Panchagavya, an organic product, has the potential to play the role of promoting growth and providing immunity in the plant system. Panchagavya consists of nine products: cow dung, cow urine, milk, curd, jaggery, ghee, banana, tender coconut, and water. When suitably mixed and used, these have miraculous effects.
• Cow dung - 5 kg
• Cow ghee - 1 kg
Mix the above two ingredients thoroughly both in the morning and evening hours, and keep it for 3 days.
• Cow Urine - 3 litres
• Cow milk - 2 litres
• Cow curd - 2 litres
• Tender coconut water - 3 litres
• Jaggery - 3 kg/ sugarcane juice 3 litres
• Well ripened poovan banana – 12 nos.
After 3 days, mix cow urine, cow milk, curd, tender coconut water, jaggery, and well-ripened banana (mashed) and keep it for 15 days with regular mixing both in the morning and evening hours. After 15 days, mix the following, and panchagavya will be ready after 18 days.
Preparation
All the above items can be added to a wide mouthed mud pot, concrete tank, or plastic can as per the above order. The container should be kept open under shade. The content is to be stirred twice a day, both in the morning and evening. The Panchagavya stock solution will be ready after 15 days. The products of local breeds of cows are said to have more potency than those of exotic breeds). It should be kept in the shade and covered with a wire mesh or plastic mosquito net to prevent houseflies from laying eggs and the formation of maggots in the solution.
Application
Foliar spray/drip irrigation as 3 % solution at 15 days interval
