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What is Bio Fertilizer ?
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Bio Fertilizer
is a Natural organic fertilizer known
that helps to provide all the nutrients required by the plants and
helps to increase the quality of the the soil with a
natural microorganism enviroment.
Our fertilizers are 100% natural organic material
from the nutrient-rich lands of Costa Rica, that could be easily
applied with water over your plantations on any stage,
or use it as a base for creating a potent and concentrated natural organic
liquid fertilizers that could be used in many different growing mediums
with excelents production results for organic farming,
industrial and home applications such as gardening.
BioFertilizers are the most advanced bio technology necessary
to support developing organic agriculture, sustaintable agriculture,
green agriculture and non-pollution agriculture.
This Bio-organic Fertilizer can increase the output, improve the quality and it is responsible for agriculture environment.
Today, It have been widely used with excelents results in all kinds of plants and several countries.
It is well known that the continue use and overuse of petrochemical based fertilizers and toxic pesticides
have caused a detrimental effect to our soils, water supplies, foods, animals and even people.
The Biological Grower is more sensible with sustainable approach and employs the resources
of both science and nature to allow better results in his production.
For centuries, peat moss have been recognized soil bacteria,
fungi, earthworms, and other bio-organisms to enrich the soil to produce safe, nutritious and abundant crops.
an excellent fertilizer sources.
We have developed all natural organic fertilizersmade with pure peat moss .
Biofertilizer Contains a wide range of naturally chelated plant nutrients and trace elements,
carbohydrates, amino acids and other growth promoting substances.
Kelp acts as a soil conditioner by stimulating microbial activity in the soil which results
in improved air-water relationships in soil, improved fertility and makes soil less prone to compaction and erosion.
Organic Growers who use kelp in their regular fertility program report increases in yield, quality,
shelf-life and resistance to environmental stresses such as drought, extreme heat, early frost, pest and disease problems.
This blend makes an excellent foliar fertilizer.
Besides being a nutritionally complete fertilizer (containing even calcium), the nutrients are readily absorbed by the leaf.
This is because the nitrogen in fish is in the form of amino acids which plants take in and use directly– unlike inorganic fertilizers
in which the nitrogen needs to be converted into a usable form first.
Additionally, because the micro-nutrients in the fish and in the kelp are in a naturally chelated form they are quickly and readily absorbed into the leaf surface.
Foliar applications on a regular basis can increase the health, vigor and yield of plants due to this easily absorbed additional nutrition.
Organic fertilizers differ from chemicals fertilizers in that they feed your plants while adding organic material to the soil. Soils with lots of organic matter remain loose and airy, hold more moisture and nutrients, foster growth of soil organisms, and promote healthier plant root development.
If only chemicals are added the soil gradually loses its organic matter and microbiotic activity. As organic matter is used up, the soil structure deteriorates, becoming compact, lifeless and less able to hold water and nutrients. This results in increased amounts of chemical fertilizers needed to feed plants.
We also like organic fertilizers because they're made from renewable resources; chemicals are not.
The Bio Fertilizer, is a premium natural fertilizer composed just with certified organic ingredients
special fo nutient-poor Western soils.
This organic fertilizers is unequaled in its ability to nourish the beneficial micro-organisms in the soil greatly increasing the soil’s humus content and improving its ability to sustain and nurture healthy, more colorful plants. Use by the handful when planting individual plants, broadcast and mix it deeply into the soil when planting flower beds or spread it around established plants and scratch it into the soil. It is also excellent for use in vegetable gardens, container plantings and as a compost-pile activator
The Peat moss is a plant that could lives well in an enviroment poor in oxigen
but when dies, it's descomposition could takes thousands of years,
That property, give them special properties to the cells, making them much bigger
and it that helps to KEEPS the water and nutrients
that could be applied later to the plants.
Bio Fertilizer: The Best Economic Value:
Proven, top-quality product. Stick with biofertilizer the one that always has and always will give you top quality and the best value immediatly for your investment and much more profits at long term.
Research winner. Growing trials conducted by an independent research center at a professional greenhouse compared various soils amended with peat, coir, compost and blends. The conclusion: "Sphagnum peat can be considered the best overall performer as a soil amendment and substrate: it is homogenous, easy to handle and has shown
the best growth results; all of this at a highly competitive price."
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04/04/05
After the introduction of chemical fertilizers in the last century,
farmers were happy of getting increased yield in agriculture
in the beginning. But slowly chemical fertilizers started displaying
their ill-effects such as leaching out, and polluting water basins,
destroying micro-organisms and friendly insects, making the crop
more susceptible to the attack of diseases, reducing the soil
fertility and thus causing irreparable damage to the overall
system.
