Microorganisms Enriched Mixture (MEM)

Ingredients:

• Group 1:  70 kg fully digested compost or vermi compost, 10 kg ash or rice bran ash and 20 kg saw dust.
• Group 2:  (a) Five liters panchakavya, (b) five liters concentrated amudham solution, (c) five liters coconut-buttermilk or arappu-buttermilk or soapnut-buttermilk solution, (d) ten liters ETFPE, (e) five liters archae bacterial solution.
• Group 3:  Bio-fertilizers – Azospirillum, Rhizobium, Phospobacteria, Potash Bacteria: 500 gms to 1 kg each and VAM 5 to 10 kgs.
• Group 4 :To control root rot, rhizome rot and fuzarium wilt): 500 gms-1kg each of Pseudomonas Fluorescence, Trichoderma Viridi, Trichoderma harzianum and Bassillus subtillus.
• Group 5: (To control nematode) 1-2 kg of Paicyllomycis.
• Group 6: (To control root grub, white grub, rhinoceros beetle and other soil-dwelling beetles and grubs): 500 gms – 1kg each of Beauveria Brongniartii and Metarhizium.

Preparation:

• Mix well the items in Group 1
• Mix the solutions mentioned in Group 2
• Mix the powders in Groups 3, 4, 5 and 6 well together; choose the powders based on yours crop’s condition.
• Add the mixtures from steps (a) and (c).  On this combination sprinkle the solutions mixture from (b) and mix thoroughly so the combined mixture is uniformly moist.

Usage:

• Use within 30 days.
• When you need to store it for longer periods store it in a heap that is about 2 feet broad and nine inches tall; the length could be chosen based on convenience.
• Cover it with wet gunny bags, coconut leaves, or sugarcane leaves.
• Take care to maintain uniform moisture by sprinkling water as often as necessary.
• This heap should be in a shed or in the shade of a tree.
• This can be used as basal application or as a top dressing depending on the need.
• Use it as a precautionary measure according to the condition of the crop.

Note: 

• MEM can be used at the rate of 100-500 kg per acre.
• The ingredients given above are for preparing 100 kg MEM.
• To prepare larger quantities increase the quantities in Group 1 accordingly maintaining the same ratio of the ingredients in that group.
• This increases the quantity of the mixture.  To make this mixture uniformly moist add sufficient quantity of archae solution.
• Do not change the quantity of other items in Groups 2 to 5.
• If the crop growth is not healthy and you cannot irrigate the crop because of rain use the mixture at least twice in fifteen days interval.
• If the crop is healthy use it once in 1-2 months during the growth period.
• For bed crops like vanilla, pepper and cardamom use MEM over the bed and cover it with leaves.
• In rainy season move the mulch away from the stem for effective drainage and spread MEM over the feeder roots to protect these roots