FIELD PREPARATION

• Plough with Iron plough or country plough two to three times to obtain fine tilth

Chiselling for soils with hard pan

• Chisel the soil with chilsel plough at              0.5 m interval in both directions
• Apply FYM or composted coir pith @ 12.5 t/ha besides chiseling

Amendments for soil surface crusting

• Apply lime @ 2 t/ha along with FYM or composted coir pith

• Form beds with a size of 10 m2 to 20 m2
• Form ridges and furrows at 60 cm spacing and sow on both sides of ridge

Form raised bed (60 cm) with a furrow (15 cm) and sow 2 rows of seeds on raised bed

• Used in broad beds (60 cm) and furrows (30 cm) method
• Spread 7 micron thickness black polythene sheet @ 50 kg/ha after bed formation and fertilizer application
• Holes can be made at 30 cm x 10 cm spacing

EARTHING UP

• At the time of second hand weeding (40-45 days after sowing)

NOTE:

• Earthing up provides medium for the peg development

• Earthing up should not be done after 45 days of sowing