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Seed treatment - Beej Upchaar-Sanskaar
(method redefine with different perspective by Dipak Suchade, Malpani Trust, Bajwada, Post. Nemawar MP.)
1. Determine the crop variety and volume of its seed needed for the area.
2. Collect equal volume of the following
a. Soil from the field you are sowing - surface 10-15 cm, 4-5 spots.
This will help to identify the Ph and the nutrition available from the Soil to the life when seed going to germinate life enter in the seed and this life after analyzing asked to the microbes to provide deficiency at the root zone aria.
b. Ash (a source of 100 elements)
Will provide potash and help in germinating the root zone as it is attached to the seed and also provide nutrition in available form to the roots when they do not get from soil. Also help from attack of virus and insect as it work as vital force. (It is known as antibiotic by organic farmers)
c. Fresh cow-dung (a source of anaerobic and microaerophilic microorganisms)
d. Termitaria soil (a binding agent, and source of nutrients and agriculturally beneficial microorganisms)
Mix all the three material and make into dough using cow-urine.
Note: urine a source of salts and also perhaps a repellant of insect-pests
Present of this will help in growing of microbes, which will help in Photosynthesis.
4. Make small pellets of the whole dough, depending on the size of the seed. For pigeon pea for example, pellets of about 1cm diameter may be enough.
For other way of sowing the seeds other then the research farmers can mix seed which will provide in-situ (their only) nitrogen and other nutrition like Mug, Tur (which take care of N) Safed till provide energy and nutrition as well as repellent to insect like this Chana, Kothmir (Dhania), Muster, Methi etc all this mixture will be one forth of the main seeds by volume.
5. Push one seed per pellet and shade dry them
6. Sow the pellets while following other requirements
Important: to make the method workable in field conditions on large area, one would need to mechanize/semi-mechanize the pellet making. A machine used for making tablets at a village level enterprise may be explored. If making seed pellets is cumbersome for some, a thin layer of diluted dough can be coated on to seeds. Seeds can then be air-dried and sown by machine or bullock-drawn seed-drill.
The other thing I learnt was the method of enhancing growth of groundnut. It was developed by Dr. Ataara, Principal Ayurved College, Bhavnagar, Gujrat; Phone 0288-2752842(R), -2676864 (O). Salient points on preparation: a) take sufficient quantity curd and add 4-time water (by volume), b) Churn as done for traditional 'Lassi making, c) take out butter, d) add 'ash' and This is not according to Dr. Atara. He do not add ash in butter milk but this will help more to provide all types of institution and acidic effect will also make more dissolved element to the plant in available forms.
Ferment for 3 to 6 days when lower thick portion is expected to settle,) take relatively clear solution (called 'Aash') from the top for field use. Application of the 'Aash' has been observed to enhance growth and yield of groundnut. Dr. Atara has yield groundnut 300 gm. from each plant and want to achieve up to 3 Kg. For survival of Saurashtra's farmers this is his mission.
