Application of Biodynamic Preparations

• Cow Horn manure  (Prep 500) Four times per annum. Twice in spring and autumn.


• Horn Clay 25g per acre used with 500.


• Cow Horn Silica (501) used morning following 500, 4 times per year at Moon opposition Saturn.


• CPP monthly to whole area


• 508 – used against Blast disease in rice


• Casuarina and Castor Seed tea used as required as a fungicide in rice.


• Rock dust or granite dust used at the rate of 3 tonnes per acre – spread by hand at beginning of planting.

Source:

Jai Chaitanya Dasa , Iskcon Farm, Bangalore, Karnataka RIRDC Sugar Growing final. Growing sugar Cane in India.