Sesame - Field Preparation

Field Preparation

• Plough twice with tractor drawn cultivator or thrice with mould board plough or 5 times with country plough
• To obtain fine tilth, break the clods with rotavator

Sesame forming beds & channels	Sesame Spacing

Chiselling for soils with hard pan

• Chisel the soil with chisel plough at 0.5m interval in both directions
• For irrigated sesame:  Form beds with a size of 10 m2 to 20 m2
• For rice fallow sesame: Sow the seeds after first ploughing and cover with second ploughing

Thinning

• First thinning at 15 days after sowing
• Second thinning at 30 days after sowing

Field Preparation	Thinning