What measuring Electrical Conductivity (EC) tells about your water, soil and plant health ?
A soil-based farmer usually focuses on what nutrient to apply to his soils and is mostly looking for that “magic product” which after applying will take care of the yields and quality automatically. This creates over use of unknown fertilisers and PGRs and mostly an over-use of them leading
How to get rid of Slugs and Snails – without killing them ?
Slugs and Snails chew up your garden plants and you run to Google a solution to find – use egg shells, feed them citrus, sprinkle copper, use coffee and the best one is use Beer Trap. You will try one of these and end up getting disappointed – Why ?
How to Fight Root Rot in Hydroponics ?
What Causes Root Rot ? The main micro-organisms responsible root rot are Pythium spp. These fungi are widely spread in both indoor and outdoor spaces, whether you are growing in soil or hydroponically. In hydroponics, pipes, tubing, tanks, plumbing components can be contaminated even when the systems are treated
Guarding your crops from fungal infection during Monsoon
During monsoon there is a heavy chance of plants catching fungal diseases. Here’s what you can do to control fungal infections A week before rainfall : Foliar Spray the entire plant including the stems, flowers, fruits with 5ml/Ltr Sujeev Bacillus + 5ml/Ltr Sujeev Sudo + 5g/Ltr Tricho X. Use Sprd-Fast for
Are plants, animal and humans still an abbreviated phylogeny? Or do we know enough ?
phylogeny/noun: phylogenyStudy of the evolutionary development and diversification of a species or group of organisms, or of a particular feature of an organism. Reading about Compost, Composting and Organic Manures in my search for most stable source of humus, I came across a very powerful statement by an evolutionary biologist Lynn
सुजीव-ईएम : खेती के लिए एक आवश्यक और महत्वपूर्ण जीवाणुओं का काफिला
सुजीव-ईएम (आवश्यक जीवाणु)तेरुओ ह्यगा (जापान) की सूक्ष्म जीवाणु की सूजी पर आधारित हैं, इस में ३ किसम के जीवाणु हैं : १. लैक्टिक एसिड जीवाणु २. खमीर ३. प्रकाश संश्लेषण जीवाणु प्रत्येक जीवाणु की भूमिका :१. लैक्टिक एसिड जीवाणु : > लैक्टिक एसिड जीवाणु उत्पाद में सबसे अधिक
The magical way to Compost at Farm (No Turning, No Labour)
Most farmers in India shy away from Composting farm waste or post harvest residue because it has been taught to us that Aerobic Composting is the only way and it involves turning the heap every 1 week for the next 12 weeks – this is how its done. Well, let
It’s time we Re-Farm : Soil-2-Sky
It’s a no brainer and an adage – we are what we eat! But, we never practice this and it has only remained with us in books as an ancient wisdom till now in India. While the world has been at it for over half a century, the Farmers in India
Two things every farmer should farm test with the pH meter to get higher yields and better quality.
For farmers in India pH is only a number in the soil report. There is more focus on pH of water over soil and the concept of pH of leaf sap or Petiole doesn’t still exist. This is one of the main reasons why Indian Agriculture is lagging behind over
Brix, Pest attack and Plant Health
Farmers across India are under utilising a device which as be used as a Fertility meter and give you greater and deeper insights into the health of your crops ! We mostly use Brix meter at harvest where as it should be used on almost daily basis – Twice a
Adding this one mineral will make your food “Nutrient Dense” and body “Resilient”.
It has been estimated that between 0.5 and 1 billion people globally may have inadequate intakes of selenium and these include populations in developed countries as well. Role of Selenium (Se) : Selenium is essential for humans and animals but has not been proven to be essential for plants. Low dietary intakes
How Farmers can Save The World by reversing Climate Change ?
There’s been too much focus on CO2 levels of Atmosphere and related pollution problems in recent times than focussing on putting back CO2 into Soil. Agriculture has never been looked at the way it is now and is becoming more important and will be the only reason for reversing Climate Change. We’ve
Why IFFCO’s ‘direct 2 farmer’ strategy will double farmer income?
We recently tweeted that according to Forbes – India has 120 million farmers, out of which 30 million use smartphones and have a basic sense of understanding about digital marketplaces. The day is not far where 120 million farmers would be online on a single platform like ICDP accessing better
Top 10 Journalists in ‘Indian Agriculture’ to follow on Twitter
Nothing gets reported as fast as social media today, especially hard hitting news, articles and opinions on Twitter. So if you are not following… Nothing gets reported as fast as social media today, especially hard hitting news, articles and opinions on Twitter. So if you are not following these Indian
Innovation in Agriculture – The Agri Inputs way.
Block Chain, drones, harvesting robots, artificial intelligence, remote farm operations, etc are some of the new weight bearing words that are… Block Chain, drones, harvesting robots, artificial intelligence, remote farm operations, etc are some of the new weight bearing words that are usually thrown around when the word “Innovation” in
Why farmers should buy Agri Inputs from Direct2Farmer.com
We are not a startup. We are manufacturers of Plant Nutrition Products since 1979. Agri input Marketplaces are only modern day retailers. 1. We are not a startup. We are manufacturers of Plant Nutrition Products since 1979. 2. Being a manufacturer, we maintain strict quality standards and we have ISO
Our Story – Turning B2B to B2F, one farmer at a time.
You can never change the life of a farmer.Well that’s what everyone thinks. We only gasp reading the news of a farmer who committed suicide near your city and the next moment we are back to chatting up on WhatsApp or Facebook about the new restaurant that opened or the