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COTTON

  • Plough the field to get fine tilth
  • Form ridges and furrows 10 m long with appropriate spacing using ridge plough or bund former

Spacing / Crop geometry.

  • For pure crop adopt the spacing as follows
Varieties / Hybrids

Row/ Ridge Spacing(cm

Between plants (cm)

hirsutum varieties

75

30

barbadense varieties

90

45

Hybrid

120

60

  • For intercropping situations adopt spacing for cotton as follows
Varieties / Hybrids Spacing for cotton crop (cm)
Within paired row Between paired rows Between plants
hirsutum varieties
60
90
30
barbadense varieties
80
100
45
Hybrid
100
140
60
  •   Adopt the spacing for every two rows of intercrop between each paired row of cotton as follows
Varieties / Hybrids Seed rate (kg/ha) Spacing for cotton crop (cm)
Between Rows Between Plants
Blackgram
5.0
30
10
Greengram
5.0
30
10
Cowpea
3.0
30
20


Seed rate
  • Adopt the following seed rates for different varieties / hybrids.
Varieties / Hybrids Quantity (kg per acre)
With fuzz Delinted Naked
hirsutum varieties
6.00
3.0
-
Suvin
-
-
2.40
Hybrid
1.00
0.8
-


Sowing
  • Dibble the seeds, manually, at a depth o-5 cm on the side of the ridge, 2/3 height from the top.
Varieties / Hybrids No of seeds / hole
Fuzzy seeds Delinted seeds
Varieties
3
 2
      Hyrbids
2
 1


Gap filling:
  • Take up gap filling on the 10th day after sowing
Thinning:
  • Thin out the seedlings on the 15th day after sowing. In case of fertile soils, allow only one seedling per hole, where as in poor soil allow two seedlings per hole.

 

Updated on Apr 2023
 
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