Incorporating Organic Manure On A Multi-Storey Garden Setup And Planting Of Cucumber Seeds with my New Interns

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So, our practical Work on the garden with the interns, we incorporated poultry manure on the multi story garden setup, this is part of the land preparation we made to plant our cucumber seeds.

From our classroom lectures, we discussed that land preparation is one of the first operation that must be done before the actual planting, which includes clearing, tilling, ringing, fertilizer application.
I also explained to them the importance and benefit of applying organic manure to the soil rather than chemical fertilizers.

Organic Manure contributes to improved soil structure, resulting in improved water infiltration and greater water-holding capacity leading to decreased crop water stress, soil erosion, and increased nutrient retention by the plant.

SOME OF THE BENEFITS OF ORGANIC MANURE ARE:

1. Nutrient Supply
   Organic matter is a reservoir of nutrients that can be released to the soil. Each percent of organic matter in the soil releases 20 to 30 pounds of nitrogen, 4.5 to 6.6 pounds of P2O5, and 2 to 3 pounds of sulfur per year. The nutrient release occurs predominantly in the spring and summer, so summer crops benefit more from organic-matter mineralization than winter crops.

2.  Water-Holding Capacity
   

Organic matter behaves somewhat like a sponge, with the ability to absorb and hold up to 90 percent of its weight in water. A great advantage of the water-holding capacity of organic matter is that the matter will release most of the water that it absorbs to plants. In contrast, clay holds great quantities of water, but much of it is unavailable to plants

3.Soil Structure Aggregation
Organic matter causes soil to clump and form soil aggregates, which improves soil structure. With better soil structure, permeability (infiltration of water through the soil) improves, in turn improving the soil's ability to take up and hold water.

4.Erosion Prevention
This property of organic matter is not widely known. Data used in the universal soil loss equation indicate that increasing soil organic matter from 1 to 3 percent can reduce erosion 20 to 33 percent because of increased water infiltration and stable soil aggregate formation caused by organic matter.

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So they carry out this operation by mixing the soy with the poultry droppings to get a fine tilt.

After that was done the next action was to irrigate this soil before planting a cucumber seeds on them.

After 3 days, the cucumber seeds germinated.

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