Sowing of Pigeonpea
Seed and Sowing
Sow the seeds along with chemical fertilizers in seed drill.
Seed rate:
Main crop : 4 - 4.8 to 6kg/ac
Mixed crop : 2.4 – 3.2kg/ac
Seed treatment:
- Soak the seeds in 2% Calcium Chloride (Cacl2) for 30 minutes.
- Dry under shade for 7hrs. followed by Rhizobium treatment (200g/ac)
- Rhizobium treatment saves 50 % nitrogen (North East Transition Zone and North East Dry Zone – JB- 1 or JB-2 variety; and Northern Dry Zone – CC-1 variety).
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- Treat 15kg seeds with 60g. Sodium molybdate + 150ml.( 2%) Jaggery solution
- Dry under shade
- After this, treat the seeds with biofertilizers such as Rhizobium and Phosphate Solubilizing Bacteria (PSB).
Spacing:
Short duration variety : 45cm x 10cm.
Medium duration variety : 60 cm x 30cm.
Main crop (May-June) : 90 cm x15cm.
Main crop (July) : 60 cm x15cm.
Sowing time : May – July. Early sowing helps to increase the yield level.
Method of sowing:
- Plough the land before sowing.
- After land preparation apply entire dose of N, P2O5, K2O, Sulphur and Zinc in the rows as basal dose.
- If rock phosphate is used as basal dose then treat the seeds with PSB.
- Mixed cropping system can be followed - 8 : 2 ratio (Pigeonpea : Fingermillet/groundnut)
Depth of sowing : 5cm.
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