A number of intellectuals throughout the world started working
on the alternatives and found that biofertilizers can help
in increasing the yield without causing the damage associated
with chemical fertilizers.
What is biofertilizer?
The name itself is self explanatory. The fertilizers are used
to improve the fertility of the land using biological wastes,
hence the term biofertilizers, and biological wastes do not contain
any chemicals which are detrimental to the living soil. They
are extremely beneficial in enriching the soil with those micro-organisms,
which produce organic nutrients for the soil and help combat
diseases. The farm produce does not contain traces of hazardous
and poisonous materials. Thus those products are accepted across
the world as Organic ones. Hence for organic farming the use
of biofertilizers is mandatory.
Galaxy of Biofertilizers
Phospho: It releases insoluble phosphorus in soil and fix this
phosphorus in clay minerals which is of great significance in
agriculture.
Rhizo: Rhizo Bacterial plays a very important role in agriculture
by inducing nitrogen fixings nodules on the root of legumes such
as peas,beans clove and alfalfa.
Azotobactor: Atmosphere contains 78% nitrogen which is a very
important nutrient for plant growth. Azotobactor fixes the atmospheric
nitrogen in the soil and make it available to the plants. It
protects the roots from other pathogens present in the soil
Trichoderma: It is a non- pathogenic and eco-friendly product.
The product is antagonistic hyper parasitic against different
pathogens in the field and economically well established biocontrol
agent
Composter: (Decomposing Culture): Composter breaks down any
organic matter such as dead plants farm yard waste, cattle waste
etc. thereby increasing the soil productivity.
Tricho-Card: Trichogramma is an efficient destroyer of eggs
of many leaf and flower eaters, stems, fruit, shoot borers etc.
It can be used in a variety of crops as well as in horticultural
and ornamental plants,such as sugarcane,cotton,brinjal,tomato,corn,jawar,vegetables,citrus,paddy
apple etc.
Vermi Compost: It is 100% pure eco-friendly organic fertilizer.
This organic fertilizer has nitrogen phosphorus, potassium,organic
carbon,sulphur,hormones,vitamins,enzymes and antibiotics which
helps to improve the quality and quantity of yield. It is observed
that due to continuous misuse of chemical fertiliser soil losses
its fertility and gets salty day by day. To overcome such problems
natural farming is the only remedy and Vermi compost is the best
solution.
Biocompost: It is eco-friendly organic fertilizer which is prepared
from the sugar industry waste material which is decomposed and
enriched of with various plants and human friendly bacteria and
fungi. Biocompost consists of nitrogen, phosphate solubilizing
bacteria and various useful fungi like decomposing fungi, trichoderma
viridea which protects the plants from various soil borne disease
and also help to increase soil fertility which results to a good
quality product to the farmers.
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New technique
in Biofertilizer
Generally
biofertilizers are carrier based and always in powder form. The carrier is mostly lignite,
which has high organic matter content, and it holds more than 200% water, which enhances
the growth of the micro-organisms. Before use slurry is made which is applied to seed.
This method is universal unless it has some difficulty in application to seed no other
method is used.
Recently
university of agricultural sciences, Bangalore has developed a method- dry complex
fertilizer for direct soil application. This method consists of granules (1-2 mm) made
from tank bed clay (TBC). These granules are baked at 2000C in a muffle
furnace, which helps to sterilize the material and gives porosity to granules. The baked
granules are soaked in a suspension of nitrogen fixing bacteria grown in a suitable medium
overnight. The clay granules are air dried at room temperature under aseptic conditions.
The granules contain more than a billion of bacteria per gram of granules. These granules
are suitable for field application along with seeds and fertilizers in furrows. However,
quantity of biofertilizer to be applied will be slightly higher than seed application.
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Biofertilizers
1. What is biofertilizer?
Biofertilizers are ready to use live formulates of such beneficial microorganisms
which on application to seed, root or soil mobilize the availability of nutrients
by their biological activity in particular, and help build up the micro-flora
and in turn the soil health in general.
2. Why should we use biofertilizers?
With the introduction of green revolution technologies the modern agriculture
is getting more and more dependent upon the steady supply of synthetic inputs
(mainly fertilizers), which are products of fossil fuel (coal+ petroleum). Adverse
effects are being noticed due to the excessive and imbalanced use of these synthetic
inputs. This situation has lead to identifying harmless inputs like biofertilizers.
Use of such natural products like biofertilizers in crop cultivation will help
in safeguarding the soil health and also the quality of crop products.
3. What are the benefits from using biofertilizers?
- Increase crop yield by 20-30%.
- Replace chemical nitrogen and phosphorus by 25%.
