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Organic Farming Methods (part 3)Presented by,
N. S. Santhana Krishnan
Traditional Technology Solutions
E-mail: sankrish@tts.org.in
Website: www.tts.org.in
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In this documentation we are sharing our experience in cultivation of a traditional rice variety named “ Kala-Namak”.
We got half kilogram of seeds from Sri Sarada Peetam, Ulunthurpet and we planted it in a area of two cents.
This time we did random transplantation of each plant approximately at a distance of one feet.
We didn’t use straight line plantation using rope in order to understand its effect and difference in yield.
The seeds took four nights of soaking and five days of draining under shade to germinate completely.
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Kalanamak rice:
Deriving its name from the black husk (kala) and
a mild salty (namak) taste,
This rice is Known for its aroma and distinct taste,
it surpasses Basmati rice - the variety with
the highest trade volume in the international market
in every aspect except grain length
It is soft, easily digestible and has a long shelf life.
It also has greater head rice recovery after polishing
and better after cooking.
This rice is believed to be the Buddha ‘s favorite rice.
This rice crop has good tolerance to salinity.
Kalanamak has different mineral content as high as 40
types in it.
It is believed to restore the proper function of various
organs in body like heart, liver etc.
The crop duration is around 140 days.
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Crops after ten days of transplantation
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Twenty days after transplantation
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Thirty days after transplantation
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Forty days after transplantation
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Fifty days after transplantation the crops attained a height of three feet
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At seventy days rice panicles started to come
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At eighty five days the number of panicles increased
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Each crop had around eighty grains
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At ninety days the grains started to mature
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After hundred days the grains gained weight
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The panicles started to bend due to weight at hundred and ten days
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We noticed pest attack in the crop
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The grain formation was stopped because worms infested trough the stems bottom and consumed the nutrients
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We started to prepare insect repellant by pounding and adding neem leaves, green chilies and ginger
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We also pounded half kilogram of red chilies
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We prepared a strong insect repellant by boiling the above said natural
ingredients together.
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We prepared another repellent by boiling neem soap in water which will act as a binder and a mild repellant
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We mixed two repellants and sprayed to field and it stopped the pests attack
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To our sudden surprise we noticed the matured grains were missing from the panicle
within a span of two days.
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We came to know that the greater part of yield was consumed by birds which eat
rice during night time.
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We placed sticks with plastic cover tied to repel the birds in the grains leftover portion of the paddy
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Paddy got manually harvested
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We separated the grains manually at the place of harvest
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Conclusion:
What we got:
We got around five kg of “Kala Namak seeds” from a half kilogram of rice seeds.
What we learnt:
“ protection is more important than production”
How we are going to protect:
In this season we learnt about the pest and birds attacking the crop, also we
overcame the pests by spraying the natural repellants.
Hence in future cultivation we will keep the pest repellants and bird repellants
ready before sowing and apply them with there early signs.
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