Crude Herb

Neem has been identified by World Health Organization and United Nations Environmental Programme report (WHO/UNEP 1989) as environmentally powerful tree, and it is considered to be one of the most promising trees of the 21st century. It has great potential in the fields of Pest Management, Environment Protection and Medicine.

Neem Cake Organic Manure is the bye-product obtained in the process of cold pressing of neem fruits and kernels, and the solvent extraction process for neem oil cake.

Neem Cake Organic Manure is used directly and/or in blends with urea or with other organic manure like seaweed or farmyard manure to an extent of 15-20% by weight, for higher yields in various crops.

Neem Cake Organic Manure has more nitrogen, phosphorous, potassium, calcium and magnesium than the farmyard manure. It is rich in sulphur compounds as well as bitter limonoids.

Advantages of Neem Cake:

• Acts as an Organic Manure and a pest repellent on all types of crops and soils.
• Acts as a natural fertilizer with pesticidal properties.
• Protects plant roots from nematodes, soil grubs and white ants.
• Increases dry matter in Tectona grandis (Teak), Acacia nilotica (gum Arabic tree) and other forest trees.
• Acts as a nitrification inhibitor and prolongs the availability of nitrogen to short duration and long duration crops.
• Increases the efficiency of nitrogenous fertilizer use.
• Minimizes the requirement of nitrogen in crop production and hence reduces the cost of fertilizer application.
• Improves the soil condition considerably and protects the soil during drought.
• Increases crop yield substantially.

Tulsi is identified by botanists primarily as Ocimum sanctum (Rama and Krishna Tulsi varieties) or more recently Ocimum tenuiflorum, and Ocimum gratissimum (Vana Tulsi variety). Belonging to the Lamiaceae/Labiatae mint family, these and other closely related species and varieties (e.g., Ocimum canum) are cousins of the familiar sweet basil cooking herb Ocimum basilicum. In parts of India, all of the basils are honoured as Tulsi.

Basils are native to tropical Asia, likely having originated in India. Robust Tulsi varieties readily grow wild in many areas of Asia and Africa. Tulsi is a bushy perennial shrub, usually cultivated annually from seed, although it can also be propagated from tip or root cuttings.