Manures and manuring

Basal FYM - 25 t /ha, neem or groundnut cake - 200 kg/ha, 25:60:18 kg of NPK per ha; 30 kg of FeSO4 and 15 kg of ZnSO4, 10 kg in each of Azospirillum and Phosphobacteria per ha to be applied at the time of planting. Apply 50 kg ZnSO4, 100 kg FeSO4 + FYM basally if the soil is deficient.Foliar spraying of 0.5% ZnSO4, 1% FeSO4 + 0.1 % Citric acid is donethrice at 60, 90 and 120 DAP.

Apply TNAU Micronutrient mixture @ 10kg/ha as in enriched FYM (1:10 ratio) at 50% basal and 50% on 90 DAP.

Top dressing 25:18 kg of N and K/ha applied on 30, 60, 90, 120 and 150 days after planting.

Fertigation:

• Fertigation is done as per the recommended dose with 150:60:108 kg of NPK/ha and is applied throughout the cropping period once in three days. 75 % of the recommended dose of phosphorous is applied as basal dose.
  
  
• Water soluble fertilizers like 19:19:19, Mono ammonium phosphate (12:61:0), Multi K (13:0:45) and urea are used.

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