Groundnut

• In Groundnut, the pre germinated seeds are used for sowing to get good yield by maintaining optimum plant population in the field. Soak the seeds tied in a gunny bag in water for 4 – 6 hours. Then untie the gunny bag and cover it with another wet gunny bag for 12 – 14 hours. Shade dry the germinated seeds for 3 – 4 hours and treat with Rhizobium (@ 600 gms / 110 – 120 kg of seeds) and sow within 1 or 2 days.
  
• Smear the seeds with kallipal (milky latex from leafy spurge or milk hedge) before sowing @ 100 gms of kallipal / 10 kgs of seeds. This will protect the crop from pest and diseases.
  
• Soak the seeds in asafoetida solution (250 gms in 2 litres water) for 12 hours before sowing to prevent blight disease.
  
• Treat the seeds with Trichoderma viride (4 gms/kg of seeds) or Pseudomonas fluorescens (10 gms/kg of seeds) and sow after 24 hours.
  
• Treat the seeds with Rhizobium (5 gms/kg of seeds) mixed with cool rice gruel and shade dry for 30 minutes before sowing. There are chances of tearing of the seed coat hence seed treatment should be done with care.
  
• Soak the seeds in Jeevamirtham / Amirthakaraisal / Panchagavya for 4 - 6 hours and shade dry before sowing.

Coconut

Allow the seed coconuts to float on the surface of irrigation well or water. This will enhance the germination and seed coconuts will germinate within a month. This method is widely followed in Kerala.

Updated on : Nov 2014