Indigenous Farming :: Indigenous Technical Knowledge
MAIZE
- If the sheaths on maize cobs are not removed, they can be stored for more than three months.
- Maize seeds are soaked in cow urine for 12 hours before sowing
- Before sowing, maize seeds are soaked in warm water for 3-6 hours and shade dried to induce better germination and to control shoot borer.
- Maize is sown after tomato in the same ridges and furrows to reduce the cost of land preparation.
- When a sample of maize grains in chewed, metallic sound indicates their optimal dryness.
- Dried maize stalks are stacked as heap on stone slabs and covered with paddy straw. This cab be stored for more than a year and used as cattle feed.
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