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Name of the crop |
Vari / prosomillet |
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Botanical name |
Panicum milliaceum L. |
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Cultivation |
It is a rainfed crop grown in Kharif season, all over the Konkan area, perticularly in hilly area with marginal soils. |
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Climatic conditions |
It is a drought tolerant crop and therefore it can be grown under adverse climatic conditions with reference to rain. In other words it can tolerate prolog drought. It is a tropical crop requiring higher temperature range of 250to 370C. |
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Method of planting/sowing |
It is generally grown by transplanting method for transplanting same methods as explained under finger millet are adopted. Spacing the crop is transplanted at 25x15 cm or 30x15 cm spacing depending on the varieties. |
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Type of soil |
In Kharif season it is grown of uplands as it requires well drained soil. In needs moderately fertile soil. However, due to its hardy nature, farmers generally grow it on marginal soils. |
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Crop duration |
120 to 140 days. |
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Varieties |
Vari No. 10, Duration 125-130 days. |
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Care during nursery stage |
Nursery bed should be prepared in the last fortnight of May. Fine seed beds are required as the seed size is very small. After preparing raised beds of 3x1.25 m, fine compost or F.Y.M. is spread over the beds @ 5t/ha. Then it is mixed with the top soil. Then, fertilizer dose of 0.2 kg N + 0.5 kg P2O5per R or guntha be applied on the nursery beds. Then shallow sowing of seed i.e. 1 to 1.5 cm depth is done. As the seed size is very small, it may be mixed with sand or soil for the convenience in sowing. |
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Seed rate/ha |
5-6 kg/ha. |
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Fertilizers applied |
Fertilizer dose of 80 kg N + 40 kg P2O5 is recommended for fingermillet. Out of this 50% N remaining 50% N is applied one month after transplanting. |
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Yield |
12 to 18 q/ha. |
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