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Maize cultivation
- Thread starter samaraghu
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Hello Sir
The maize is cultivated throughout the year in all states of the country for various purposes including grain, fodder, green cobs, sweet corn, baby corn, pop corn in peri- urban areas
Maize c an be grown successfully in variety of soils ranging from loamy sand to clay loam. However, soils with good organic matter content having high water holding capacity with neutral pH are considered good for higher productivity.
Maize can be grown in all seasons viz;Kharif(monsoon), post monsoon,Rabi(winter) and spring.During Rabi and spring seasons
to achieve higher yield at farmer’s field assured irrigation facilities are required . During Kharif season it is desirable to complete the sowing operation 12 - 15 days before the onset of monsoon. However, in rainfed areas, the sowing time should be coincided with onset of monsoon. The optimum time of sowing are given below
Kharif Last week of June
Rabi: Last week of Oct.
varieties of maize are:
Hybrids: Ganga Hybrid-1, Ganga Hybrid-101, Deccan hybrid, Renjit, Hi-Starch.
Composite varieties: Kissan Composite, Amber, Vijay, Vikram, Sona, Jawahar.
Seed rate: Normal: 20kg/ha,
Sowing: Dibble one seed per hole at a spacing of 60 cm x 23 cm for the rainy season crop. For irrigated crop, beds are prepared. Here, seeds are sown in lines and earthed up later in to small ridges to form furrows when the crop reaches knee height.
Apply FYM/ compost at the rate of 25 t/ha at the time of preparation of land. The recommended fertilizer dose is 135 kg N, 65 kg P2O52O/ha. Apply full dose of P2O5 and K2O and 1/3 dose of N as basal. Apply 1/3 N 30-40 days and the rest 60-70 days after sowing. and 15 kg K.
Irrigation
Irrigate the crop on the day of sowing and on third day. Subsequent irrigations may be given at 10-15 days intervals.
The maize is cultivated throughout the year in all states of the country for various purposes including grain, fodder, green cobs, sweet corn, baby corn, pop corn in peri- urban areas
Maize c an be grown successfully in variety of soils ranging from loamy sand to clay loam. However, soils with good organic matter content having high water holding capacity with neutral pH are considered good for higher productivity.
Maize can be grown in all seasons viz;Kharif(monsoon), post monsoon,Rabi(winter) and spring.During Rabi and spring seasons
to achieve higher yield at farmer’s field assured irrigation facilities are required . During Kharif season it is desirable to complete the sowing operation 12 - 15 days before the onset of monsoon. However, in rainfed areas, the sowing time should be coincided with onset of monsoon. The optimum time of sowing are given below
Kharif Last week of June
Rabi: Last week of Oct.
varieties of maize are:
Hybrids: Ganga Hybrid-1, Ganga Hybrid-101, Deccan hybrid, Renjit, Hi-Starch.
Composite varieties: Kissan Composite, Amber, Vijay, Vikram, Sona, Jawahar.
Seed rate: Normal: 20kg/ha,
Sowing: Dibble one seed per hole at a spacing of 60 cm x 23 cm for the rainy season crop. For irrigated crop, beds are prepared. Here, seeds are sown in lines and earthed up later in to small ridges to form furrows when the crop reaches knee height.
Apply FYM/ compost at the rate of 25 t/ha at the time of preparation of land. The recommended fertilizer dose is 135 kg N, 65 kg P2O52O/ha. Apply full dose of P2O5 and K2O and 1/3 dose of N as basal. Apply 1/3 N 30-40 days and the rest 60-70 days after sowing. and 15 kg K.
Irrigation
Irrigate the crop on the day of sowing and on third day. Subsequent irrigations may be given at 10-15 days intervals.