Crop-specific bio-fertilizer culture should be applied at 25g/kg seed. Sticker solution as essential for effective seed vaccination. It can be prepared by dissolving 25 grams of jiggery and sugar in 250 ml water and boiling for 5 minutes. Thus, the solution designed is cooled. Smear the seeds thoroughly using the required amount of sticker solution. After that, add culture to the seeds and mix well to get a fine coating of culture on the seeds. Culture-coated seeds should be dried in the shade to avoid seed clumping. Use inoculated seeds for sowing.
Seed
How snake gourd seeds are sown in Raised Beds or Ridges?
In this method, channels of 40-50 cm width are prepared manually or mechanically keeping 2.0- 2.5 m distance between two channels. Seeds are sown on both the edges of channel at a spacing of about one meter. Usually, per hill, two to three seeds are sown to have optimum plant population. The vines are allowed to spread over the raised portion in between the channels. In this way, around 3500-4500 plants can be accommodated in area of one hectare.
How snake gourd seeds are sown in Shallow Pit or Flatbed Method?
Shallow pits of 60 × 60 × 45 cm size are dug, and they left open for 3 weeks before sowing seeds. The pits are filled with a mixture of soil, compost (4-5 kg/pit) and recommended dose of NPK. Carbofuran @ 1.5 g/pit should also be thoroughly mixed in pit soil before sowing seeds. After filling the pits, 3-4 seeds per pit are sown at 2-3 cm depth. A spacing of 1.5-2.5 m row-to-row and 60-120 cm plant-to-plant is advocated for the planting of snake gourd.
What is the seed rate required and how seed treatment is done in Snake gourd?
In general, about 4-6 kg seeds are enough for the sowing of one hectare land area, however, seed sowing in pits at a spacing of 2.0×2.5 m requires about 1.5 kg seeds per hectare. Seeds collected from larger fruits produce heavier seedlings and vigorous plants. The seed before sowing in field should be treated with Trichoderma viride @ 4 g or Pseudomonas fluoresces 10 g or carbendazim 2 g/kg of seeds.
How seed treatment is done groundnut?
For control of seed borne diseases, treatment of groundnut seeds with Thiram (3 g/kg of seeds), Mancozeb (3 g/kg of seeds) or carbendazim (2 g/kg of seeds) is recommended. Thereafter, seeds should be inoculated with proper strain of Rhizobium culture particularly in those fields where groundnut is to be grown first time. Seed are treated with quinalphos 25 EC @ 25 ml or chlorpyriphos 20 EC @ 25 ml/kg of kernels for control of white grubs.
What is the seed rate and seed requirement for black gram farming?
The seed rate mainly depends on the variety of the seed selected. Usually, an average of about 8 to 10 kg per acre is sufficient. Black gram seeds must be treated with seeds treating fungicide to reduce infection by fungal pathogens from the soil. The seeds are treated with Bavistin 2 grams for every kg of seeds. Organic fungicide like Trichoderma Viride is also available for pulses by 4 grams/kg.
How to sow castor seeds?
Castor is mainly propagated through seeds. The selected seeds for planting must be healthy and come from prolific mother plants. In mechanized countries, seed are planted about 4 to 7.5 cm deep in rows 1 meter apart; And about 50 cm apart within rows. In un mechanized countries, seeds are planted about 60 by 90 cm apart that prefer larger varieties. About 10-12 kg of seeds is required per hectare. Seeds are treated with Carbendazim at 2 gm/kg of seed for preventing some seed borne diseases. Then, soak the seeds in water for about 20 hours.
How propagation is done in Muskmelon for growing on terrace?
The best way is to sow the seeds directly in the containers or pots or desired location. It is a good idea of planting the muskmelon plants in spring or early summer when the weather warms up sufficiently, 2-4 weeks after the expected last frost date. Sow seeds about an inch deep, cover them with warm soil and water well. Do make sure not to place more than 2 to 3 seeds in one pot or container. They will germinate within 7 to 14 days.
If you are living in a warm and frost-free climate, start sowing seeds in winter or spring. The temperature around or above 15-18°c is favorable for seed germination and propagation. Most of these muskmelon varieties need 70 to 110 warm frosts regrow and fruit well.
How propagation is done in pistachio?
Pistachio trees are usually propagated by budding on to a suitable pistachio rootstock. These rootstocks can be raised in nurseries. Usually, budding is carried out in fall with and the budded trees are being planted in the same year or the following year depending on the size of the rootstock.
How plantation is done in Jamun farming?
Jamun trees can be planted in both spring and monsoon season. Trees planted during spring season should be provided enough irrigation to survive in dry hot summer weather. Before planting the plantation, main filed should be cleared and thoroughly ploughed. 1×1×1m size pits should be dug @ 10 m apart for seedling plants and @ 8 m apart for budded plants. Complete this process of pits digging before the onset of the spring or monsoon season. The pits should be filled with mixture top soil and well rotten farm yard manure or compost in 3: 1 ratio which is 75% of top soil and 25% manure or compost. About 125 -160 plants can be accommodates in a 1-hectare land.