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Save Thousands and Improve Soil Health with These Natural Fertilizers and Pesticides!

Shubhangi Dubey
March 26th, 2025
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12 Mins

Chemical fertilizers and pesticides leave our soil lifeless and increase our risk of chronic diseases.

These fertilizers can deplete our soil of essential micronutrients, degrade the quality of produce, and reduce the long-term fertility of the land.

Farmers prefer chemical fertilizers because they increase their yield and natural fertilizers are often believed to be slower and less efficient.

However, the long-term effects of chemical fertilizers can cost thousands and put human lives at risk.

Natural fertilizers are not only economical but also ensure abundant nutrients, and soil quality, and help nature heal from pollution.

In this article, we tell you how you can make cow-dung-based natural fertilizers and natural pesticides by using natural ingredients like cow dung, cow urine, chilies, and jaggery.

Let’s dive in!

TABLE OF CONTENT

  1. Natural Fertilizers for Organic Farming
    • 1.1 Beejamrita
    • 1.2 Jeevamrita
  2. Natural Pesticides Mixes for Organic Farming
    • 2.1 Brahmastra
    • 2.2 Agnihastra
    • 2.3 Curd-based Fungicide
  3. Key Takeaways

Natural Fertilzers for Organic Farming:

1. Beejamrita:

Beejamrita is an organic mix of cow dung, chuna (lime), and cow urine, developed under the Subhash Palekar Natural Farming technique.

Seeds are treated with beejamrita before sowing to enhance germination and protect against soil-borne diseases.

Instead of expensive fertilizers or hybrid seeds, this method uses locally available resources like cow dung, cow urine, and plant extracts to enhance farm cultivation.

Steps to make Beejamrita:

  1. Mix a small quantity of cow dung and cow urine.
  2. Add a pinch of chuna or lime to blend it well.
  3. Coat your locally available seeds with the mixture before sowing.

2. Jeevamrita:

When Subhash Palekar developed Zero Budget farming for sustainable agriculture, he emphsizeed the natural growth of plants without using chemical fertilizers and pesticides.

Jeevamarita is a natural fertilzer which takes about 15 days to activate. This mixture will increase the microbial activity and nutrient availability after seeds germination.

Pro Tip: Use Jeevamarita after using Beejamrita

Steps to make Jeevamrita:

  1. Take five kgs of Cow dung and seven litres of cow urine.
  2. Take a 200 litre large drum to make this fertilizer.
  3. Add 1.5 kgs of jaggery and chickpea flour to this mixture.
  4. Fill this drum uptill the brima with water and blend well.
  5. One bigha land will require 40 litres of Jeevamrita fertilizer. Make accordingly.

Natural Pesticides Mixes for Organic Farming:

Chemical pesticides can harm the nature by contaminating soil, reducing biodiversity, and killih beneficial insects like bees.

Below give natural pest control mixtures can helo you contain these troublemakers without comprisiming the nutrient balane and soil fertility.

1. Brahmastra:

This natural insecticide is to control the growth pests around your crop and also work on the resistance of these plants.

How to make Brahmastra:

  1. Take one kilogram of leaves, including neem leaves that are naturally insect-repellent.
  2. Crush these leaves and mix with four litres with cow dung and urine.
  3. Boil this mixture, allow it to cool, and strain into a storage tank.
  4. Spray this on the crops after letting this mixture rest for 2 days.
  5. Bramhastra has a shelf life of up to six months.

Read More: From Nurse to Entrepreneur: Kavya Dhobale's Inspiring Journey into Organic Farming

2. Agnihastra:

Some insects are stubborn and may not leave your crops after using brahmastra.

If insects are perssistent, Agnihastra, a powerful insecticiee can be used. It is prepared with spicy ingredients ensuring short way to control pest attacks.

How to make Agnihastra:

  1. Crush the red chillies, black pepper, and garlic to extract thier juices.
  2. Combine the mixture of these extracts with cow urine.
  3. Apple this mixture to teh affected parts of the plants to effectively control pests.

3. Curd-based fungicide

This unique curb-based fungicide is for pest-control and requires local, natural ingredients and a copper vessel.

Steps to make curb-based fungicide:

  1. You can either use 50 grams of copper wire or a copper lota and add to it one litre of curd.
  2. Rest this mixture for at leat 15 days until it turns completely blue.
  3. Now, take 2 ml of this mixture and dilute in one litre of water.
  4. Spray this diluted mixture on crops once a week throughout the cropping season.

Farmers can also use a buttermilk-based pesticide, used by this Bathinda based farmer, for an effective and natural pest control.

Key Takeaways:

Chemical fertilizers and pesticides may offer short-term yrields, but they deplete soil health, nutritional value of the food and harm te entire biodiversity.

Farmers should switch to natural fertilizers and pesticides as it is the necessity of a healthy future.

By adopting natural solutions like Beejamrita, Jeevamrita, Brahmastra, and Agnihastra, farmers can nurture their soil, protect crops naturally, and ensure long-term agricultural productivity.

These cost-effective, easy-to-make alternatives not only preserve the environment but also promote healthier, chemical-free food.


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