Enriched Microorganisms Bokashi

What is Bokashi

• Bokashi is a type of compost prepared by fermentation of waste organic matter with the help of EM.
• Bokashi is mainly used for improving the fertility status of soil and for enhancing the degradation of crop residue.

Ingredients:

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• Enriched Microorganisms(will be available in shops)
• sufficient quantity of different organic matter (such as rice bran, fish meal, animal waste etc) equivalent to 150 liter drum volume.
• 150 grams jaggary
• water

Preparation:

• Collect sufficient quantity of different organic matter (such as rice bran, fish meal, animal waste etc) equivalent to 150 liter drum volume.
• Mix 150gm of jaggary and 50 ml of Enriched Microorganisms(will be available in shops) in 15 lit of water.
• Mix this solution with organic waste thoroughly in such a way that entire contents get uniformly moistened.
• Grind 2.3 kg of fresh green weeds to a coarse paste. Dilute with 14 lit of water.
• Dissolve 42 gm of jaggary in some water and mix with weed suspension.
• Add 420ml of Enriched Microorganisms
• Transfer the contents to a plastic drum and with the help of a thick plastic sheet
• Transfer the contents in a plastic bag and seal the bag.
• To ensure the anaerobic conditions put this bag into another polythene bag and seal
• Allow the contents to ferment for 3-4 days in a cool shade place
• Bokashi will be ready after 4 days.
• This can be used immediately.
• In plastic air tight bags Bokashi can be stored up to 6 months.

Usage:

Bokashi can be used directly as compost in poor fertility soils.

• It can also be used along with the crop residues.
• For 0.1 ha mix 100-150 kg Bokashi with sufficient quantity of finely chopped crop residue.
• Spread this mixture over 0.1 ha area and mixed with soil a day before sowing.
• Spraying of 5-10 lit of 1:500 diluted simple EM-solution over this mixture can further boost the degradation process.
• By using Bokashi+crop residue+ EM-solution the requirement of compost can be dispensed with.
• This can save lot of labour, time and space required for compost process.

Application of EM formulations at the time of land preparation

• Dilute 5-10 lit of simple EM solution in 50-100 lit of water and sprinkle/spray over 0.1 ha of land when soil is wet a day before sowing.

For seed treatment

• Soak seeds for 5-6 hrs in 1 : 100 fold diluted EM solution and sow immediately.

As foliar/ soil spray

• After seedling emergence, 1 : 1000 diluted EM solution or FPE should be sprayed at the rate of 500 lit per ha, 4-5 times at an interval of 7-10 days.
• In fast growing crops such as vegetables, spraying should be done twice a week.
• In transplanted crops 1 : 500 diluted FPE can be sprayed after 5 days of transplanting @ 750-1000 lit per ha.

For soil enrichment

• For every 0.1 ha mix 100-150 kg Bokashi with crop residue and mix with soil just before sowing.
• Simple EM solution @ 5-10 lit can also be used as spray over this residue- Bokashi mix.
• Spraying the soil with 5-10 lit of FPE mixed in 500-1000 lit of water per ha also add to the fertility of the soil.