No of seeds/hill 5 to 6 Depth of sowing to 20kg/ha – 5cm of sowing 5cm Fodder-75 kg/ha ( Common 40-50 kg / ha Seed rate) 7 Manures & FYM or compost 10 to 15 FYM /compost 6 to 12 to 15 tons/fym fertilizers tons/ha 15 tons N P K N P K N P K Kg/ha (kg/ha) local var. 50 25 25 Rain fed 90 40 40 kg/ha Rain fed 50 25 - Irrigated 120 60 40 Improved and high Irrigated 80 40 40 Fodder 120 30 20 yielding High 120 60 60 100 50 50 kg/ha yielding (hybrids) 8 After care Weeding 2, hoeings 3 Thinning & gap filling, Gap filling, Thinning, – – 2 hoeings and 1 hoeings, weeding weeding 9 Water Semi-aquatic plant, Rain fed crop, 4 to 5 irrigations requires abundant water, requirement 40 to 45 optimum water ha.cm., 4 to 5 requirement 90 to 130cm irrigation at 15 days interval 10 Harvesting Ears are ripened and 100 to 120 days, Sheaths of cobs turn is green moisture content matures in month of brownish and seeds of grain is 14 to 16% November or become hard and dry December 11 Early 35 to 40 q//ha Kharif rain fed 8 to 10 Rain fed 6.5 to – q/ha 12-15 q/ha 7.5q/ha Mid late 55 to 60 q/ha – fodder Irrigated 17 to 18q/ha Kharif irrigated 30 to Hybrid 50 to 70 g/ha 35 q/ha 40-50 q/ha fodder fodder irrigated 35 to 50 tons/ha
No of seeds/hill 5 to 6 of sowing 5cm ( Common 40-50 kg / ha Seed rate) Depth of sowing – 5cm to 20kg/ha Fodder-75 kg/ha 7 Manures & fertilizers FYM or compost 10 to 15 tons/ha N P K local var. 50 25 25 kg/ha Improved and high yielding 100 50 50 kg/ha FYM /compost 6 to 15 tons N P K (kg/ha) Rain fed 50 25 - Irrigated 80 40 40 High 120 60 60 yielding (hybrids) 12 to 15 tons/fym N P K Kg/ha Rain fed 90 40 40 Irrigated 120 60 40 Fodder 120 30 20 8 After care Weeding – 2, hoeings – 3 Thinning & gap filling, 2 hoeings and 1 weeding Gap filling, Thinning, hoeings, weeding 9 Water Semi-aquatic plant, requires abundant water, optimum water requirement 90 to 130cm Rain fed crop, requirement 40 to 45 ha.cm., 4 to 5 irrigation at 15 days interval 4 to 5 irrigations 10 Harvesting Ears are ripened and is green moisture content of grain is 14 to 16% 100 to 120 days, matures in month of November or December Sheaths of cobs turn brownish and seeds become hard and dry 11 Early – 35 to 40 q//ha Mid late – 55 to 60 q/ha Kharif rain fed 8 to 10 q/ha 12-15 q/ha fodder Kharif irrigated 30 to 35 q/ha 40-50 q/ha fodder Rain fed 6.5 to 7.5q/ha Irrigated 17 to 18q/ha Hybrid 50 to 70 g/ha fodder irrigated 35 to 50 tons/ha
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