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Planting "Do's" & "Don'ts"

Dos:

  1. Use Raised beds for raising nursery to avoid damping off disease.
  2. Use 50% shade nut for rasing nursery in summer to prevent sun scratching to seedlings.
  3. Properly seal the packets of balance seeds to prevent the deterioration in germ.
  4. Apply micro nutrients like Boron and sulpher to increase the product quality in Cauliflower.
  5. Apply more CAN and Potash for tomato to increase the fruit quality.
  6. Give support to cucumber to avoid the damage to growing points and flower buds during cultural operation and harvesting, hich results in lower yield.

Don'ts:

  1. Don't go for flat/sunken nursery beds for arising nursery which leads to mortality of seedlings due to damping off diseases.
  2. Don't transplant over aged seedlings in general particularly in cauliflower. This leads to buttoning.
  3. Don't transplant seedlings in the afternoon when the temperature is high.
  4. Don't transplant over aged seedlings, don't over fertilize the Onion crop. It leads to splitting and doubles.
  5. Don't spray chemical in the afternoon when temperature is very high. This leads to scratching of transplanted seedlings.
  6. Don't use/spray Sulpher on Cucurbits.
  7. Don't Apply urea and over irrigate cabbage fields at and after maturity in cabbage. It leads to sudden bursting/cracking of heads.
  8. Don't plant onion variety meant for Kharif in winter, if planted it leads to premature bolting.