【Bottle Check Test】

One of our primary experiments that included ways to see the condition of the soil in the field at a glance is the rot test. We kept the vegetables grown from chemical fertilizer, Rikishi Compost from the field in a transparent jar and seal it.

Changes were observed in a time span of about a week to 30 days. The following changes were noticed where the vegetables that rot quickly and give off a foul odour means that they grew in bad soil with a lot of spoilage bacteria, or in metabolic soil with too many nutrients. On the other hand, vegetables grown in good soil do not rot and have a fermented aroma like Gundruk.

In other words, odor represents soil conditions and water quality. Also, depending on whether it rots or ferments, it is possible to distinguish between a fermented type field with effective microorganisms in the soil and a rot type field with a lot of putrefactive bacteria.