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Raising seedling for transplanting for

one hectare an area of 350 meter

square nursery required generally

raised nursery beds of size 7.5m ×

1.2m × 0.1m are prepared.

The beds are covered with a layer of

farm yard manure and sand mixed in

equal proposition during rainy season

there will be heavy incidence of

damping off .

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So the nursery bed should be

drenched with 0.2% diathane M -45

about 300-350g of seeds would

required in the case of varieties.

While for hybrids a quantity of 150g

will be sufficient to transplant one

hectare.

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Treat the seeds with Trichoderma viride or Psedumonas fluorescens

10g or carbendazim 2g per kg of seeds 24 hrs before sowing.

Just before sowing the seeds have to be treated with azospirilliun 3-

3.5g / 300-350 g of seeds.

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The treated sees have to be sown in

lines drawn 10cm aprt in the raised

beds and covered with sand.

A thin layer of paddy straw can be

spread on these beds and the beds

are watered every day by rose can.

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Protected nursery for hybrids:

(seedlings raised in protrays.)

Prepare the nursery area of 3 cents with

a slanting slope of 2%.

Cover the nursery area with 50%

shadenet cover the sides using 40/50

mesh insect proof nylon net.

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From raised beds of 1m width and convenient length. Place HDPV

pipes once in 2m interval for further protection with polythene sheets

during rainy months.

Mix sterilized cocopeat @ 300kg with 5 kg of neem cake along with

azospirilliyum nad phospobacteria each @ 1 kg. approximately 1.25

kg of cocopeat mixture is required for filling one portrays.

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A total number of 238 protays are required for producing 23, 334

seedlings which is required for transplanting one hectare at a

spacing of 90cm 60 cm × 60 cm in paired row system.

Sow the treated seeds on protarys @ 1 seed per cell.

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Cover the seeds with cocopeat and keep the trays one above the

other and cover with a polythene sheet till germination starts.

After 6 days, place the germinated portrays individually on the

raised bed inside the shade net.

Water with rose can every day upto seed germination drench

19:19:19 NPK complex @ 0.5% (5g/lit) at 18 days after sowing.

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Plough the land to a fine tilth thoroughly prepare the field with the addition of FYM @ 25t/ha.Form ridges and furrows at a spacing of 60cm . apply 2kg of azospirillium and 2kg of phosphobacteria by mixing with 50 kg of FYM for one hectare.Irrigate the furrows and transplant 25 days old seedlings with the ball of earth on the ridges. Life irrigation to be given on 3rd days.

Main field preparation:

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Mulching and weed control:

Black LDPE sheets 25 microns

thickness may be buried at both the

ends into the soil to a depth of 10cm

before mulching apply pendimethalin

1.0kg a.i/ha.

As a pre emergent herbicide just

before transplanting.