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Organic Farming Methods (part 4)Presented by,

N. S. Santhana Krishnan

Traditional Technology Solutions

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Part-4

• We discussed about cultivation of “Kalnamak rice” in previous

presentation .In the same rainy season we also cultivated other

paddy varieties like ”MapillaiSamba, MutrinaSannam and

Thanga Samba”.

• We got limited amount of these paddy seeds from Sri Sarada

Peetam, Ulunthurpet .

• Lets have a brief discussion on their cultivation for seed

multiplication.



Mappillai samba:

•This is one of the rice varieties

which lost after the green

revolution.

• The name of this rice is based

on a instance. Earlier this rice

will be given to the bride groom

before the marriage to increase

his strength in order to lift the

stone (illavata kal) and prove his

ability to get married .so the rice

named.

• This rice is said to improve

digestion, cure mouth ulcers and

control diabetics.


Mutrina sannam rice:

•This is a long grain traditional

rice of Karnataka.

•The crop grows more than five

feet tall.

•This rice is well suited for

south Indian meals.

•The crop age is 150 days


Thanga samba:

• The word ‘Thangam’ in Tamil

means 'Gold'. Since the matured

grains are golden in color the

variety is known as 'Thanga

Samba'.

•The ear head of this variety is

very long.

•This variety of rice is extremely

fine and long

•It is used for the preparation of

special dishes like pulav. It is

suitable for the South Indian meal.

•Late samba and samba period is

the best season.

•Crop duration is 160-165 days

where 40 days in nursery.

Saplings of Mutrinasannam and Thangasamba were transplanted


Saplings of Mappillaisamba was transplanted


Mutrinasannam and Thangasamba after three weeks of transplantation


Mappillaisamba crop after three weeks of transplantation


Mutrinasannam after 60 days of transplantation


Stem borer disease was found in “Mutrinasannam” but other

varieties were resistant to it


We noticed the “ThangaSamba”crop being affected by leaf spot

disease and losing its growth but other crops were resistant to it.



We added leaves of milk cactus to the fermentation tank and sprayed

the 10 days fermented solution to the crop

Two weeks after spraying fermented milk cactus solution

the cop get rid of the leaf spot disease and grew healthy


Rice panicles stated to come in ”MappillaiSamba”


Grains of “Mutrina Sannam” got matured at130 days


Grains of “Thanga Samba” got matured at130 days


The grains got matured and the panicles were

bent by grain weight by 120 days


The paddy got matured and dry at 140 days and was ready for harvest


The paddy got harvested manually


The harvested paddy was transported to other place for threshing


The harvested paddy got spread over concrete road


The harvested paddy got threshed by tractor for grain separation


Grains were separated from straw and were cleaned by

manual wind separation method.


The straws from organically grown paddy were

collected and gathered for sale


Conclusion:

In this cultivation we got required quantity of seeds of above

said three varieties.

We also came to know about each crops nature to be prone to

some diseases and immune to another.

We successfully found the solution to overcome the pest and

diseases attacking different crops .

We suspect the inclusion of cow hide manure may be the

cause of stem worm attack and thinking of replacing it with

Vermi-compost.

We pray for almightiest mercy in form of sufficient rain in the

coming years to do farming full fledgedly.



Thank You

full illustration organic paddy cultivation methods tts presentation 4

Food

rice varieties

variety of rice

rice panicles

days of transplantation

matured at130 days

grains of thanga samba

mutrina sannam rice

cultivation of kalnamak