APPLICATION OF INORGANIC FERTILIZERS

• Apply NPK fertilizers as per STCR recommendations.(Please Click here)
• If soil tests are not done, follow the blanket recommendation as follows

Nutrient dose (acre)

arboreum / Karunganni cotton

8 : 0 : 0 kg of N: P 2 O 5 : K 2 O

hirsutum / American cotton

16 : 8 : 16 kg of N: P 2 O 5 : K 2 O

• Apply micronutrient mixture formulated by the Department of Agriculture, Tamil Nadu @ 5.0 kg / ac mixed with enough sand to make a total quantity of 20 kg .
• Apply TNAU MN mixture @ 3 kg /ac as Enriched FYM (Prepare enriched FYM at 1:10 ratio of MN mixture & FYM ; mix at friable moisture & incubate in gunny bags for one month in shade).
• Apply the mixture uniformly over the furrows.
• Do not incorporate the mixture in the soil.

• Recommended bio fertilizers, basal dose of inorganic fertilizers and micro nutrients should be applied at the last ploughing before formation of ridges.
• To control soil borne pathogens apply Bacillus subtilis and Trichoderma asperellum each @ 1 kg/ac mixed with 100 kg FYM at the last plough before formation of ridges.