Seed rate

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20 kg per hectare

Nursery

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Basal application of DAP at 2 kg/cent of nursery area. Sparse sowing of seeds at one kg/cent of nursery area will give robust seedlings with 1-2 tillers per seedling at the time of planting. If the soil is heavy, apply 4 kg gypsum/cent of nursery area, 10 days before pulling of seedlings.

Age of seedling

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20 to 25 days

Spacing (cm)

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20 x 10 (50 hills/m²) or 25 x 10 (40 hills/m²) according to soil fertility

Seedlings/ hill

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One (along with tillers if already produced)

Fertilizer

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175:60:60 kg N, P2O5 and K2O/ha

Biofertilizer

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As that of transplanted rice