The Principles of Spiritual Farming - Volume II

by Subhash Palekar

Conetents: 

 

13. ROLE OF THE Carbon IN Soil FERTILITY :

Bio-physio-chemical cycles, what is the carbon cycle, Organic carbon & humas creation, volatile carbon, unstable carbon, Is green manuring process scientific, Purpose of mulching, stable carbon, the difference between green manuring, buring & composting, what is rotting, role of intercrops in soil fertility, organic carbon & temperature, Relation between carbon oxidation & micro-organisms

14. ROLE OF THE NITROGEN IN THE SOIL FERTILITY :

Variable capacity of nitrogen fixing bacteria, Who are nitrogen fixers, How Rhyzobium fix the nitrogen in the nodule, Nitrogen cycle, straight nitrogen fixation through atmosphere, Non symbiotic free nitrogen depositor micro-organisms, Azotobacter, Azospirillum, Acetobacter, Blue Green Algae, Frankia, Azola, clostridium, Beijerinkia, Docomposer fungus, Actinomycetes, Nitrifying bacteria, Protozoa, Local earthworm, ideal microculture for earthworm's activities, Types of mulching

15. Cultivation (SOIL MULCHING) :

Top soil is the fertility and prosperity, Demon trader, How Tractor is useless and dangerous, comparision between bullocks & tractor, What is Natural cultivation, Tractor of the nature- Local earthworm, Wooden plough of the nature, Harrow of the nature, Relation between soil, Water & living organisms, small visible animals, Big animals

16. MANTLE OF MOTHER'S SAREE (AACHCHADANA - MULCHING) :

Kasta Aachchadana (straw mulching), Role of straw mulching in the fertility of the soil, the released nitrogen proportion & C : N ratio, release nutrients by decomposition, mixture of monocot & dicot mulching, From 5 ton straw mulching released nutrients, the relation between the proportion of straw mulching with biota count

17. FIFTY ADVANTAGES OF STRAW MULCHING :

Advantages of straw mulching, speed of Decomposition of variable parts of mulching, proportion of humas Creation during decomposition of straw mulching, the nutrients enclosed in the body of micro-organisms, variable root zones of variable crops, straw mulching & water holding

18. Sugarcane TRASH IS THE BEST STRAW MULCHING :

What is the sugarcane trash, What is enclosed in sugarcane trash, mulching decomposition & increased biota count, What nutrients are enclosed in 1 ton sugar-cane trash, Cost saving by sugarcane trash, Are weeds Wealth of the crops, How much nutrients enclosed in the weeds, conversion of soil particles

19. ROLE OF MYCHORRHIZA FUNGUS IN LIVE MULCHING :

What is Mychorrhiza, Mychorrhiza and production, inter-relation between Roots of the Plant & Mychorrhiza, Effect of vacant soil in next crop, Inter-relation between nitrogen fixer Rhyzobium, symbiotic effect of rhyzobium & mychorrhiza, mychorrhiza fungus protects the root from pathogens, How the mychorrhiza knows about phosphate deficiency, Drought resistant mychorrhiza fungus

20. LIVE MULCHING (SAJIVA AACHCHADANA) :

Intercrops & mixed crops, Gross primary production, The speed of the food Manufacturing of the Fruit trees, Effect of light & Temperature on the growth of the crop, How to measure intensity of sunlight, how to choose companion symbiotic tree on bush or intercrop, perfect direction of sowing or plantation, How to harvest more solar energy

21. THE CATEGORIES OF COMPANION LEGUME Crops :

Nitrogen fixer leguminous Pulses intercrops & trees, cow pea, Ground nut, Black gram, Moth bean, Rice bean, Pigeon pea, Horse gram, Cluster bean, Berseem, Lucern, Rajmash or French bean, Drumstick, Hadga, other nitrogen fixer trees, the increase proportion of earthworms by legume trees, What is enclosed in legumes

22. Spices LIVE MULCHING INTERCROPS :

Some spices names & there uses, statewise production, chilli - local varieties of chilli, Location of local varieties, Turmeric-local varieties of turmeric, composition in turmeric, What is quality, symbiosis of turmeric, What is in turmeric powder, state wise areas of turmeric, Ginger-varieties of ginger, Castor-varieties of castor, Black pepper-varieties of black pepper, yield of some popular pepper varieties, Onion, other symbiotic intercrops

23. WAAPHASA : 4 TH Wheel Of The Natural Farming :

Soil texture & water holding capacity, permenant wilting point of the soil, hygroscopic water, capillary water, gravitational water, what is waaphasa, How to maintain waaphasa, where are water taker roots? water or water vapour/How to irrigate & where

24. WIND BREAK PLANTATION WALL :

Importance of wind break wall, proportion of transpiration in the fruit crops, How much water transpiration, Break the wind, stop the wind & percolate it, types of winds, speed & the form, Natural water Shade management, microclimate creater : wind break wall, How it is happened, Radiation variation, which Trees in wall, variable capacity of Pollution control.