It is a culture used for seeds, seedlings or any planting material.It is effective in protecting young roots from fungus as well as from soil-borne and seed borne diseases that commonly affect plants after the monsoon period.
Ingredients: Water (20l), cowdung (5kg), cow urine (5l), lime (50gm) and just a handful of soil.
Preparation
- Take 5kg of cow dung in a cloth and bound it by small bundle and hang it for a night (12hr.)in 20l of water
- In another container dissolve 50g of limein 1l of water and keep it for a night.
- Next day morning squeeze the cowdung in water add handful of soil and stirwell.
- To the solutions add 5l of Desi cowurine and limewater and stirwell.
Usage
- Add beejamrit to the seeds of any crop, coat them, mix by hand, dry them well in the shade, and use them for sowing. For leguminous seeds, just dip the seeds quickly (5 minutes), dry them well in the shade, and use them for sowing.
- While transplanting, the roots of the seedlings/setts/cuttings may be dipped in beejamrit solution for five minutes and then planted/ transplanted.
Treating the seeds in beejamrit, will be kept dry in shade and used for sowing. It protects the crops from harmful fungi, bacteria, and other pathogens of soil borne diseases. It has hormones, alkaloids, which enhance germination and give protection to seeds and seedlings (Palekar, 2005).
