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Brinjal
Solanum melongena L.
Solanaceae

Seed rate
            Varieties : 400 g / ha
            Hybrids : 200 g / ha

Seed treatment

  • Treat the seeds with Trichoderma viride @ 4 g / kg or Pseudomonas fluorescens @ 10 g / kg of seed.

  • Treat the seeds with Azospirillum @ 40 g / 400 g of seeds using rice gruel as adhesive.

  • Irrigate with rose can. In raised nursery beds, sow the seeds in lines at 10 cm apart and cover with sand.

  • Transplant the seedlings 30 – 35 days after sowing at 60 cm apart in the ridges.

  Brinjal seeds

Field preparation

  • Thoroughly prepare the field with the addition of FYM @ 25 t / ha and form ridges and furrows at a spacing of 60 cm.

  • Apply 2 kg / ha of Azospirillum and 2 kg / ha of Phosphobacteria by mixing with 50 kg of FYM.

  • Irrigate the furrows and transplant 30-35 days old seedlings at 60 cm apart on the ridges.

Spacing
            Varieties : 60 x 60 cm
            Hybrids : 90 x 60 cm

 
Updated on October, 2022
 
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