Sowing time, Planting and Seed Rate of Garlic

03/10/2019Posted on
  • Cloves are sown in September-November in central India.
  • The selection of cloves is important for garlic planting.
  • Individual cloves from seed garlic bulbs should be separated but not long before planting.
  • Twist off the outer skins and take the cloves apart without breaking the basal plate of the cloves, as that makes them unusable for planting.
  • With hardneck garlic, the remainder of the stem acts as a handy lever for separating the cloves.
  • Big cloves (>1.5g) should be selected for planting. Small, diseased and damaged cloves should be rejected.
  • The seed rate for garlic is 160-200 kg/acre.
  • Selected cloves should be planted vertically 2 cm below the soil surface with the plant to plant spacing of 10 cm and row to row spacing of 15 cm.

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Prevention of Fusarium Wilt in Gram

01/10/2019Posted on

Control of Fusarium Wilt in Gram:- Wilt in chickpea (Gram) caused by Fusarium oxysporum fungi. A warm and humid environment is favorable for it. the prevention of the disease, the following precautions have to be taken.

  • Conserved soil moisture during Monsoon.
  • Level up after deep plowing (6-7 inches).
  • Use disease-free seed.
  • Follow 6-year crop rotations.
  • Grow resistant varieties.
  • Seed treatment with Carboxin 37.%+ Thiram 37.5% @ 2 gm /kg or Trichoderma viride @ 5 gm/kg.
  • Avoid sowing when the temperature is high. Sown in the second and third weeks of October.
  • Irrigation in November-December.
  • Apply Mycorrhiza @ 4 kg/acre at 15 days after sowing.
  • Spraying Thiaphanate methyl 75% WP @ 300 gm/acre at before flowering.
  • Spraying Propiconazole 25% EC @ 125 ml/acre at pod formation stage.

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Field preparation of Potato crop

01/10/2019Posted on

Fertilizer at the time of field preparation

  • SSP @ 80 kg/acre.
  • DAP @ 40 kg/acre.
  • Urea @ 20 Kg/acre.
  • Potash @ 50 kg/acre.

At the time of sowing

  • Sea weed @ 8 kg/ acre.
  • Sulphur 90 %WDG (Cosawet) 5 kg/acre.
  • Fipronil GR  (Fax Gr/Harina gr) @ 8 kg/acre.
  • Consertia of NPK Bacteria @ 3-4 kg/ acre.
  • ZnSB @ 4 kg/acre.

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