Panchakavya

What is Panchakavya?

Introduction:

Indian Knowledge systems have the answer to many problems of humanity.
But humanity was lured by chemical technology and it abandoned the ancient wisdom generated during the past.
Vrikshayurveda is a treasure of information on agriculture.
Panchakavya act as growth-promoting hormones and immunity boosters for plants.
Panchakavya consist of five products from the cow:

v Dung
v Urine
v Milk
v Curd
v Ghee

Ingredients for making Panchakavya (20 liters)

Fresh cow dung 1 kg
Cow’s ghee 1 kg
Cow dung slurry 4kg
Sugar cane juice 3 (liters)
Banana 12 numbers
Cow’s curd 2 liters
Cow’s milk 2 liters
Cow urine 3 liters
Tender coconut water 3 liters
Toddy( if available) 2 liters

All the above items can be added to a wide mouthed mud- pot, or plastic cans.
Follow the integration order as above. Specially to mix well the cow dung and the ghee together. The container should be kept in the shade, but open, covered by a mosquito net, tight with elastic for an easy daily opening.
The mix has to be stirred twice a day, morning and evening.
ThePanchakavia stock solution will be ready after the 7th day.
When stirred twice daily the Panchakavya solution can be kept for 6 months without any deterioration in its quality. When the solution becomes thick due to evaporation of water, add suitable quantity of water to keep it in a liquid state.





Alternative methods

No cow dung slurry: Add 7 kg of fresh cow dung to 5 liters of cow urine and 5 liters of water. Keep the container open, in the shade; stir twice daily for 15 days.

No sugar cane juice: add 500 grams of jaggeri.

Recommended Dosages: 3%
3 liters of Panchakavya to 100 liters of water.
300 ml of Panchakavya in power sprayer of 10 liters capacity.

Panchakavya is to be filtered when spray with power- sprayer.

To Apply 5 times on a crop:
After 3 weeks of growth; 2 times up to the flowers set, 2 times during the flowering period, one time at fruit maturation stage.