fruits and earthworms. For preparing this we need to build a rectangular box of measurements in metres 12 x 1 x 3. now fill the box half with the topsoil. Now dispose of vegetable fruits waste and litter and rotten eggs etc. Now add 1000 earthworms per sq.m leave this for 1 month by sprinkling water daily thoroughly. this is done in a moist place. So that the earthworms would grow nicely and decompose the materials easily. this can be applied in the crop.
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