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Hi Avinash, I am trying out this below formulation in my terrace. It seems to be working fine. You can also try and share the result. I am little shy to share the formulation. 1) 1 litre rice wash water (better will be 2nd and 3rd wash) 2) 2 tea spoons of sour curd (4 to 6 days old)...

You can buy plastic or earthen pots and make small holes and close it with cotton or coir in such a way that water just drops from the pot. Then bury this pot in 3 places around the trees 5 to 6 feet away from the tree and fill water in the pot. The pot should be closed so that water should...

Dear Sir, I am living in tambaram. I can spend entire saturday and sunday each week to help you out. please contact..... A.Saravanan

Dear Ravi, Your land needs Biomass. Just dump all the agri waste available in your area in the land. If water is not percolating donot worry, you can dig tranches 2 feet deep and 1 feet width along your field just perpendicular to the water flow direction in such a way that you trap the water...

Hi Abbas, I am interested. For past 5 years I am in search of land. The process is becoming extremely difficult. Honesty and trust in the people has gone very low in buying and selling land property(especially agri land). So many intermediate brokers/agents are just spoiling...

Hi Selvi Sairam, Karuveli trees are wonderful nitrogen fixing trees. The roots of the Karuveli trees are living space of nitrogen fixing bacteria. Please do not uproot them. Destroying one karuveli trees means, you are shutting down a factory which supply "Free Urea" to you, so do not uproot...

Do you mean Kodukkapulli in tamil?

Regaining the top soil fertility is a real challange. One should be little patient to succeed on this. A simple logic is that anything put on the land will be degraded by biological agents and become soil. so first thing to do is to study different natural factors to find the root cause...

Hi Thiru, One request from me, Can you please talk to your friend to get the steps they follow in converting the waste dryland to a farm. As you are saying they have repeatedly done this for 5 times, They would have standardized this process by now. Their experiences will be very much...

From the experience of Venky. One can understand the following. 1) One has to take up in small steps as there is lot of uncertainty and risk to handle like Climate, Labour, Disease etc., 2) If you take up in small you won't get much profit. 3) But it gives lots of pleasure to...

You can have Chilly and all kinds of spinach. If you are interest in flowers good option is rose. There are Varieties of beautiful Cactus. Other than that done forget Tulasi, Omavalli(Plectranthus amboinicus), Aloe Vera, These things are very useful medicinal items and needs very very little...

Prosopis juliflora(Vallikathan)

Hi Safla, Yours seems to be best and clear cut answer for the question possed. Thank you very much, Saravanan A

Hi All, Thanks for tons of tips provided by every one. I am trying to summarize the points. 1) Agriculture is not low income business. In Future(in 10-15Years) it is going to be a best business. 2) Proper Planning is needed. It is advised to take up in small steps. (Idea like...

Hi Anil, Thanks for your reply. You are right IT job is stressful because of 1) One has to constantly take up changes in technology 2) Near Zero error tolerant work environments 3) Above two points, leads to tough competition among Peers 4) Un-ethical and un-logical Hiring-firing...

Which are the places in Tamilnadu is suitable for Stevia cultivation?

Hi Guys, I am seeing in some sites that many young Software Professionals in India have become farmers. But I have a basic question in my mind for those IT guys who have turned farmers. The income one earn in these two profession is totally uncomparable. I hope, the average annual income...

Just look around in that area. You can see plenty of species. Some of the trees species good for TamilNadu climate are Tamarind, Ponkai, Neem, Coconut, Drumstick, Agathi, Kodikappuli(Monkey Pod?), Aavaram, Yellow Ayyil, Bima Bamboo, Nellikai, Nawal Eculyptus, Kuruvellai, Subabull and...

What is the price? what is the soil type? Any agriculture activity is going on right now?

Natural Farming Workshop By Pujya Shri Subhash Palekar ji at BIRLA AUDITORIUM, SIT ENGINEERING COLLEGE, TUMKUR, Karnataka on 10th, 11th, 12th and 13th of OCTOBER 2009. To know about this click on events in this website. Palekar is the founder of zero budget farming. OR visit Website: Zero...