Ghana Jeevamrutam - The dry form of microbial culture for rejuvenating soil

Ghana Jeevamrutam is a dry form of the amruta that can be provided to rejuvenate the soil. Ghana Jeevamrutam can be spread on the farm and mixed with the soil before sowing the seeds or broadcasted once in a month.

There are three methods for preparing Ghana Jeevamrutam.

Method 1:

Materials required:

• Cow Dung, the fresher the cow dung the better
• Jaggery (10 g per kg of cow dung) or Sugarcane juice (20 ml per kg of cow dung)
• Pulse flour, also known as besan of pulses like chawdi, tur, chana or urad (10 g per kg of cow dung).

Method 2:

Materials required:

• Farm Yard Manure 
• Jeevamrutam (100 ml per kg of farm yard manure)

Method 3:

Materials required:

• Dried Bio gas slurry
• Cow Dung (same quantity as dried bio gas slurry)
• Jaggery (20 g per kg of dried bio gas slurry) or Sugarcane juice (40 ml per kg of dried bio gas slurry)
• Pulse flour, also known as besan of pulses like chawdi, tur, chana or urad (20 g per kg of dried bio gas slurry).

Procedure (as suggested by Shri Subhash Palekar):

Step 1:

Mix all the ingredients.

Step 2: 

Cover the mixture with bardana (gunny bag). The mixture should be in shade and ensure it is not exposed to direct sunlight or rain water.

Step 4:

After 48 hours Ghana Jeevamrutam is ready for usage. 

Step 5:

If you need to store Ghana Jeevamrutam then dry it. After the Ghana Jeevamrutam is completely dried crush it and make fin pieces and store it in dry place.

Preparation Time:

48 hours

Shelf life:

6 months. Dried Ghana Jeevamrutam can be stored and used for upto 6 months.

Usage:

Ghana Jeevamrutam can be used while sowing the seeds. Mix it with soil and you can make seed balls for sowing.

It can also be broadcasted in the farm manually 400 kgs of ghana jeevamrutam should be used for 1 acre, once every month. 

Ghana Jeevamrutam can also be used in preparing potting mix for kitchen gardening. It should be mixed with soil and coco peat in 1:1:1 ratio.