What are the natural methods to restore the fertility of the soil?
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Three basic types of organic fertilizer are animal manure, green manure and compost. Animal manure includes the dung and urine of cattle, horses, poultry, and other farm animals. It improves soil structure, adds organic nitrogen, and stimulates beneficial soil bacteria and fungi.
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The natural methods to restore soil fertility are as follows:
1. Organic Fertilizer:
=> It includes animal manure, crop residues, bone meal and composite, becomes available to plants and only as they decompose. It is a slow activity and long lasting too.
2. Animal Manure:
=> It includes the dung and urine of cattle horses and poultry, and other farm animals. It improves soil structure, adds organic nitrogen and stimulates beneficial soil bacteria and fungi.
3. Green Manure:
=> A brown color substance. Primarily to add nutrients and organic matter to the soil. Typically it is grown for a specific period, and then plowed and incorporated into soil.
4. Compost:
=> A natural soil and humus mixture that improves not only soils fertility but also soil texture, such things as leaves, weeds and saw dust are transformed by microbial attack.
5. Crop Rotation:
=> The successive rotation of crop plants during a year. It lessens damage by insects and disease. It also maintains soil fertility and reduces soil erosion.
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