NOVELTY - Controlled release fertilizer is prepared using dried leaf, earthworm, castor cake, bagasse, shell powder, rice water, effective microorganism (EM) agent, vermiculite, potassium dihydrogen phosphate, potassium chloride, magnesium sulfate, calcium chloride, calcium superphosphate, ammonium bicarbonate, alkyd resin, propanol, sodium dodecyl benzene sulfonate, crosslinking agent and water.    USE - The controlled release fertilizer is useful for planting apple trees (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The controlled release fertilizer is environmentally-friendly and less labor intensive.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - Controlled release fertilizer is prepared using 40-45 pts. wt. dried leaf, 20-24 pts. wt. earthworm, 50-65 pts. wt. castor cake, 30-34 pts. wt. bagasse, 15-20 pts. wt. shell powder, 30-40 pts. wt. rice water, 2-3 pts. wt. effective microorganism (EM) agent, 8-10 pts. wt. vermiculite, 7-9 pts. wt. potassium dihydrogen phosphate, 8-10 pts. wt. potassium chloride, 4-5 pts. wt. magnesium sulfate, 4-5 pts. wt. calcium chloride, 2-3 pts. wt. calcium superphosphate, 7-10 pts. wt. ammonium bicarbonate, 8-12 pts. wt. alkyd resin, 2-3 pts. wt. propanol, 3-4 pts. wt. sodium dodecyl benzene sulfonate, 3-4 pts. wt. crosslinking agent and suitable amount of water. The crosslinking agent comprises 2-3 pts. wt. butyl acrylate, 3-5 pts. wt. tributyl citrate, 2-3 pts. wt. rosin powder, 5-7 pts. wt. cucumber flour, 1-2 pts. wt. N,N-methylene bisacrylamide, 4-5 pts. wt. ethanol, 1-2 pts. wt. shellac powder and suitable amount of water and is prepared by (a) diluting ethanol with water in ratio of 1:3, adding rosin powder, butyl acrylate, N,N-methylene bisacrylamide and tributyl citrate to the diluted mixture and heating the resulting mixture at 70-90 degrees C, (b) mixing shellac powder and cucumber flour with 10 times water to obtain mixture, and (c) mixing the resulting product obtained in the steps (a) and (b), heating the mixture for 20-30 minutes and concentrating the mixture to obtain product. An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for method of preparing the controlled release fertilizer, which involves (a) crushing dead leaves, earthworm, castor cake, bagasse to obtain 180 mesh size powder, mixing the powder with 10 times rice water, shell powder and EM agent, and fermenting the resulting mixture at 38-44 degrees C for 20-22 days, where the fermentation mixture has water content of 40% and is turned once every two days, (b) mixing the fermentation product with potassium dihydrogen phosphate, potassium chloride, magnesium sulfate, calcium chloride, calcium phosphate and ammonium bicarbonate, dissolving the resulting mixture by adding 5 times water, adding remaining raw materials to the dissolved mixture, and heating the resulting mixture for 10-15 minutes, (c) cooling the heated mixture naturally for 30-40 minutes after solidification, and crushing the cooled mixture to obtain 20 mesh size particles, and (d) granulating the resulting particles to obtain product having water content of 20%.