devana1114
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i owened 8 acre land in yamunanagar near mustfabad. i want grow termeric in my land, give information regarding soil preparation and cutivation
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turmeric cultivation
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Hi
* Turmeric is a tropical herb and is grown in both tropics and subtropics
* Turmeric will grow luxuriantly in shade if not too dense, but it produces larger and better rhizomes in the open ground exposed to the sun.
* Turmeric require humid climate.
* Turmeric can be grown in diverse tropical conditions from sea level to 1500 m in the hills
* Temperature should be in the range of 20 to 30oC
* Rainfall of 1500 to 2250 mm per annum.
* Also can grown as an irrigated crop.
* The crop cannot withstand water logging
Whole or split mother rhizomes are used for planting and well developed healthy and disease free rhizomes are to be selected. Small pits are made with a hand hoe in the beds in rows with a spacing of 25 cm x 30 cm and covered with soil or dry powdered cattle manure. The optimum spacing in furrows and ridges is between 45-60 cm between the rows and 25 cm between the plants. A seed rate of 2,500 kg of rhizomes is required for planting one hectare of turmeric.
arm yard manure (FYM) or compost @ 40 tonnes/ha is applied by broadcasting and ploughing at the time of preparation of land or as basal dressing by spreading over the beds to cover the seed after planting. Fertilizers @ 60 kg N, 50 kg P2O5 and 120 kg K2O per hectare are to be applied in split doses as given below. Zinc @ 5 kg/ha may also be applied at the time of planting and organic manures like oil cakes can also be applied @ 2 tonnes/ha. In such case, the dosage of FYM can be reduced.
Mulching
The crop is to be mulched immediately after planting with green leaves @ 12-15 tonnes/ha. Mulching may be repeated for a second time after 45 days with the same quantity of green leaves after weeding and application of fertilizers.
Weeding and irrigation
Weeding has to be done thrice at 60, 120 and 150 days after planting depending upon weed intensity. In the case of irrigated crop, depending upon the weather and the soil conditions, about 15 to 23 irrigations are to be given in clayey soils and 40 irrigations in sandy loams.
Mixed cropping
Turmeric can be grown as an intercrop in coconut and arecanut plantations. It can also be raised as a mixed crop with chillies, colocasia, onion, brinjal and cereals like maize, ragi, etc. In wetlands, it is grown in rotation with rice, sugarcane, banana or vegetables.
Turmeric + onion combination recorded an average yield of 16 to 20 tonnes of turmeric and 2,945 kilograms of onion, fetching the highest net income against net income obtained from monocropping of turmeric. This highly profitable finding should be seriously taken note of and implemented by progressive turmeric growers.
Regards
Ashwini
* Turmeric is a tropical herb and is grown in both tropics and subtropics
* Turmeric will grow luxuriantly in shade if not too dense, but it produces larger and better rhizomes in the open ground exposed to the sun.
* Turmeric require humid climate.
* Turmeric can be grown in diverse tropical conditions from sea level to 1500 m in the hills
* Temperature should be in the range of 20 to 30oC
* Rainfall of 1500 to 2250 mm per annum.
* Also can grown as an irrigated crop.
* The crop cannot withstand water logging
Whole or split mother rhizomes are used for planting and well developed healthy and disease free rhizomes are to be selected. Small pits are made with a hand hoe in the beds in rows with a spacing of 25 cm x 30 cm and covered with soil or dry powdered cattle manure. The optimum spacing in furrows and ridges is between 45-60 cm between the rows and 25 cm between the plants. A seed rate of 2,500 kg of rhizomes is required for planting one hectare of turmeric.
arm yard manure (FYM) or compost @ 40 tonnes/ha is applied by broadcasting and ploughing at the time of preparation of land or as basal dressing by spreading over the beds to cover the seed after planting. Fertilizers @ 60 kg N, 50 kg P2O5 and 120 kg K2O per hectare are to be applied in split doses as given below. Zinc @ 5 kg/ha may also be applied at the time of planting and organic manures like oil cakes can also be applied @ 2 tonnes/ha. In such case, the dosage of FYM can be reduced.
Mulching
The crop is to be mulched immediately after planting with green leaves @ 12-15 tonnes/ha. Mulching may be repeated for a second time after 45 days with the same quantity of green leaves after weeding and application of fertilizers.
Weeding and irrigation
Weeding has to be done thrice at 60, 120 and 150 days after planting depending upon weed intensity. In the case of irrigated crop, depending upon the weather and the soil conditions, about 15 to 23 irrigations are to be given in clayey soils and 40 irrigations in sandy loams.
Mixed cropping
Turmeric can be grown as an intercrop in coconut and arecanut plantations. It can also be raised as a mixed crop with chillies, colocasia, onion, brinjal and cereals like maize, ragi, etc. In wetlands, it is grown in rotation with rice, sugarcane, banana or vegetables.
Turmeric + onion combination recorded an average yield of 16 to 20 tonnes of turmeric and 2,945 kilograms of onion, fetching the highest net income against net income obtained from monocropping of turmeric. This highly profitable finding should be seriously taken note of and implemented by progressive turmeric growers.
Regards
Ashwini
mihirchandra
New Member
I have small Mango orchard of 50 trees can I grow Turmeric alongside in the plot