Beta, this talk of ratios is for city-educated officers with their book-farming. What I know is what my father and his father knew – urea gives a quick, green flush to the crop, like a strong cup of chai in the morning. When the rains are uncertain and the moneylender is asking, you feed the plant what you see working.
Why do we use too much? Because when your fields are tired and your *dil* is anxious for a good yield, you trust what has never failed your eyes. I see it on my own small patch – the chillies flower more when I give that extra handful, though my son now scolds me from his engineering books about "balance".
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