Sow the seeds well before the onset of monsoon at 5 cm depth (by seed drill or by country plough). The seed is pelletised with 15 g of Chloropyriphos in 150 ml of gum and shade dried.
Pre-monsoon sowing
Sow the hardened seeds at 5 cm depth with seed cum fertilizer drill to ensure uniform depth of sowing and fertilizer application before the onset of monsoon as detailed below:
District |
Optimum period |
| 1. Coimbatore |
37-38th week (II to III week of September) |
| 2. Erode |
38th week (III week of September) |
| 3. Sivaganga |
40th week (I week of October) |
| 4. Ramanathapuram |
40th week (I week of October) |
| 5. Thoothukudi |
39-40th week (Last week of September to I week of October) |
| 6.Vellore, Tiruvannamalai |
37th-38th week (September II week to September III week) |
- Sow the sorghum seeds over the line where the fertilizers are placed.
- Sow the seeds at a depth of 5 cm and cover with the soil.
- Sow the seeds with the spacings of 15 cm in the paired rows spaced 60 cm apart.
- Sow the pulse seeds to fall 10 cm apart in the furrows between the paired rows of sorghum.
Spacing
45 x 15 cm or 45 x 10 cm.
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