Name of the crop |
Varieties |
Method of propagation |
Spacing |
Manures and Fertilizers |
After cultivation
including special practices |
Cropping
and harvest |
Yield |
Asparagus
(Asparagus officinalis var.altilis) |
Marth Washington, Mary Washington |
Seeds and Crowns |
30 x 30 cm |
Basal: N 50 kg, P 10 kg and K 75 kg/ha |
- |
Harvest from
third year of
planting |
1250 - 3750 kg/ha |
Basella
(Green : Basella alba) (Pink: Basella rubra) |
- |
Stem cuttings and seeds |
2 x 2 m in pits |
10 kg FYM per pit |
Train the vines on trellis or pandals |
Harvest 2
months after
planting
throughout
the year |
4000 - 6000 kg/ha |
Bread fruit
(Artocarpus altilis) |
Seedless and seeded types |
Root cuttings/air layering of root suckers/seedling |
12 x 12 m |
- |
- |
First harvest 5 to 6 years after planting.
February - March, June - August |
300 - 500 fruits/tree |
Brussels sprout
(Brassica oleracea var. Gemmifera) |
Jade cross |
Seeds 500 g/ha |
60 x 50 cm |
- |
- |
Starts
yielding in 6
months;
continues for
3 years |
4 - 5 t/ha |
Butter bean
Phaseolus lunatus |
KKL-1 |
25 to 35 kg/ha |
35 x 25 cm |
FYM 20-30 t/ha 40:50:50 NPK kg/ha |
- |
80-85 days |
500 - 1000 kg/ha of grains; 5 – 10 t/ha tender pods. |
Celery
(Apium graveolens) |
Standard Bearer, Wright Grove Grant Giant Pascal |
Seeds (125 g/ha) |
60 x 15 cm |
Top dress: N 140 kg, P 55 kg and K 220 kg/ha |
- |
Crop
duration 4-5
months |
10 t/ha |
Ceylon spinach
(Talinum triangulare) |
- |
Tender herbaceous stem cuttings |
15 x 15 cm |
- |
Grows well
under shade |
Harvest
within a
month after
planting and
continues
throughout
the year |
4000 - 6000 kg/ha |
Chakravathi keerai (Chenopodium album) |
Ooty 1 |
Seeds (50 kg/ha) |
30 x 15 cm Broadcasting thinning |
Basal FYM -25t/ha
NPK -25-25-25 kg/ha
Azospirillum & Phosphobacteria 2 kg/ha each |
- |
50-60 days
harvest once |
30 t/ha herbage |
Chekurmanis
(Sauropus androgynus) |
- |
Stem cuttings |
45 x 60 cm |
5 - 10 kg FYM/plant |
Weeding, pruning
once in a year |
Yields four
months after
planting
throughout the year |
5 kg leaves/ plant |
Chinese cabbage
(Brassica pekinensis) |
Chinese cabbage
Brassica Campestris Sp. Pekinensis
Michihili as Veg-I |
Seeds (375 g/ha) |
45 x 45 cm |
Basal: FYM 10 t/ha, N 90 kg, P 125 kg and K 100 kg/ha.
Top: 90 kg/ha |
Earthing up
60 days after
planting |
Crop
duration 4
months |
25 - 35 t/ha |
Coccinia
(Coccinia indica) |
Padappai |
Stem cuttings from pistillate plants |
2 x 2 m |
10 t/ha FYM, 75 kg N, 40 kg P and 75 kg K/ha |
Erection of pandal or trellis and training the vines |
Yields 6
months after
planting and
continues
throughout the year |
10 - 15 t/ha |
Knol-khol
(Brassica caulorapa) |
White Vienna, Purple Vienna |
Seed (1.5 kg/ha) |
30 x 25 cm |
Basal 30 t/ha
Top: 180:120:100 kg NPK/ha |
|
Crop
duration 75
days in main
field |
20 - 25 t/ha |
Lettuce
(Lactuca sativa) |
Head type, Leaf cos type |
Seed (500 g/ha) |
30 x 15 cm |
Basal and Top: FYM 30 t/ha, N 50/50 kg/ha, P 30/30 kg/ha and K 30/30 kg/ha |
Top dressing
60 days after
planting |
Crop
duration 2
months |
10-15 t/ha |
Mint
(Mentha virides) |
- |
Cuttings |
15 x 15 cm |
- |
- |
Harvest one
month after
planting and
continues
through out
the year |
2000 kg/ha |
Palak
(Beta vulgaris var. Bengalensis) |
Ooty 1 |
Seeds 20 - 25 kg/ha |
20 x 10 cm |
FYM 25 t/ha, N 60 kg, P 60 kg and K 60 kg/ha |
- |
First harvest
of leaves
one month
after sowing.
Total duration 3
months |
20000 kg/ha |
Rhubarb
(Rheum rhaponticum) |
Victoria, Cherry, Mc Donald, Ruby, Valentino & Sunrise |
Root cuttings |
Between plants 60 - 120 cm; between rows 1-2 m |
Fertilizer mixture of 1:1:1 |
- |
Stalks are harvested 2
years after planting, 5-6
stalks per plant for further growth. Crop
duration 5
years |
- |
Turnip
(Brassica rapa) |
Temperate types: Purple top White Globe Snow Ball
Tropical Types: Pusa Chandrima
Pusa Sweti
Pusa Kanchan |
Seed (4 kg/ha) |
30 x 15 cm |
Basal: FYM 30 t/ha, N 90 kg, P 125 kg and K 100 kg/ha.
Top: N 90 kg/ha |
- |
Thinning of
seedlings |
- |
Winged Bean
(Psophocarpus tetragonalobus) |
- |
Seeds |
1 x 0.5 m |
Basal: FYM 10 t/ha, N 40 kg, P 100 kg and K 25 kg/ha |
Staking |
Duration 10-
12 months |
10-12 t/ha |
