Jeevamrut: How to make Jeevamrut - Benefits Of Jeevamrut - Applications of Jeevamrut

Jeevamrut is combination of two words – Jeevan + Amrut.

Jeevan means life and Amrut means medicinal potion.

Jeevamrut is available in two forms: Liquid & Solid (Ghan-jeevamrut). 

It is an excellent source of natural Carbon, Nitrogen, Phosphorous, Pottasium & other micronutrients which are mainly use as natural manure in Organic farming. As compared to other forms of manure, Compost & Vermicompost; Jeevamrut can be prepared very easily and quickly. It along with other manure can also be very beneficial for crops.

Preparation of Liquid Jeevamrut:

• Take 200 liter of water in barrel.
• Take 10 kg local cow dung (Indian breed) and 5-10 liter cow urine (Gomutra) and add it in water.
• Add 2 kg jaggery (Gud), 2 kg pulses flour and handful soil from the bund of the farm in barrel.
• Then stir the solution well and keep it for 48 hours in the shadow. The mixture needs to be stirred couple of times for minimum 10 minutes. It gets fermented. After 48 hours Jeevamrut is ready to use. It can be used for 2-3 days.

After 8 days of preparation, bacteria starts reducing which are present in liquid jeevamrut.

Preparation of Ghanjeevamrut:

• Take 100 kg of local cow dung (Indian breed), 2 kg of jaggery, 2 kg of pulses flour, handful soil from the bund of the farm.
• Mix it by adding small amount of cow urine (Gomutra).
• Spread it in shadow for drying.
• After drying make its powder by hand. Ghanjeevamrut is ready to use.

Application Of Jeevamarut:

In liquid Form – Spray 5-10% of jeevamrut in water. For acre, 100-200 ltr of jeevamrut is needed. It is beneficial if it can used once at interval of 7-10 days.

In Solid Form (Ghanjeevamrut) – Spread directly to field. It can be used for 6-8 months.

Advantages of Jeevamrut:

1)    Acts as an agent to increase the microbial count & friendly bacteria in the soil.

2)    Improves pH of the soil.

3)    Jeevamrut can be made within 4-5 days so it can be used effectively and frequently.

4)    Suitable for all crops and increases the yield.

5)    Reduces costs of chemical fertilizers.

6)  Earthworm count increases in the soil. Earthworm helps to keep soil quality porous which has a higher water holding capacity.

7)    Improves aeration, bring up minerals from deep in the field.

It is beneficial to do a live mulching along with the Jeevamrut application. Mulching will help the earthworms to work in the soil till upper most layer bringing more porosity and minerals till the surface.

Note: Cow urine (Gomutra) should not be store in metal vessel. It can be store in plastic barrel/can. Jeevamrut is prepared from animal remains and it is fermented liquid, so it has bad smell. But then also it is most beneficial for crops as well as farmers.