Organic Compost

In most countries in Southeast Asia, like Cambodia, Lao, or Myanmar, which are the developing countries, people living in rural areas have their own farm or a plot of land before or behind the house. It saves the family expenses and also gives natural taste. They save expenses by using organic compost and because it can be made themselves and costs less money.  

Waste doesn't mean Compost. It is just rotten debris and has no NPK.   In the picture, a farmer has used the waste of rotten rice straw with cow dunk. Is it sufficient to give the nutrient to crops? Compost has NPK to feed the crops since the first time watering. The wast straw and cow dunk need time, by watering frequently, to convert to compost. So it does not work as fast and effective as compost. So now you know the reason to choose which to use. 

  In the picture, a farmer is planting onion. He has used dried compost. He doesn't use any kind of chemical fertilizer because, he said, it does not make sense to give the natural taste, and especially causes his children's health.

EM, the brand name of a kind of fertilizer invented by a Japnese Doctor in the 1990s. Effective Micro-Organism, or shortly known as EM, is the most important substance in making compost process.  It is a kind of organic fertilizer. It is formed in liquid. In the present, as the world is increasing the organic products, EM is produced in the form of grain, which is called Dried EM. It is the environment rescuing agent that can save plants, crops, increase water PH,  and improve soil quality. In some countries in the world do not have this kind of organic fertilizer on market. So you have to order away abroad from Japan, Thai, or Cambodia.  EM is usually used for mushroom cultivation. It makes the mycelium works well on the growing material and produces the mushroom heads to increase the productivities.

Mushroom needs fertilizer to feed mycelium  

How to make " Dried Compost " for volva mushroom?