Bench grafting

1.Bench grafting

1. Manure Management -

• Before sowing well rotted cow dung at the rate of 10 tonnes per hectare should be mixed well with the help of a harrow.

• 25 kg of nitrogen and 50 kg of phosphorus per hectare. For more production, gypsum should be given at the rate of 400 kg (200 kg at sowing, remaining 200 kg at tillering) per hectare along with chemical fertilizers. This helps in easy penetration of the seeds into the soil and feeding of the pods.If fertilization is to be done by drip, 100 percent of the recommended fertilizer rate (25:50:00 Nitrogen, Phosphorus, 5 kg per hectare) in soluble form should be applied through drip irrigation in 9 equal installments.

2. interworking -

• Keep the crop stress free by weeding 2 times up to 45 days after planting. 10 to 12 days interval should be done 2 times.

• The last furrow should be given a little deeper. Therefore, the crop gets soil addition.

• Do not do intercropping after Arya leaves (35 to 40 days). Only large stems should be uprooted.

If herbicides are to be used for weed control, spray pendimethalin (pre-emergence) at the rate of 1 kg per 500 liters of water per hectare on suitable soil within two days after sowing.

• Spray imazethapyr (10 percent SL) at 750 ml per 500 liters of water per hectare after weed emergence 20 days after sowing.

3. Water management

• Summer groundnut requires 70 to 80 cm of water. Plastic cover technique for cultivation saves 40 to 50 percent of water.

• First watering of fermentation should be done 4 to 5 days after sowing. After that water should be applied 10 to 12 times at an interval of 8 to 10 days according to the depth of the soil. Water stress should not be allowed at the time of penetration of Aya into the soil and also during the feeding period of pods.