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

Provide the
base fertilizer with the crop
residue and cover crop.
After
doing this, provide any additional
fertilizer as required. If growing
cover crop is difficult, use manure
that came from grass-eating ani-
mals. Manure from herbivorous
animals contain optimum nutritional balance for crops. Nutritional balance is
the key to high yield and quality. 
Minerals in my field should be diverse like the leaf mold in the mountains
Surface-layer soil where most crop roots are located is called the “plow
layer”; it is usually about one meter (3.3 ft) deep. When we pick fruits, where
did their nutrients (96% organic, 4% inorganic) come from? Most of the or-
ganic nutrients would have been supplied by photosynthesis while a small por-
tion of organic and inorganic nutrients came from the plow layer. As fruits are
harvested, the nutrients in the plow layer are taken out. e leaching of organic
nutrients can be replenished through photosynthesis; however, the leaching of
minerals is almost irreversible. JADAM has coined the term “
the natural leach-
ing of minerals
” to refer to this kind of inevitable loss of minerals through the
practice of agriculture. In the 1940s in the US, there was a saying that “an apple
Rye seeds have been broadcasted before harvest-
ing persimmons. Seeds have sprouted. Best nutrient
for persimmon is its own leaves; leaves fall in be-
tween rye plants so they are not blown away. No nu-
trient is lost; all is recycled back into the soil. This is a
perfect fertilizer program. 
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a day keeps the doctor away” because an apple had all the minerals that a person
needed in a day. However today you would need thirty-two apples to keep the
doctor away because present-day apples are so much poorer in minerals! 
Many data point to the fact that all the vegetables and fruits we eat today
are highly deicient in minerals compared to the past. Why is that so? JADAM
sees it as a result of the continued process of natural leaching of minerals. After
agriculture shifted from self-sufficiency to commercialism, leaching of minerals
has been accelerated. Some say that there are eighteen elements that are re-
quired for plant growth. Do not believe this because this is the conclusion ar-
rived only by “today’s” agricultural science. If science advances then it will ind
more essential plant nutrients. For humans – the object of science’s greatest in-
terest – the number of essential minerals is over seventy. Note that ten years ago
the number was sixty. Science is always advancing. Its conclusions are subject to
changes. As science makes continued progress, the world of agriculture will also
widen. It is not a true science that suffices in the indings made to date and
makes no efforts to progress. Science shelters only under canvas for it has to al-
ways move on. Unfortunately most scientiic studies nowadays have more of a
commercial focus rather than serving the public interest; “good” science is hard
Cucumber leaves are not a source of disease. Cucumber leaves contain nutrients for cu-
cumbers. They should be returned back to the soil. Look how thin thread-like roots are ap-
proaching the leaf to absorb the nutrients
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to ind. at is why I cannot stress enough the importance of being able to
master the skills, knowledge and technology you need for your farming, always
putting to maximum use your own common sense and intuition. 
Apart from the “natural leaching of minerals” there is also the “