Expert Advisory Details

PAU Advisory for Palak and Cole Crop

Palak

• Use 4-6 kg/acre seed of Punjab Green. Seed should be sown 3-4 cm deep in rows at 20 cm apart in wattar conditions.

Cole crops

• Transplant fully developed seedlings (4-6 weeks old) of main season varieties of cauliflower. Apply 45 kg urea, 155 kg superphosphate and 40 kg muriate of potash before transplanting. Apply 55kg urea as a top-dressing four weeks after transplanting.
• Sowing of late season varieties of cauliflower i.e. Pusa Snow Ball-1 and Pusa Snow Ball K-1 can be started. Sow 250 g seed in one marla to grow seedlings for planting an acre.

Garlic

• In the second fortnight of this month, apply 20 tonnes of well rotten farmyard manure per acre along with 40kg urea 155 kg superphosphate per acre at sowing. Apply two split doses of urea @ 40kg at 30 and 60 days of sowing. Dibble or drill 225 to 250 kg healthy cloves of garlic in wattar condition on ridges. Keep lines 15 cm and plants 7.5 cm apart. Irrigate immediately after sowing.