How to prepare a paddy nursery

paddy nursery
  • Nurseries should be planted in 1/10 part of the field for an acre. It is difficult to manage large parts of the nursery.
  • After 2 to 3 times plowing, level the field  Make proper arrangements to drain water from the field.
  • For the nursery, it is right to make beds between 1.0 to 1.5 meters wide and 4 to 5 meters long.
  • Treat seed before sowing in the nursery.
  • Use 100 kg of well-decomposed cow dung  FYM in the nursery at the rate of 10 kg / sq meter with humic acid  @ 100 gram /sq.meter.
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Importance of direct sowing of paddy or zero til

Importance of direct sowing of paddy or zero til
  • Direct sowing of paddy is done with zero till machine using non-selective weeding as per requirement in the fields with or without plowing with as per the required moisture.
  • Sowing of paddy must be done before the onset of monsoon (15-20 June), so that the plant is not affected by more moisture or waterlogging later. For this, firstly by giving light water to the field, if proper moisture comes, sowing should be done with light tillage or without a tillage machine
  • In this method, 10-15 kg. Seeds per acre Sufficient for sowing with this method The cost of growing paddy nursery is saved..
  • In this way, weeding should be done before sowing the paddy.
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Selection of nursery area and preparation of nursery for paddy crop

Selection of nursery area and preparation of nursery for paddy crop
  • For preparing healthy and disease-free plants, proper drainage and high nutrient loamy soil is suitable and select the nursery near the source of irrigation.
  • By plowing the nursery area 3-4 times in summer and leaving the field empty so soil-related diseases are greatly reduced.
  • Nursery preparations are done one month before sowing. Weeds should be allowed to grow in the nursery area by giving water at an interval of 15 days and by plowing or
  • Destroy the weeds by spraying nonselective weeds such as Paraquat dichloride 24% SL or Glyphosate 41% SL @ 1000 ml per acre. By doing this weeds will also be reduced in the main crop of paddy.
  • Add 1 kg of composting bacteria to 50 kg FYM. Then irrigate the field and keep water in the field for two days.
  • 1.5-2.0 meter width and 8-10 meter length should be kept for proper care of the nursery beds. The nursery requires an area of ​​400 square meters for 1 acre. 
  • In the nursery, the crop requires proper vegetative growth as well as root development. Spray urea 20 kg + humic acid in 3 kg per acre nursery.
  • Sowing of paddy should be started as soon as the rain starts. Sowing time is best from mid-June to the first week of July.
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