Title: Dynamic use of cow pat pit, biodynamic preparations and peppering in organic farming
Abstract: Working with the energies that produce and maintain life is referred to as biodynamic farming. It is a type of organic farming using farming inputs made from herbs, minerals, and raw materials processed in complex ways, and then applied to the soil and crops in minute doses. However, what distinguishes biodynamic farming from organic farming is that biodynamic farming makes use of an astrological calendar to determine the most auspicious times for planting, cultivating, and harvesting. It collaborates with the energy of the Sun, Moon, constellations, and planets to produce and sustain life. The ideas of biodynamic agriculture include substance and energy, soil, organic matter, humus, cow manure, cosmic forces, biodynamic preparations, crop rotation, peppering, farm organisms, and the control of weeds, pests, and disease. The main objective of this paper is to review and briefly highlight biodynamic cow pat pit (CPP), different types of biodynamic preparations, biodynamic peppering, and how they are related to the cosmic cycles. Biodynamic Cow Pat Pit (CPP) is a biodynamic preparation that uses cow manure to boost the humus-forming processes of the soil and encourage soil activity. On the other hand, biodynamic preparations are numbered from 500 to 508 and are straightforward, all-natural homeopathic remedies prepared from yarrow, chamomile, horn silica, and other plants. And lastly, biodynamic peppering deals with an unbalanced insect problem, animal pests, or weed problem. So, overall biodynamic agriculture uses the natural resources and energy available upon itself to create and maintain life. It somehow increases the nutritional quality of the food, improves seed vitality, fewer weeds, pests, and disease infestation, and produces living soil and healthy plants for sustainable agriculture. [Ningombi et al.(2023). Dynamic use of cow pat pit, biodynamic preparations and peppering in organic farming. Int. J. Plant Soil Sci., vol. 35, no. 10, pp. 157-167.]
