🟤 Soil Health & Fertilizers
నేల ఆరోగ్యం + ఎరువులు — soil tests, balanced NPK, micronutrients, organic boosts.
The workflow
flowchart LR
A[Soil test<br/>NPK + pH + EC] --> B[Soil health card]
B --> C[Lime / gypsum<br/>if needed]
C --> D[Organic boost<br/>FYM, compost, vermi]
D --> E[Targeted NPK<br/>+ micronutrients]
E --> F[Foliar sprays<br/>at critical stages]
F --> G[Yield gain +<br/>soil rebuilding]
Soil card first. Everything else is guesswork without it.
Key takeaways
Videos (20)
What is zinc sulphate? | When to apply zinc sulphate in paddy | paddy zinc deficiency in Telugu
Apply 15–20 kg zinc sulphate per acre at puddling—and keep DAP 5 days away from it—to fix paddy zinc deficiency and lift tillering.
Paddy panicle-initiation fertiliser — not even 1% chaff | fertiliser to be used in paddy 40–70 days
At paddy boot stage, apply 25 kg urea + 25 kg potash + 50 kg Ca-Mg-S per acre to eliminate empty grains and maximise yield.
50 to 100 tillers per paddy plant in just 20 days | paddy cultivation
Mix 1 kg each of humic acid, seaweed and a multi-nutrient blend with every paddy fertiliser dose to push 50–100 tillers per plant and lift soil health.
When to use FMC Zinatra 700 and Chelamin zinc in paddy? | EDTA zinc 12% use in paddy
For paddy zinc deficiency spray 250 ml zinc oxide or 100 g EDTA-zinc per acre, or apply 0.5–1 kg zinc sulphate with the fertiliser dose.
Calcium Magnesium Sulphur fertilizer use in crops
Apply 50 kg/acre of granular CMS (Ca-Mg-S) at flowering/booting to fix secondary-nutrient gaps and raise yield.
What fertilizers at paddy booting stage — organic potash vs MOP
At paddy booting use 25 kg organic potash plus 25 kg urea per acre instead of MOP for faster uptake and better grain quality.
DAP vs SSP vs complex fertilizers — soil-based selection
Test soil pH yearly in May: use DAP for acidic soils and SSP for alkaline/limestone soils as paddy basal phosphate source.
Urea vs Ammonium sulphate | uses of urea and ammonium sulphate
Use ammonium sulphate on alkaline/saline soils or sulphur-demanding crops; urea is a pure cheap nitrogen source with no pH effect.
Nano potash use in paddy | are paddy leaves turning yellow? | potash use
Apply 16 kg muriate of potash three times in paddy or correct deficiency with 50 kg in one go or foliar nano potash at 5 ml/litre.
Boosting stunted rabi paddy growth with ammonium sulphate, humic acid and seaweed
A 25 kg ammonium sulphate + 25 kg urea + 1 kg humic acid + 1 kg seaweed per-acre dose revives stunted rabi paddy and triggers tillering.
Sprays to push chilli yield to 40 quintals/acre using calcium, magnesium, boron
Add foliar calcium, magnesium and boron alongside NPK in chilli to stop flower-drop and target 40 quintals/acre.
Paddy leaves turning rust-red? Fix zinc deficiency with Zinatra 700
If paddy leaves turn rust-red/yellow, treat zinc deficiency with Zinatra 700 instead of spraying fungicides.
DAP substitutes when DAP is unavailable | IFFCO/Gromor DAP, organic DAP
When DAP is unavailable, substitute with IFFCO/Gromor DAP, organic DAP or high-P complex blends to keep first-dose phosphorus on target.
Free nitrogen, phosphate, potash from green manure | uses of sunn hemp (Janumu)
Grow sunn hemp (Janumu) as green manure to supply free nitrogen, phosphorus and potash before the main crop.
Make your soil strong for just Rs 500 | soil preparation with Dharani Shuddhi
Spend roughly Rs 500/acre on Dharani Shuddhi at land prep to loosen soil and supply 40+ nutrients cheaply.
DAP vs 20-20-0-13 in paddy | best fertilizer choice
Pick DAP for acidic/calcareous soils and 20-20-0-13 for sulphur-deficient soils based on a soil test.
How to increase organic carbon in soil and develop VAM mycorrhiza
Combine FYM, crop rotation, VAM/Trichoderma/Pseudomonas, humic acid and seaweed every season to rebuild soil organic carbon and cut chemical fertilizer costs.
2 lakh metric tons urea cut: farmers facing shortage, use nano urea this way
With 2 lakh MT urea curtailed, supplement reduced bag urea with 500 ml/acre Nano Urea spray plus NPK complex fertilizers.
Get high yields with Inera fertilizers - MS Dhoni endorsement
Inera bio-fertilizers (endorsed by MS Dhoni) aim to combine natural inputs with scientific production to lift yields while restoring soil health.
Cut pesticide/fertilizer use by 50% with Pushpa 80 silicon spreader (Rs 250)
Add Pushpa 80 silicon spreader at 1 ml/L to sprays and 250 ml per 50 kg fertilizer bag to halve input cost while boosting uptake and plant immunity.