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Experts' advice for cultivation of Vegetable crops

Here are the experts' advice for cultivating the following vegetables:

Brinjal, Capsicum, Chilli and Cucurbits : These vegetable crops sown under low –tunnel or poly net house conditions start giving fruits. Harvest fruits twice a week in the afternoon except bottle gourd where harvesting should be done in the morning. All the crops are pollinated by insects and human movement at flower opening and pollination time disturbs pollinators and cause serious set back to fruit-setting and yield. Irrigate these crops once a week.

Onion : Take care of kharif onion nursery sown in March and irrigate regularly after 5-7 days intervals.

Seed Production : Harvest seed crops of pea, carrot, radish and turnip. In order to avoid shattering of seeds of carrot, turnip, pea and radish in the field, start harvesting even when a few topmost pods per branch are yellowish green. Shift immediately to the thrashing floor. After complete drying, thrash, grade and pack the seeds. In carrot harvest seeds from primary and secondary umbels only.

Chilli : Transplant seedlings of chilli in the afternoon keeping ridges at 75 cm and plants at 45-60 cm distance and apply light irrigation immediately. Apply 20 kg muriate of potash, 175 kg single superphosphate and 35 kg urea per acre. After a week, replant into the gaps and irrigate immediately.

Garlic : Stop irrigation in the first week but apply light irrigation prior to harvesting to facilitate the operation and uproot in the last week. Cure in the field for 5 to 7 days. Tie the produce in bundles of a kg each, shift in a cool and ventilated place. Sort out bulbs with dried cloves during storage.