Backyard Aquaponics
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Has anyone heard of this or even used it http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panchakavya

Well Mark, I will have to say no, never heard of it before. Sounds quite interesting though! This will go down as the new thing that I learnt today, thanks, Faye.

Heres an article that gives the recipe and a whole load of info about it

http://agritech.tnau.ac.in/org_farm/org ... kavya.html

it was an interresting read but it seemed a bit hyped up, might be cause he is selling it
still I do have a couple a cows... just not sure how I would get them to pee in a bottle for me

Sounds a little too much like modern day snake oil to me. The making instructions sound so overly long and complex that if you tried to make it yourself and it failed, the person in question could easily come back and say that you didn't make it properly.

The consistency of the components can vary so much depending on the diet of the cows in question, that I cannot see that it would be repeatable under any kind of laboratory experiments or controlled tests. And the cures lists at the end of the article? Sounds (and probably smells) more like snake oil to me.