ORGANIC MANURE
Price: 180-3500 /-
Description:
Organic manures are natural products used by farmers to enhanced sustainable crop production. There are a number of organic manures like farm yard manure, green manures, compost prepared from crop residues and other farm wastes, vermicompost, oil cakes, and biological wastes - animal bones, slaughter house refuse. Organic manures are natural products used by farmers to provide food (plant nutrients) for the crop plants.
Typical specifications
- Nitrogen (N) : 3- 5%
- Phosphorous (p2o5) : 0.5 to 1%
- Pottasium (k20) : 0.75 to 1%
- Oil content : 5 – 6%
Dosage: 500 kg/ hectar
Organic manure protects plant roots from nematodes, soil grubs and white ants probably due to its residual limonoid content. It also acts as a natural fertilizer with pesticidal properties.Neem cake is widely used to fertilize paddy, cotton and sugarcane.
- A Organic manure provides all the nutrients that are required by plants but in limited quantities.
- It helps in maintaining C:N ratio in the soil and alsoincreases the fertility and productivity of the soil.
- It improves thephysical, chemical and biological properties of the soil.
- It improves both the structure and texture of thesoils.
- It increases the water holding capacity of the soil.
- Due to increase in the biological activity, the nutrients that are in the lower depths are made available to the plants
- It acts as much, thereby minimizing the evaporation losses of moisture .from the soil.
- These are a good source of macronutrients.
- Improves soil fertility.
- Cost-effective
- Reduces soil erosion and leaching.
- Improves the physical properties of the soil and aerates the soil.
- Improves the water and nutrient holding capacity of the soil.
- It can be transported easily.