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What is the right time for sowing wheat and how to prepare the field

Deep plow the field before sowing.
The suitable sowing time is from mid-October to the first week of November.
Level the field by cultivating 2-3 times.
Use a wheat samriddhi kit for soil treatment.
This kit contains all the essential ingredients which are required for soil at the time of the sowing of the wheat crop, which helps in the uptake of essential nutrients.

Well-drained silt or loam soil are suited for cultivation.
For rainfed cultivation, the soil should be clay in nature and the pH should be 6-8.
Coriander performs well at a temperature range of 20-25oC.
Cool and comparatively dry and frost-free climate is suitable for coriander.

One summer deep plowing followed by two or three harrowing with disc or tines and two or three planking should be given to prepare a well-pulverized seedbed.
Suitable time of sowing
Dryland:- Mid October to the first week of November.
Semi Irrigated:- First fortnightly of November.
Irrigated:- Second fortnightly of November.
Irrigated (Late):- Second fortnightly of December.

12/10/2019

Soil Preparation for Potato Cultivation:-

A well pulverized seed bed is required for good tuberisation of potato crop.
Potato is taken as a Rabi Crop. Soon after the harvest of Kharif Crop, the field should be Ploughed once 20-25 cm. deep with soil turning plough.
Thereafter, two to three cross harrowing or four to five ploughings with local plough should be done.
One or two plankings are also needed to make the surface smooth and leveled.
Enough moisture is essential at the time of sowing.

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Plough 2-3-feet deep and level the ground.
At the time of preparation of the soil, add FYM/compost @ 6-8 t/acre and mix well in the soil.

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18/02/2019

One summer deep ploughing followed by two or three harrowing with disc or tines and two or three planking should be given to prepare a well-pulverized seedbed.
Use FYM @ 3 -4 t / acre on the last plowing.
After this, lines and ferries should be laid with a difference of 75 cm. Seedbed preparation and seed handling are important for all types of sweet corn.

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1 to 2 corrosive ploughing by a soil turning plough followed by 3 to 4 ploughing with desi plough are enough for it.
Well rotten compost or farmyard manure is mixed in soil at the time of ploughing.
If the soil is infested with nematodes Carbofuran @ 10 kg/Acre.
Ridges and furrow type of layout is used for crop.

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The land is ploughed and brought to a fine tilth by 1-2 crosswise ploughing and then it is levelled.
Well-rotten farmyard manure @ 8-10 t/Acre is applied before last ploughing.
Make beds of 2 to 3 feet wide depending on the support system to be adopted.

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The land is ploughed with disc harrow followed by three cross ploughing.
Well rotten compost or farmyard manure is mixed in soil at the time of ploughing.
Planting after last two ploughing with the soil pulverized and leveled.
If the soil is infested with nematodes Carbofuran @ 10 kg/Acre.
After levelling the field 40-50 cm wide make a distance of 2.0 to 2.5 cm.

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The soil or main field should be prepared thoroughly by 3-4 ploughings.
Snake gourd crop requires good soil drainage.
Better yield and quality depends on the organic matter of farm yield manure (FYM) application while preparing soil and land.

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