1. Panchagavya

2. Preparations

3. Beneficial effect on commercial crops

4. Recommended dosage

5. Panchagavya for animal health

6. Panchagavya for human health

How to prepare Panchagavya at Home.

. Panchagavya

Panchagavya, an organic product has the potential to play the role of promoting growth and providing immunity in plant system. Panchagavya consists of nine products viz. cow dung, cow urine, milk, curd, jaggery, ghee, banana, Tender coconut and water. When suitably mixed and used, these have miraculous effects.

• Cow dung – 7 kg

• Cow ghee – 1 kg

Mix the above two ingredients thoroughly both in morning and evening hours and keep it for 3 days

• Cow Urine – 10 liters

• Water – 10 liters

After 3 days mix cow urine and water and keep it for 15 days with regular mixing both in morning and evening hours. After 15 days mix the following and panchagavya will be ready after 30 days.

• Cow milk – 3 liters

• Cow curd – 2 liters

• Tender coconut water – 3 liters

• Jaggery – 3 kg

• Well ripened poovan banana – 12 nos.

• 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 morning and evening. The Panchagavya stock solution will be ready after 30 days. (Care should be taken not to mix buffalo products. The products of local breeds of cow is said to have potency than 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. If sugarcane juice is not available add 500 g of jaggery dissolved in 3 liter of water.

• ( http://agritech.tnau.ac.in/org_farm/orgfarm_panchakavya.html )
• For human consumption.
• The cow dung and ghee are thoroughly mixed in the morning and evening, and kept for 3 days. After setting, it is mixed regularly for another 15 days, and then added to the other ingredients, and left to sit for another 30 days. Panchagavya is stored in a wide-mouthed earthen pot or concrete tank in open. Sufficient shade is usually provided. It is sometimes diluted before use.
• ( https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panchagavya )