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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