Banana Under growth.
The biggest issue now is how to make the soil uniformly fertile? There could be quick answers like remove the top soil, add red soil, add fertilizer, grow green manure and so on.... All of these cost tons of money. With natural farming techniques and available resources doing this is a challenge.
Especially when your team has still not quite understood the workings of panjagavya, jeevamrudam or any natural techniques or when the ground facilities donot permit that.
For example when there is no water the staff keep thinking only about it. They dread growing anything like green manure. When water is occupying your head.......
The above picture shows banana trees planted at the same time. Some areas have dwarf growth whereas in others there is full growth. Non availability of biomass in soil could be a reason. But I feel not watering them properly could also be a reason, which Subbu doesnot agree with me.
I have a reason to think so. Look at the dwarf trees. They are looking healthy. Perhaps because water conditions have improved. Perhaps because of few days of rain that preceded. That means if we had watered it must have grown. You never know......
Well to improve the soil I advocated atleast twice in the past of sowing multi grain mixture. It was promptly done and got dried without sprouting in few days. Such is the intensity of heat and dryness. Subbu fears if we plan anything, we need to water them. That (water resource) is scarce. How do you then add fertility to soil.
One idea is to wait till rains and sow the seeds. But the moisture will dry in few days. After that ?
Recently It has been decided we will apply manure prepared else where. It requires more cowdung. I have ordered for two tracktor loads of cow dung which is expected in few days. We will prepare liquid panjagavya and solid gana jeevarmidam and apply. Perhaps that will improve.
The biggest issue now is how to make the soil uniformly fertile? There could be quick answers like remove the top soil, add red soil, add fertilizer, grow green manure and so on.... All of these cost tons of money. With natural farming techniques and available resources doing this is a challenge.
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| These trees are healthy and near the tower...... |
Especially when your team has still not quite understood the workings of panjagavya, jeevamrudam or any natural techniques or when the ground facilities donot permit that.
For example when there is no water the staff keep thinking only about it. They dread growing anything like green manure. When water is occupying your head.......
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| Panaroma of same Banana Patch all planted 5 months back. Note the unhealthy growth on the left slowly graduating to healthy one on the right |
I have a reason to think so. Look at the dwarf trees. They are looking healthy. Perhaps because water conditions have improved. Perhaps because of few days of rain that preceded. That means if we had watered it must have grown. You never know......
Well to improve the soil I advocated atleast twice in the past of sowing multi grain mixture. It was promptly done and got dried without sprouting in few days. Such is the intensity of heat and dryness. Subbu fears if we plan anything, we need to water them. That (water resource) is scarce. How do you then add fertility to soil.
One idea is to wait till rains and sow the seeds. But the moisture will dry in few days. After that ?
Recently It has been decided we will apply manure prepared else where. It requires more cowdung. I have ordered for two tracktor loads of cow dung which is expected in few days. We will prepare liquid panjagavya and solid gana jeevarmidam and apply. Perhaps that will improve.
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