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lab activity on panchagavya

Answer 1

How to make Panchagavya on your own (Panchagavya Recipe):    
Panchagavya uses only organic products and can be made at home. In cities, though, the ingredients may prove a little difficult to find. The five or panch ingredients of Panchagavya are cow urine, fresh cow dung, cow milk, cow curd and cow ghee. To eliminate foul odours and to improve upon the initial five ingredients, other products have to be added.

The products with their quantities and substitutes are:-

Cow milk- 2 litres
Cow curd- 2 litres
Cow urine- 3 litres
Cow ghee- ½ kg
Fresh cow dung- 5 kg
Sugarcane juice- 3kg (Substitute- 500 grams of jaggery in 3 litres of water)
Tender coconut water- 3 litres
Banana ripe- 12 numbers
Toddy or grape juice- 2 litres ( Substitute 1 – 100 grams yeast powder with 100 grams jaggery in 2 litres of water kept for 30 minutes before use ) ( Substitute 2- 2 litres of tender coconut water kept in a closed plastic container for 10 days )

 Method of Preparation:

Panchagavya has to be prepared in a wide mouth container made of mud, concrete or plastic. The container should not be made of any metal.

The first step is to mix fresh cow dung and ghee in the container. Mix it twice a day for 3 days. On the fourth day, add the remaining ingredients to the container. Stir the mixture twice a day for the next 15 days. On the 19th day, the Panchagavya mixture will be ready for use.