- Stimulate plant growth.
- Activate the soil biologically.
- Restore natural soil fertility.
- Provide protection against drought and some soil borne diseases.
4. What are the advantages of bio-fertilizers?
- Cost effective.
- Suppliment to fertilizers.
- Eco-friendly (Friendly with nature).
- Reduces the costs towards fertilizers use, especially regarding nitrogen
and phosphorus.
5. What types of biofertilizers are available?
- For Nitrogen
- Rhizobium for legume crops.
- Azotobacter/Azospirillum for non legume crops.
- Acetobacter for sugarcane only.
- Blue –Green Algae (BGA) and Azolla for low land paddy.
- For Phosphorous
- Phosphatika for all crops to be applied with Rhizobium, Azotobacter, Azospirillum
and Acetobacter
- For enriched compost
- Cellulolytic fungal culture
- Phosphotika and Azotobacter culture
6. What biofertilizers are recommended for crops?
- Rhizobium + Phosphotika at 200 gm each per 10 kg of seed as seed treatment
are recommended for pulses such as pigeonpea, green gram, black gram, cowpea
etc, groundnut and soybean.
- Azotobacter + Phosphotika at 200 gm each per 10 kg of seed as seed treatment
are useful for wheat, sorghum, maize, cotton, mustard etc.
- For transplanted rice, the recommendation is to dip the roots of seedlings
for 8 to 10 hours in a solution of Azospirillum + Phosphotika at 5 kg each
per ha.
7. How biofertilizers are applied to crops?
- Seed treatment:
200 g of nitrogenous biofertilizer and 200 g of Phosphotika are suspended
in 300-400 ml of water and mixed thoroughly. Ten kg seeds are treated with
this paste and dried in shade. The treated seeds have to be sown as soon as
possible.
- Seedling root dip:
For rice crop, a bed is made in the field and filled with water. Recommended
biofertilizers are mixed in this water and the roots of seedlings are dipped
for 8-10 hrs.
- Soil treatment:
4 kg each of the recommended biofertilizers are mixed in 200 kg of compost
and kept overnight. This mixture is incorporated in the soil at the time of
sowing or planting.
8. How could one get good response to biofertilizer application?
- Biofertilizer product must contain good effective strain in appropriate
population and should be free from contaminating microorganisms.
- Select right combination of biofertilizers and use before expiry date.
- Use suggested method of application and apply at appropriate time as per
the information provided on the label.
- For seed treatment adequate adhesive should be used for better results.
- For problematic soils use corrective methods like lime or gypsum pelleting
of seeds or correction of soil pH by use of lime.
- Ensure the supply of phosphorus and other nutrients.
9. What would be probable reasons for not getting response from the application
of biofertilizers?
- On account of quality of product
- Use of ineffective strain.
- Insufficient population of microorganisms.
- High level of contaminants.
- On account of inadequate storage facilities
- May have been exposed to high temperature.
- May have been stored in hostile conditions.
- On account of usage
- Not used by recommended method in appropriate doses.
- Poor quality adhesive.
- Used with strong doses of plant protection chemicals.
- On account of soil and environment
- High soil temperature or low soil moisture.
- Acidity or alkalinity in soil.
- Poor availability of phosphorous and molybdenum.
- Presence of high native population or presence of bacteriophages.
10. What precautions one should take for using biofertilizers?
- Biofertilizer packets need to be stored in cool and dry place away from
direct sunlight and heat.
- Right combinations of biofertilizers have to be used.
- As Rhizobium is crop specific, one should use for the specified crop only.
- Other chemicals should not be mixed with the biofertilizers.
- While purchasing one should ensure that each packet is provided with necessary
information like name of the product, name of the crop for which intended,
name and address of the manufacturer, date of manufacture, date of expiry,
batch number and instructions for use.
- The packet has to be used before its expiry, only for the specified crop
and by the recommended method of application.
- Biofertilizers are live product and require care in the storage
- Both nitrogenous and phosphatic biofertilizers are to be used to get the
best results.
- It is important to use biofertilizers along with chemical fertilizers and
organic manures.
- Biofertilizers are not replacement of fertilizers but can supplement plant
nutrient requirements.
11. Where can I get further information on biofertilizers?
You may visit the following Internet sites:
http://www.ikisan.com/links/up_riceBiofertilizers.shtml#top
http://www.entireindia.com/YellowPg/YpCatList.asp?s=1159&cnm=Biofertilizers
http://www.glsbiotech.com/products.htm#biofertilizers
http://www.us.erc.org/greenchannel/gc7/innovativebiotechnologicalproductsforagriculture.php
www.suvash.com
http://www.kumarbuilders.com/bio.htm,
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