To prepare seedling in the nursery bed with 200 sq m (5 cents) area for sowing 6 kg/ac for hybrid, the seedbed can be prepared through ploughing and puddling Excess water can be drained out through preparation of 50 cm wide channels on all sides.
20 – 25 days seedlings with 2 seedlings per hill for varieties and 1 seedling/hill for hybrid may be planted with at least 33 hills/sq m in Kharif and 44 hills/sq m in Rabi.
For better sunlight and aeration to crop an alley of 20 cms for every 2 m of planting should be provided with a shallow depth of 2-3 cms.
Pre Emergence:
1.0-1.25 ltr/ac Butachlor 50% EC (within 3-4 days after sowing)
Post Emergence:
120gm/ac Bispyribac or 250ml/ac Phenoxy-prop-ethyl (At 2-4 leaf stages of weed)
Fertilizers 50:20:20 kg NPK per acre during kharif and 60:25:25 kg NPK/acre during Rabi is generally recommended but can be modified based on soil tests.
1/3rd Nitrogen fertilizers should be applied in the final puddling, approximately 30 days after planting and at the primordial initiation (60-70) days after planting. While puddling the entire phosphatic fertilizers can be applied @ 20 kg/ac during kharif and 25kg/ac during rabi.
Potash @ 20kg/ac can be applied during puddling. In heavy soils Potash @ 20 kg/ac and in light soils & Potash @ 25 kg/ac can be applied. It can be applied in spilt doses along with Nitrogenous fertilizers.
Zinc can be applied during alternative kharif season @ 20kg Znso4/ac in the final puddling before planting. In saline areas, 100 kg Zinc Sulphate or 10 kg Chelated Zinc may be applied.
