Monday, April 11, 2016

Filtered Jeevarutham through Drip

Earlier we tried giving Jeevarutham through drip using venturi and were successful but we could only inject 50-60 liters an hour which is a problem on slightly big farms. On our plot we have close to 600 coconut, 2200 cocoa and 350 Oil Palms. Our monthly requirement is anywhere between 7000-9000 liters per month and it became almost impossible this way and on top of it Jeevarutham needs to be manually filtered. So we finally fixed this problem with Jeevarutham filtering unit and injecting it to drip using 0.5 hp pump.

Before I built this I visited a friend in Gadwal and saw a working model and altered it to suit our requirements.This is how it is.


Jeevarutham tanks

We build two Jeevarutham tanks next to our cattle shed each with 1800 liters capacity approx. Each tank is of 5 feet high and 4 feet in diameter with 2 outlets, the first outlet(3 inch) is at the bottom to send the slurry out and the other one is 1 inch which is 1 feet high from the ground so that all the sediments from the undisturbed Jeevarutham is stuck between these 2 outlets.

Filter bed

Jeevarutham flows from 1 inch outlet to the filter bed, filter bed is 3.5 feet wide, 3 feet high and 8 feet long and has a 1 inch outlet in the bottom. It is filled with 2 inch pebbles,1 inch pebbles and ½ inch pebbles and coarse sand each of ½ feet, 2 inch pebbles at the bottom and sand on the top.





Filtered Jeevarutham tank

This tank is to just store the filtered Jeevarutham, there is a 1 inch outlet from bottom of the filter bed to this tank. This tank is 3.5 feet wide, 6 feet high and 8 feet long. We use a 0.5 HP mono block pump to inject filtered Jeevarutham to the drip mail line.

How this works.

We mix the ingredients of Jeevarutham in the tank (i.e Desi cow dung, Desi cow urine, Jagger, Flour and hand full of mud) according to the proportion and stir it for 2 days and leave it untouched for 12 hours so that all the un dissolved heavy particles will settle down. We use the inch outlet on the tanks to run Jeevarutham into the filter bed where it gets filtered and moves the tank next from where it gets pumped to the drip. The left over sediments in the tank can be drained using the 3 inch out let at the bottom of the tank and use it. We are using this to irrigate our green fodder.

Filter Cleaning and maintenance.

Depending on the frequency of the usage, efficiency of the sand on the top will slowly come down, so try to remove the top layer of sediments on the sand whenever possible and replace the top sand with fresh sand when the efficiency comes down drastically. Once year or when ever required remove the two layers of pebbles and put them back after cleaning them. 

Few more things to take care of.

  1. Have at least 3 inch outlet for slurry so that it doesn't get clogged.
  2. Adjust capacity of the tanks according to your Jeevarutham needs.
  3.  Under the filter bed have the outlet at least ½ inch above the base so that any heavy particles if at all any will settle down.
  4. Attach foot valve covered with a mesh  to the inlet pipe of the motor as a precaution to prevent dry leave, flowers and other going into the drip system.
  5. Pay attention to use the round shaped gravel and avoid flat faced stones in the filter bed.






16 comments:

  1. Dear Hari garu, interesting post and a breakthrough indeed. Are you using micro tubes or on-line drippers ? Any experience generated with in-line drippers ?

    By the way, I am Ramamohan, work in an NGO called Centre for World Solidarity. We promote organic farming, efficient water use and work on water policies as well, in 5 states in India including AP.

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    1. Thanks Rammohan garu,
      Nice to hear about your work.
      We micro sprinklers for Oil palm , drippers for coco and coconut. So far we did not face any issues with injecting Jeevamrutham through drip.

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    3. Hello Hari garu. If I understand correctly, you are using on-line drip laterals for coco and coconut, not in-line laterals. Your farm location, Mandalapalli, is close to Sathupalli in Khammam ? I want to visit your location. Can you give me address and time of the month when you are available there. My mail is ramamohan@cwsy.org and mobile 9440194866.

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    4. Yeah we use online drip.
      Our farm is located in Mandalapalli village,Dhammapet Mandal, Khammam dist
      70 Kms from Eluru or 100 Km from khammam.

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  2. Sir thanks for nice information with viedo presentation. Ian Jagadesh from madanapalli

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  3. God bless you and give you success in all your ventures.

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  4. hai hari sir
    all the best
    are you interested in providing the services for the needy farmers.Iam having a NGO. MY MOB NO. 8904302426.
    REGARDS
    UMESH

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  5. hai hari sir
    all the best
    are you interested in providing the services for the needy farmers.Iam having a NGO. MY MOB NO. 8904302426.
    REGARDS
    UMESH

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    1. Umesh Garu,

      I will definetely help in whatever way I can.

      Hari

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  6. Can you please provide the latest update on its function after using it for a year? Is it still functioning as expected and without any problem? And roughly what is the amount you spent on getting it ready?

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  7. Hi Hari,

    Can you please give your contact, either mail or no, I'm so much interested in farming, i want to know info about cows, looking forward for your help

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  8. Hi Hari,
    I just found your blog. Really appreciate the information you are sharing through this blog. Geevamruth filtration model is simply super.

    Thank you
    Suresh

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