SENJI HYBRID

Senji or Indian sweet clover is important forage legume crop. Its yellow and white variety is used for fodder purpose. It contains 60% of digestion nutrients and 16.57% crude protein.

It can be grown on variety of soil but gives best results when grown on loamy to heavy soils.

FOS 1: Medium duration, disease free variety having yellow flowers. Gives average yield of 76 qtl/acre.

HFWS 55: Developed by CCS, HAU, Hisar. Medium duration, disease free variety having white flower. Gives average yield of 112 qtl/acre.
 

One Ploughing is sufficient for cultivation of senji crop. After ploughing do planking to make soil levelled. 

 

Time of sowing
Best time for sowing of YSL variety is from last week of September to last week of October. Whereas for Sanji Safed, complete sowing in second fortnight of November.

Sowing Depth
Depth should be 2-3 cm.

Method of sowing
For sowing broadcasting method is used.

Seed Rate
It required 15 kg of husk seed for sowing one acre of land. After sowing, give one light irrigation.

Fertilizer Requirement (kg/acre)

Nutrient Requirement (kg/acre)

At time sowing, add Phosphorus@25 kg/acre in form of SSP@155 kg/acre.

For good growth it required total two to three irrigations. 

• Pest and their control:
  

Weevil: If infestation is observed, spray crop with Malathion 50EC@400ml/80-100Ltrs of water per acre.

Black Aphid:  If infestation is observed, spray crop with Malathion 50EC@250ml/80-100Ltrs of water per acre.

For fodder purpose, harvest crop at its full blossom. Do not take cuttings for crops which are grown for seed purpose. Crop gets mature in month of March.