2016 - 17 activities
Sankarfoods Organic Farm
Sankarfoods Organic Farm is a State-of-the-art agricultural farm which is located 62km from Salem in Tamilnadu,India. It is equipped with CCTV, music player, inline drippers,sprinklers, cyclone filter,graval filter,magnetic water conditioner,dosing pump,disc filters,pressure gauges.The design is intended to use minimum manpower,60-65%of less energy & water as compare to conventional farming and also to give local farmers a visual understandings of the advantages of using agril technology.
Thursday 21 February 2019
Sunday 1 March 2015
Saturday 16 August 2014
Saturday 28 June 2014
Multi nutrition preparation techniques in Sankarfoods Organic Farm
10'(L) X 3'(W) X 2.75'(H) tank filled 3/4" gravel with 6 - 8" height
nylon mesh placed over the gravel and fine sand filled about 6" height
nylon mesh placed over the sand and locally available leaves in the farm are placed about 10 - 12" height
nylon mesh placed over the leaves
cow's urine coming to the tank through pipeline from the cow's shed
cow dung, goat's excreta, vermin compost and different fruits are filled in the bags and placed / immersed in the tank
noticed that ducks ensures no insect's breeding happens
Black meat chicks excreta will fall into the multi nutrition preparation tank
liquid from the multi nutrition tank is getting filed in this tank after filtration through 150 micron mesh
The multi nutrition liquid is being dosed to irrigation water through the dosing pump
Wednesday 30 October 2013
2014 activities
Maize and Turmeric crop growing with classical music
green manure crops
mulching sheet being placed for tapioca plantations
Tapioca has been planted after placing the mulching sheet and this is a 24 day's plants
Vermi compost bed - around the coconut trees
The open well and Tube well pumps can be operated from anywhere of this world through mobile
Scope certificate for the year 2013 - 14
Participation in the organic farmers training program
green manure crops(multi grains)
green manure crops
mulching sheet being placed for tapioca plantations
Tapioca has been planted after placing the mulching sheet and this is a 24 day's plants
38 day's tapioca crop in the mulching sheet and classical music is played for about 12 hrs per day for this crop
tapioca - 90 days crop
vermi compost bed preparation
The open well and Tube well pumps can be operated from anywhere of this world through mobile
Scope certificate for the year 2013 - 14
Participation in the organic farmers training program
Friday 18 January 2013
Organic inputs preparation method and usage in Sankarfoods Organic Farm
A) Preparation of Amutha Karisal
- Fresh Cowdung - 15kgs
- Cow Urine - 15 ltrs
- Jaggery (traditional uncentrifuged sugar - 1- 2 kg
- Dried green gram/ cow pea - powder - 2 kgs
- Soil - (one) hand full
- water - to make up in 150 - 160 ltr plastic drum.
Mix the ingredients in a plastic drum and keep it in shade for 48 hrs, ensure that it is covered with a mesh(aeration is required) and gently stirrer it once in 24 hrs.
It will be ready to use after 48 hrs:
- can be used as a polio spray at 30 ml/l water
- can be passed through inline, external drippers, sprinklers and flood irrigation at 200 l/acre, once in a month.
B) Panchagavya
1. Fresh Cowdung - 7 -8 kgs
1. Fresh Cowdung - 7 -8 kgs
2. Ghee (made from cow milk) - 1 kg
3. Jaggery (traditional uncentrifuged sugar) - 1 kg
Mix/blend these ingredients gently and leave it for 4 - 5 days. Than add the following ingredients,
4. Cow urine - 3 - 3.5ltrs
5. Fresh cow milk - 2 ltrs
6. Fresh Curd - 2 ltrs
7. Tender coconut water - 3 - 3.5 ltrs
8. Papaya fruit pulp - 1 ltr
9. Banana(poovam) fruit pulp - 1ltr
mix all these ingredients well and leave it for 2 to 3 weeks. It has to be gently stirred thrice in a day and will be ready to use after 15 - 17 days time.
Chemical composition of Panchagavya;
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pH
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:
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5.45
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EC dSm2
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:
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10.22
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Total N
(ppm)
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:
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229
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Total P
(ppm)
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:
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209
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Total K
(ppm)
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:
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232
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Sodium
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:
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90
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Calcium
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:
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25
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IAA
(ppm)
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:
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8.5
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GA
(ppm)
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:
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3.5
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Usage:
- can be used as a polio spray @ 30 ml /ltr water
- can be passed(after a proper filtration)through inline, external drippers, sprinklers and flood irrigation @ 2 - 3ltrs / acre, once in a month.
Tuesday 1 January 2013
Activity in 2013 at Sankarfoods Organic Farm
Sankarfoods Organic Farm continuously improves the farm to bring into more Modernization and Independent way to optimize resource utilization.
Farm has received its Organic Certification in Sep 2012 for the crops produced in the farm and the certificate is valid for one year.
Participation in the state level organic farming conference in Nov ' 12
Solar Panels are installed to utilize the Natural resources in the farm
Mobile automatic water pump controller is installed to operate / monitor the pump operation / status from anywhere in the world
Vermi compost preparation bed
Paddy harvesting
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