Seed rate:

1500 - 1800 kg of rhizome/ha is required.

Seed treatment:

Treat the seed rhizomes with Mancozeb or Copper oxychloride 3 g/lit or 200 ppm Streptocycline for 30 minute Spacing

Irrigated crop - 40 x 20 cm in ridges and furrows.

Rainfed crop - Raised beds of 20 x 20 cm or 25x 25 cm

Manures and Manuring:

Basal: FYM 25-30 t + 30 tonnes green leaves as mulch in three splits : 15 tonnes-immediately after planting, 7.5 tonnes - 60 days and 120 days after planting, 50: 25 kg of P and K per ha.

Top dressing: 37.5: 12.5 kg of N and K per ha applied on 45th and 90th day after planting Aftercultivation.

Mulching is done at the time of planting with green leaves. After each top dressing, earth up the plants.