Best technique of making manure at home

The term Manure was used originally for denoting materials like cattle manure and other bulky natural substance that were applied to land with the object of increasing the production of crops. Therefore manures are defined as the plant and animal wastes which are used as sources of plant nutrients. Best technique of making manure at home is very easy and it can be prepared using kitchen waste like vegetable peels, fruit peels , tea leaves , eggshell,etc. Manure also known as natural fertilizer.

Best technique of making manure at home

(1) Take a container or pot which are available at your home :

Use a plastic bucket , clay pot, or any container. Make a small holes in it so air can pass.

.(2) Add dry waste :

Stir it so air can reach the waste .

(3) Add kitchen waste 

Add vegetables peels , fruit peels , tea leaves , eggshell, etc.

(4) Add Soil 

Put a little soil over the waste. This helps in decomposition.

(5) Repeat Layers 

Keep adding dry waste + kitchen waste + soil in layers.

(6) Keep it moist 

Sprinkle a little water so it stays slightly wet.

(7) Mix Once a Week 

Stir it so air can reach the waste .

(8) Wait for 3-4 weeks 

The waste will turn into dark , soil – like manure with no bad smell.

 Now your natural manure is ready at home. 

BENEFITS :

1. Good for plant growth.
2. Reduces kitchen waste
3. Eco-Friendly.

 

 

Advantages of manuring

1} manures supply plant nutrients including micro-nutrients.

2}Increase nutrient availability.

3} Provide food for soil micro organism.

4} They improve soil physical properties like structure,waterholding capacity etc.

Their are two types of manure:

1} Bulky  organic manures.

2} Concentrated organic manures.

{A} Bulky Organic Manure

It contains small percentage of nutrients and they are applied in large quantities FYM, Compost, and Green Manure , are the most important and widely used bulky organic manures.

 (1) FYM ( Farm Yard Manure)

FYM  Decomposed mixture of dung and urine of farm animals along with litter and left over material from roughages or fodder fed to the cattle. FYM contain 0.5% N, 0.2% P , 0.5% K.

(2) Compost

compost is the process of reducing vegetables, and animal refuse except dung to a quickly utilised condition for improving and mainting soil fertility and decomposed material is called compost. The compost made from farm waste like sugarcane trash, paddy straw, weeds and other plants and other waste called farm compost.

 (3) Night soil

Night soil is human excerta , both solid and liquid. ex – Ash, Charcoal.

(4) Green manure

Green undecomposed plant material used as manure is called green manure.

B. Concentrated Organic Manure

Concentrated organic manure have higher nutrients than bulky or green manure.

1. Bird gunao 
2. fish gunao 
3. fish manure 
4. raw bonemeal
5. Steamed bone meal 
6. blood meal 
7. meat meal 
8. calcined bone

 

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