Ooty 1, Crimson Globe, Detroit Dark Red and Red Ball.
July – August.
6 kg of seeds are required for an area of one hectare when directly sown in ridges at a spacing of 10 cm
Plough to a fine tilth and form ridges and furrows 30 cm apart.
30 x30 x10 cm as four rows in each paired row / raised bed system.
Irrigate the field copiously immediately after sowing and afterwards as and when necessary.
Apply FYM at 20 t/ha and 60:160:100 kg NPK/ha as basal and 60 kg N/ha after 30 days.
Apply 25 kg ZnSO4, 10 kg Borax and 40 kg S ha-1 as basal.
Foliar spraying of 0.5% ZnSO4 thrice on 30, 45 and 60 days after sowing
Recommended Dose: 120:160:100kg NPK/ha
Crop
Stage
Duration
in days
Fertilizer
grade
Total
fertilizer
(kg/ha)
Nutrient supplied % Requirement
N P K N P K
Vegetative
stage
30 19:19:19
+MN
13-0.45
12-61-0
Urea
42.11
4.44
19.67
80.44
8.0
0.58
2.36
37.0
8.0
–
12.0
–
8.0
2.0
–
–
40.0 12.5 10.00
subtotal 48.0 20.00 10.0
Early
phase of
Root
developm
ent
60 13-0-45
12-61-0
Urea
0-0-50
Urea
88.89
19.67
73.96
40.00
11.55
2.36
34.02
–
–
12.0
–
–
40.00
–
–
20.00
40.0 7.50 60.00
subtotal 48.00 12.00 60.00
Maturity 30 12-61-0 13.12 1.57 8.00 – 20.0 5.0 30.00
133
stage 13-0-45
Urea
66.67
29.85
8.67
13.76
–
–
30.0
–
subtotal 24.0 8.0 30.0
Total 120.0 40.0 100.0 100.0 25.0 100
*75% RD of P applied as super phosphate=810 kg/ha.
1. 19:19:19 = 42 kg / ha
2. 12:61:0 = 52 kg / ha
3. 13:0:45 = 160 kg / ha
4. 0:0:50 = 40 kg / ha
5. Urea = 184 kg / ha
20 days after sowing thin the plants to single seedling per hill.
Pests
Leaf miner and flea beetle
Spray Malathion 50 EC 2 ml/l.
Cercospora leaf spot
Spray mancozeb @ 2 g/l
Rhizoctonia root rot
Spot drenching with carbendazim @ 1 g/l
20 – 25 t/ha in 120 days.
Crop Growing districts Tiruppur, Coimbatore ,Nilgiris, Dindigul,Theni,
Major markets in Tamil Nadu Mettupalayam, Coimbatore, Erode
Grade Specification Size