‌Bi-Aab Agricultural Fertilizer

 Written by: Samira Haleemzai

Gardeners have to take care of their fruit trees to get good fruits. They water trees on time but trees need fertilizer too for better growth. Some gardeners could not buy fertilizer and due to this issue, they could not get good yields from their gardens.

Some orchardists have solved this problem by making Bi-Aab agricultural fertilizer.

AEPO’s writer/producer has talked Sayed Aqa, a resident of Qarabagh district of Kabul province about preparing Bi-Aab fertilizer.

Sayed Aqa says, “We grind one-kilogram mulberry leaves and then we put them in 20-liter water in a barrel. Later we add one-kilogram jaggery to them and well mix them and then we put the barrel in a dark place for 20 days. After 20 days, we pour the solution into a pond. The pond must be concreted. Next day we add manure on Bi-Aab fertilizer and leave it till fermentation and after fermentation, we add two portions of clean water into the ditch and then we water our gardens with the newly prepared fertilizer.”

Agricultural expert, Ziaullah Zia confirms what the gardener say about Bi-Aab fertilizer.

What do gardeners think about the benefit of Bi-Aab fertilizer?

Sayed Aqa says, “We take more benefit from the Bi-Aab fertilizer. We do not buy fertilizer from the market. The home-made fertilizer helps the fruit trees more to grow then the chemical fertilizer. Last year I used Bi-Aab fertilizer and got more yields from my garden.”

Malik Yar Muhammad, a resident of Kabul city says, “Bi-Aab fertilizer has two kinds of benefit to the gardeners. It increases the yields of the trees and also prevents trees from insects”