Lots of updates from my garden. Here is what i have been doing
Been to Lalbagh Flower show on Republic day( Actually went there twice 
The flower show was great. Got to see lots of varieties of Coleus, Baby Zinnia and its mouthful. Got myself lots of seeds to start and really really refreshing. One thing that I would like to mention in my post is that I stopped in a stall called “Vital Plant Products” that sold ayurvedic extracts for plants. At first it didn’t interest me. But I was interested in their potting mix that they were selling in 25Kg bags so I bought one of it.
Then I wanted to do a test drive on some ayurvedic extract called N.L. Keeping my fingers crossed I just got a tiny bottle that cost Rs 50. The next day I was really surprised.. to see that it smelled like Cow’s Urine. ( Should I say I was pissed off ). Then I looked at the ingredients and here is ..
“Panchagavya + Herbal plant extracts”.
What on earth is Panchagavya ?.
Panchagavya is a thick mixture you get when you blend 5(pancha) products from the Cow(gavya). Cow dung, Cow’s urine (i told ya), Milk, Curd and Ghee are mixed together at proper ratio and fermented for about 20 days and at the end you get a miracle liquid that really works wonders in your garden. Believe me!. I am a kind of person who wanted to see results before I blog. I am glad I bought that tiny bottle.
I mix that bottle’s cap full of Panchagavya in 0.5 litre of water and apply as a foliar spray. I am doing this weekly twice. My plants used to look weak before with not many shoots coming up and aphids ruling the whole garden. After applying the liquid for two weeks, I see a lush green garden and to my surprise no aphids at all. I mean it.
Every day I see lots of improvement in the plants. My tomato seedlings look bigger, stronger and greener. Rooting is profound in cuttings..
I am happy and I am going to use it forever.
Another article that fueled my quest for organic farming is
http://www.agri-history.org/pdf/Organic_tea.pdf
By Respected Valmiki Sreenivasa Ayangarya
Perhaps Its time we Indians should start using the old techniques of organic farming mentioned in our vedic literatures otherwise the researchers abroad will follow it and tell us about it. 
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Sir,
Can you please tell me where will i find this panchagavya spray in Bangalore?
Hi Shanti,
Check out my latest blog post http://rajsmusings.wordpress.com/2009/12/15/panchagavya-the-wonder-potion-available-in-bangalore/ for a source for panchagavya in bangalore
Hello Shanthi,
The panchagavya I have right now is the one I got from a Stall in Lalbagh during a flower show. I think lalbagh might have it still.
You get panchagavya in chennai too. Are you asking for gardening purpose or medicinal purpose?
Hi, this is for gardening. Most of my plants have wooly white ephids in them. Will this panchagavya will solve the problem?
Hi,
I had aphids and spider mites in my plants and couple of sprays were effective in getting rid of them. Also I cut the parts of plants that are highly infected and there is new growth now but no aphids.
so the answer is yes, panchagavya is effective in controlling mites and aphids.
Hi,
Thanks a lot for the information.
You are welcome. By the way, until you get panchagavya, you can also get rid of aphids with a spray of neem-oil + dish soap solution. Let me know if you dont get panchagavya from bangalore, I will let you know about a place in chennai that sells the same.
hi,
please tell me where i can purchase panchagavya, and rooting hormone solution/ gel in Chennai.
http://www.thehindu.com/seta/2009/06/04/stories/2009060450161300.htm
hope this helps
panchakvya is very effective in conrolling aphids a ommon problem in homegardening.you can enhance the efficasy byusing equal volume of casurina tea (10% leaves inwater-boiled well for 30 minues.)Spray 30ml of panchakavya wih 3o ml of casurina tea in one lire of waterto eliminate aphids and also few commom fungal disease.
Delighted to read as it was very informative and chatty.can you tell me address of the place from where you got tomato seeds.I want to see if I can get seeds for tomatoes which I had eaten as a boy.Name? No idea.The tomatoes were very big(approx 250gms each) and very tasty.Help me.
Regards,
Maj Dodamani
Hello ,
Welcome to my blog and I am glad you found it informative. I got the heirloom tomato seeds from Dept of Horticulture Hulimavu. Its in Hulimavu on Bannerghatta road in Bangalore. Landmark is Next to AECS magnolia school. I will try to soon post a map of the same place in this blog.
I hope you find your childhood tomato in there. Gregori Altai is a variety where the fruit can weigh upto a pound.. you might get a better one too
.. If you need hybrid seeds, there are many places in bangalore you can get that. Which place you are from? If you need any help getting the seeds let me know.
gg
panchagavya is just one form of kunapa. the entire city waste of anyh city for ex;- the foul smelling water of the river cucum in madras, vriushabavati in bengalouru are very good plant protectors. but one must know how to use it instead of making it into an irritant pollutant.
this is a tried one. is is hard to believe/ yet it is true.
Hello Sir,
Welcome to my blog. I am very excited now.
You must be Valmiki Sreenivasa Ayangarya. The author of Organic tea article. I have read your article countless number of times. I have a hardcopy of it and distribute it to many of my gardening friends. I also am impressed with the results you got in the Tea estate project you were given.
Infact I have mailed you at vanadeva@rediffmail.com. Its makes me very happy to know that you visited my blog. I also have read about your interest to purify the Koramangala Lake.
Thanks again for visiting my blog. We will be in touch.
GG.
panchagavya is just one material. even the city sewage waste water can be used to protect plants. this is true but may not like like truth for one who has not practised or does not practice
I have read about all your kunapa formulations and me and my mom are a big fan of your article.
Thanks again.
gg
Hi gg
Very interesting post…… I have a doubt – when you say 3% solution of PG as foliar spray do you mix 30ml of PG in 1 lt. of water and …..how long does the smell of PG linger in the balcony? sorry for the very wierd question.
Revathi
@Revathi,
Its not a weird question at all. It doesn’t smell so bad after an hour or so. If the spray is very fine mist then you might get the smell around the plant for sometime. It doesn’t even last for half a day. So dont worryabout it.
gg
[...] first heard of Panchagavya through blog of geek gardener. This was way back in feb 09 when I was about to start my kitchen [...]
Hi,
I am new to this blog. I have an acute mealybugs prob in my garden and need to resolve that
Saw this blog and am really happy.
Pl do tell me where I can get the Panchagavya spray in Chennai. URGENT.
B
hope this helps.
http://www.thehindu.com/seta/2009/06/04/stories/2009060450161300.htm
Hi gg, might be a very dumb question but, when you say foliar feed, u mean applying to the underside of the leaves i suppose. even if you do it as a fine mist, how does it stay on the leaves? n is PG supposed to be only foliar feed.. can t mix it with water and spray onto soil?
Foliar feeding can be done by appliying the fert on both the sides of the leaves. You can use PG on soil also.
nice to visit your site. what is the new development. now our work is being done in karnataka near mysuru on large scale. happy to work in the home environments after a long time. but there is more difficulty in working in home town than in alien country. it appears that working in an alien country has less problems than in the home environment.
thanks a lot.
valmiki