SPECIAL TIPS
Land preparation & Sowing:
Prepare the land by 2-3 ploughing with Disc harrow or country plough to a “Fine tilth” and pass a cultivator to remove the plant debris. The soil particles size should be like seed size.
Sowing at optimum soil moisture depth & soil temperature
Spacing, Planting depth, Seed Rate & Plant Population:
Sowing at a depth of 3-5 cms adjust the depth based on the soil moisture
Hybrids are to be planted in rows with 45 cms ( Rows) and 10 cms (P - P)
Seed rate is 1 Kg / Acre. Use equal quantity of filler material like saw dust or fine Vermicompost or FYM to get uniform distribution of seed
Use higher seed rate in case of poor sandy loams and other problem soils where plant loss is more.
Fertilizer management:
Apply about 10 cart loads of well decomposed FYM per acre at the time of last ploughing.
| General fertilizer recommendation / acre |
| Time of application |
Urea |
DAP |
SSP |
MOP |
| At the time of sowing |
25 |
50 |
150 |
40 |
| 25 – 30 DAS |
45 |
- |
- |
- |
| Total |
70 |
50 |
150 |
40 |
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Optimum time for sowing Mustard crop is from September to October month. For toria crop, complete sowing from first fortnight of September to October. For African sarson and Taramira can be sown in whole October month. For Raya crop complete sowing from Mid of October to November End.
When rapeseed-mustard grown as intercrop, time of sowing depend upon cultivation of main crop.
