Jadam organic Farming & Gardening : The Way to Ultra-Low-Cost Agriculture, Make All-Natural Fertilizer, Pesticide and Microorganism Inputs Yourself

How to collect leaf mold:
Collect from mountains near your
farm. e places with a thick layer
of soil formed from leaf mold are
best. Use the leaf mold soil that is
right under the top leaf layer. Leaf
mold soil developed from conifers
is acidic so take care that if you
collect soil from that area you mix
it with leaf mold soil from two or
three other places. Remove the un-
decomposed leaves at the very top,
take the soft soil mixed with de-
composing leaf debris. Put it in a
black plastic bag or gunnysack.
Store in shade and use as needed.
Keep loosely closed; tight sealing is
not necessary. You can go out to
collect it every changing season, or
bring in a large amount for one
year’s use. It is better if it is kept
moist but becoming dry is not a
serious problem. You will use
about 500 grams (1.1 lb) each
time. Take that into calculation
when deciding how much to
bring home.
If you cannot collect leaf
mold:
You can make them. Find an uncontaminated piece of land. Cut
wild grass and cover the soil with it. Keep it moist by frequently watering.
Microorganisms in the soil and air will start propagating on the grass and
soil surface. Soil will become soft and you can use it as leaf mold. e time
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Remove covering leaves and collect leaf mold soil
from the underparts. It is full of indigenous microor-
ganisms that have lived in an environment similar to
my field. Collect the soil from the rectangle in the
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it takes differs greatly according to moisture, temperature and organic mat-
ter, but a rough guideline would be approximately 3 weeks in an optimum
environment. Using wet grass is better than straw because straw has low
moisture. is is a very easy method that can be done anywhere on earth.